The research vessel ALKOR in the Baltic Sea
14.10.2026
Expedition AL663 researching dumped munitions in collaboration with international partners
A portrait of the scientist Laura Wallace
09.10.2026
GEOMAR Helmholtz Distinguished Professor honoured for pioneering research on slow slip and plate-boundary deformation
View from the research vessel SONNE at sunset
05.10.2026
SONNE Expedition SO321-3 investigates basalt off the Canadian Pacific coast
Two fishing boats on the shore, with paint peeling off their hulls
01.10.2026
A combination of climate change, overfishing, and social change caused the herring population in the Sound to disappear in the Middle Ages

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Group photo. Photo: Bradley Weymer, GEOMAR.
15.07.2019

Groundwater at the sea floor

Maltese-German summer school on freshwater resources in the ocean

The attendees of the groundwater-workshops at GEOMAR. Photo: Jan Steffen/GEOMAR
18.06.2019

New approaches to explore submarine groundwater reservoirs

Workshop at GEOMAR discusses opportunities and risks of newly discovered fresh water resources

Members and guests of the GOOS Steering Committee at GEOMAR. Photo: J. Steffen, GEOMAR.
03.05.2019

Urgent Demands for Ocean Observations and Services

The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) held its Steering Committee meeting at GEOMAR

Commercial trawling (left) and catches of elasmobranch (right) outside and inside of protected areas. Graphics: M. Dureuil, Dalhousie Univ.
20.12.2018

Marine Protected Areas not safe

Bottom trawling endangers many species

On the last day of the OceanDeoxygenation conference, Prof. Dr. Andreas Oschlies, spokesperson of the SFB754, presents the 'Kiel Declaration'. Photo: Waldimir Haase/GEOMAR
07.09.2018

Urgent appeal for more marine and climate protection

Marine scientists publish "Kiel Declaration"

Typhlocaris ayyaloni. Photo: Sasson Tiram.
23.07.2018

Solving the cave shrimp mystery: geology and evolution in action

A new study found genetic link between rare cave shrimps in Israel and Italy

[Translate to English:] Konzeptionelles Diagramm der Datenintegration in DigitalEarth. Quelle: GEOMAR.
18.07.2018

Data floods our Earth

New project "Digital Earth" aims to better structure research data

Having fun: Early career scientists of RD1. Photo: A. Villwock, GEOMAR.
17.07.2018

What's your research about?

Early career scientists in Research Division 1 gather to share their experiences

Global maps of species richness (left) and speciation rate (right). After Rabosky et al., 2018).
05.07.2018

A cold paradox:

Not warm coral reefs but icy polar seas are centres of species formation for marine fishes