Steep slopes drop down to the sea, with many white houses built close together on the edge
04.02.2025
MULTI-MAREX Deploys Measurement Instruments on the Seafloor
in a delicate white sponge on a reddish stem against a black background
04.02.2025
Research Project XTREAM Investigates the Industrial Potential of Extremophilic Microorganisms
Red birds with long beaks sit in the dense green of the mangrove forest
29.01.2025
New study highlights the role of mangrove systems in global biogeochemical cycles

News

A silvery shimmering school of fish under water fills the entire picture.
22.08.2024

Fisheries Research Overestimates Fish Stocks

GEOMAR Expert Calls for More Realistic Stock Assessments

An island in the sea, the sea is very blue and so is the sky
23.07.2024

Diving deeper for richer prey?

METEOR expedition M202 investigates the ecology of prey to better understand hunting behaviour of toothed whales in the Atlantic

The oxygen optode sensors were extensively tested in the laboratory and in the field, as here during a mooring deployment.
22.07.2024

A new source of oxygen in the deep sea?

Research supported by GEOMAR questions the origins of life and calls for further research on oxygen production in the deep sea

Marine litter on the north-west coast of Sørkappland, Svalbard.
18.07.2024

Climate Change and Pollution Affecting Life in the Arctic

ICEBERG Project Collaborates with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Ice floes on blue water in a fjord. Mountains in the background.
16.07.2024

Expedition investigates the effects of climate change off Greenland

MERIAN expedition MSM130 investigates meltwater runoff from Greenland glaciers, the loss of Arctic sea ice and the interfaces of ice, ocean and atmosphere off the east coast of Greenland

Meer und Himmel nach dem Sonnenuntergang
15.07.2024

Loss of oxygen in bodies of water identified as new tipping point

Current study involving GEOMAR calls for aquatic oxygen loss to be recognised as another Planetary Boundary

Many participants of the HMC summer meeting stand in the building of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
09.07.2024

The requirements for high-quality research data in focus

Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) discussed at GEOMAR about future challenges and developments of the Helmholtz-wide data infrastructure

Plankton
09.07.2024

Sometimes friend, sometimes foe

Research network DynaSym investigates relationships in plankton communities

Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier trägt sich bei seinem Besuch am GEOMAR ins Gästebuch ein. Rechts: GEOMAR-Direktorin Professorin Dr. Katja Matthes, links Daniel Günther, Ministerpräsident des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, und Frank Spiekermann, Verwaltungsdirektor des GEOMAR.
02.07.2024

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits GEOMAR

The head of state learnt about outstanding research and school programmes

The research vessel METEOR is moored in the harbour. The sky is blue with clouds.
25.06.2024

Development of young underwater volcanoes off Iceland in focus

METEOR expedition M201 investigates the volcanic history of unusual volcanoes in Iceland's Vesturdjúp Basin