Four small silver fish lie on a table.
04.12.2025
GEOMAR, environmental organisations and consumer advice centres update their joint list of ‘good fish’ for conscious purchasing of sea fish
People gather for a group photo, holding a banner in their hands.
01.12.2025
West African and European partners are developing a long-term research programme with a one-year observation campaign off the coast of West Africa
An iceberg and ice floes floating on the sea
01.12.2025
New study highlights the key role of the Southern Ocean in the Earth’s climate system
A research vessel at sea
27.11.2025
Launching with German and Danish participation

News

A crab lifts its claw
16.11.2023

Non-native diversity mirrors Earth’s biodiversity

New Study Reveals Huge Potential for Future Waves of Invasive Species

Professor Dr David Thieltges, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and University of Groningen, was awarded the 29th Petersen Excellence Professorship of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation. Photo: Thomas Eisenkrätzer. GEOMAR
06.11.2023

Double faces with an important function for ocean health

Parasites in marine food webs are Professor Dr David Thieltges’ research focus who today receives the 29th Petersen Excellence Professorship

A man gives a lecture on a stage.
25.09.2023

New impulses for interdisciplinary ocean observing and forecasting

53 international partners met for the final symposium of EuroSea

Forschungsschiff METEOR
11.07.2023

German Marine Research Alliance welcomes the construction of the new METEOR IV

New research vessel METEOR IV takes over for METEOR and POSEIDON in the German research fleet

Professorin Dr. Katrin Meissner
07.07.2023

Petersen Excellence Professorship honors expert in climate history

At the same time, the Petersen Innovation Transfer Award for pioneering products and processes will be presented for the third time.

 "Dumbo" octopus of the species Cirrotheutis muelleri c
06.07.2023

Miles down for lunch

Deep-sea imagery and observations reveal novel octopus feeding behaviour

Light test in the laboratory in Spain.
16.06.2023

Setting off for new waters on the way to a master's degree

Students study the effects of light pollution on marine life in ten different countries for their theses

Midnight sun in Eyjafjörður
01.06.2023

ANTON and LUISE on mapping course off Iceland

Expedition with two autonomous underwater vehicles to the Grimsey hydrothermal field

Along the investigated beach section, all finds are examined and assigned to a predefined category.
31.05.2023

Enjoying our beaches – without polluting them

Researchers from Kiel present first combined systematic study on litter in the micro and macro spectrum on Schleswig-Holstein's Baltic Sea beaches

Research Vessel Poseidon
03.05.2023

Minoan eruption survey improves volcanic risk assessments

GEOMAR study provides new insights into the largest volcanic eruption in Europe in the last 10,000 years