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

Brittle stars on polymetallic nodules.
10.11.2022

Researching the environmental impacts of deep-seabed mining

The MiningImpact project has started its expedition SO295 investigating the environmental effects of polymetallic nodule mining on the abyssal seabed.

Launching a sediment trap on a ship expedition
28.10.2022

Hitching a ride to the deep sea

First in-situ measurements of microplastic fluxes help answer “missing plastic” question

glass sponge
26.10.2022

Deep-sea sponge grounds explored on a large scale

Study led by GEOMAR shows that looking at larger ecological contexts is important when studying sponge microbiomes.

24.10.2022

Achieving climate neutrality and the goals of the Paris Agreement

OceanNETs and CDRmare discussion at the European Parliament and Online

Scientific Advisory Board
07.10.2022

Scientific Advisory Board of GEOMAR meets in Kiel

The focus of this year's meeting was mainly on the GEOMAR 2030 Strategy and the exchange with scientists

Award winners and supervisors
29.09.2022

Otto Krümmel Award 2021 honors outstanding bachelor theses

Due to the Corona pandemic, the award was conferred in fall 2022, in a live-reception at GEOMAR.

Copepod
26.09.2022

Keeping pace with climate change?

GEOMAR study shows adaptability of copepods as long as not too many stressors come together at the same time.

Marina Khachaturyan
23.09.2022

Meeting on the Waterfront

First meeting of the graduate school MarDATA after three years of remote work in Kiel

Fire department extinguishes fire
15.09.2022

Update on the fire during roof work on the GEOMAR extension building

Information after the fire of September 13, 2022

Fire on the roof of the GEOMAR extension building
13.09.2022

Fire during roof work damages GEOMAR extension building

According to initial information, a craftsman was slightly injured