Young woman with dark curls in a laboratory
11.02.2026
Dr Viktoria Steck is starting a new Emmy Noether Group, “Marine Metalloproteins”, at GEOMAR
Map of the coast of New England and the surrounding seas
04.02.2026
International team provides first detailed evidence of long-suspected hidden fresh water aquifers
Screenshot of a website showing a section of coastline from the air
02.02.2026
New online platform makes CDR approaches transparent and comparable
On board the METEOR, a scientist cuts through a rock sample with a circular saw. She wears ear protection and a face shield.
29.01.2026
How a shifting plate boundary and hot mantle material formed one of the largest canyons in the ocean

News

Congratulating on the Excellence Professorship were (from left to right) Dr. h. c. Klaus-Jürgen Wichmann (Petersen Foundation), GEOMAR Director Professor Dr. Katja Matthes and (from right to left) Dr. Christian Zöllner (Petersen Foundation) and GEOMAR Professor Dr. Mojib Latif. The recipient of the Excellence Professorship, Dr. Friederike Otto, is in the middle. Photo: Sarah Kaehlert/GEOMAR
14.11.2022

Petersen Excellence Professorship for internationally renowned climate scientist

Dr. Frederike Otto is honored at the anniversary event marking the 25th anniversary of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation

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