View over the tropical Southeast Pacific from the research vessel METEOR. As new data show the region is a strong source of natural nitrous oxide. Photo: Kerstin Nachtigall, GEOMAR
22.06.2015

The Southeast Pacific produces more nitrous oxide than previously thought

Kiel marine scientists publish new data on greenhouse gas emissions

Recovery of an oceanographic mooring with RV METEOR. Researchers in Europe, the USA, Canada, Brazil and South Africa and other Atlantic-bordering countries are already strongly engaged in observing the ocean. Photo: W. Huneke, GEOMAR
09.06.2015

Improved Observations to Better Understand the Atlantic

The EU large scale research project AtlantOS aims to advance Atlantic ocean observation to become more integrated, more efficient and more sustainable.

Today's Galapagos islands at the volcanic Galapagos-Hotspot are only about four four million years old. Traces of older eruptions have been found in cores obtained off the coast of Costa Rica. Image reproduced from the GEBCO world map 2014, www.gebco.net
01.06.2015

Highly Explosive Volcanism at Galapagos

International team of volcanologists presents new findings on the eruption history

Corals and their symbiotic algae from the Persian Gulf are adapted to survive in extreme temperatures and high salinity. Photo: Grace Vaughan, SOC.
27.05.2015

Surviving harsh environments becomes a death-trap for specialist corals

The success of corals that adapt to survive in the world’s hottest sea could contribute to their demise through global warming, according to new research.

GEOMAR Director Prof. Dr. Peter Herzig with the Chinese Delegation. Photo: A. Villwock, GEOMAR.
19.05.2015

Cooperations with China

High-ranked delegation of marine scientists at GEOMAR

Maintainance work at the "Cape Verde Ocean Observatory" with the research vessel METEOR. At this long-term monitoring station north of Cape Verde, the scientists have detected an Eddy with low oxygen concentration for the first time. Photo: Toste Tanhua, GEOMAR
30.04.2015

Sudden Breathlessness in the Open Ocean

Kiel marine scientists describe previously unobserved phenomenon in the Atlantic ocean

Map of the Hawaiian Emporer bend.
27.04.2015

Composers provide explanation for Hawaiian Emporer bend

International team of researchers finds evidence of large-scale tectonic changes in the Pacific taking place 50 million years ago

GEOMAR's Scientific Advisory Board. Photo: J. Steffen, GEOMAR.
22.04.2015

Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics

Scientific Advisory Board evaluates Research Department 1

Vampire squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis. © 2012 MBARI
21.04.2015

Vampire Squid: The first Time is not the last Time

New study in Current Biology shows multiple reproductive cycles of deep-sea squid

For a detailed examination of the methane seeps, the scientists used the submersible JAGO. The image shows pilot Jürgen Schauer and Lea Steinle preparing for a dive. Photo: Karen Hissmann, GEOMAR
20.04.2015

Ocean Currents Impact Methane consumption

Study in Nature Geoscience on interactions between marine microbiology and oceanography