Emiliania huxleyi cells in an electron microscopic picture. Photo: Lennart Bach, GEOMAR (CC BY 4.0)
14.02.2018

Rapid evolution of a calcareous microalgae

Emiliania huxleyi surprises with fast changes in ecological fitness

Bathymetric map of the the Cap Blanc landslide. Map: Morelia Urlaub/GEOMAR
13.02.2018

Why the seafloor starts moving

Kiel marine scientists find possible cause of landslides off Northwest Africa

Bathymetric map of the Nyegga region off the coast of Central Norway. Graphic: Jens Karstens / GEOMAR
12.02.2018

Why did gas hydrates melt at the end of the last ice age?

GEOMAR researchers find links between sedimentation and methane seeps on the seafloor off the coast of Norway

In summer 2017 30 ocean bottom seismometers were deployed from the French research vessel POURQUOI PAS? into the Ligurian Sea. During the current journey, they are recovered to evaluate the recorded data. Picture: Catherine Prequegnat/CNRS
05.02.2018

Alpine research in the Deep Sea – how does that fit together?

GEOMAR investigates the ‘Ligurian Knot’ as part of the AlpArray project

RV MTEOR in the southeast Pacific Ocean. During an expedition of the SFB754 in this region scientists were able to obtain the first NO-data set in 30 years. Photo: Hermann Bange/GEOMAR (CC BY 4.0)
24.01.2018

Rare Traces of a Volatile Gas

New measurement technology helps to determine NO concentrations in the ocean

The key antioxidant ingredient for the new Estonian cosmetics line is Furcellaran, a polysaccharide obtained from the Baltic red alga Furcellaria lumbricalis. Foto: Terje Atonen
23.01.2018

New algae-based cosmetics developed

Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance Consortium led by GEOMAR achieves the first marine bioproduct success

The expedition POS519 leads the researchers with the German research vessel POSEIDON from Las Palmas (Spain) to the coast of Mauritania. Photo: Jan Steffen/GEOMAR
19.01.2018

Open Science on the open Ocean

Marine research goes public off the coast of Mauritania

Schematic Diagram. Source: AtlantOS Projekt.

Ocean Observations in the Atlantic

Video about EU-Project AtlantOS available