Cross-section of the ocean with ammunition and ship. You can also see the beach.
10.07.2025
Project CAMMera: Methods for Large-Scale Ammunition Clearance
Sample with seaweed in which microplastic particles have become entangled
01.07.2025
ALKOR expedition AL635 investigates micro- and nanoplastics in the German-Danish coastal region
A ship with a blue hull
27.06.2025
The research vessel LITTORINA celebrates its anniversary
 A young woman with Asian features stands on board a ship wearing orange waders and holds a small fish up to the camera
25.06.2025
Study reveals: Overfishing has left measurable marks in the genome of baltic cod

News

Portrait of Alexandra Hahn
02.04.2025

Creativity and Marine Conservation: Alexandra Hahn

Making Diversity Visible: People at GEOMAR

A group of people, formed for a group picture.
01.04.2025

All Aboard for the Third “Floating University”

Master's students from West Africa to study and research aboard the POLARSTERN

Two people stand at a table on the ALKOR and work
27.03.2025

New boost for ecosystem-based fisheries management

GEOMAR and Federal Agency for Nature Conservation sign cooperation agreement

Employees on a ship with blue helmets reach for the steel frame of a crane bailer being lifted out of the water.private
25.03.2025

Ocean Eddies – the Food Trucks of the Sea

Study reveals for the first time the lipidome composition of mesoscale eddies and their precise role in nutrient transport and the carbon cycle

A ship is moored in the harbour
24.03.2025

Deep-Sea Biology of the Cape Verde Islands

Expedition M209 investigates biodiversity and foodwebs from the water column to the sea floor

[Translate to English:] Ein Mann und drei Frauen stehen nebeneinander, die beiden jungen Frauen in der Mitte halten eine Urkunde in die Kamera. Alle lächeln.
21.03.2025

Young researchers honoured for outstanding theses

Annette Barthelt Award 2025 presented at GEOMAR

The research vessel ALKOR is moored in the harbour, in the background you can see a large ferry with the name ‘Bornholmslinjen’ written in large letters.
21.03.2025

Key to Managing Legacy Munitions in the Baltic Sea

Expedition AL628 investigates suspected sites in German and Danish waters

Shot from the seabed, a small frame with sensors stands on the bottom, the arm of an underwater robot protrudes into the picture, a cloud of sediment comes into the picture from the left
05.03.2025

Footprints of Deep-Sea Mining

New Study Examines the Spread of Deep-Sea Mining Sediment Plumes

Drawing of a submarine cable, also showing the fibres inside the cable
04.03.2025

Monitoring the Ocean with Telecommunications Cables

Kick-Off for New Helmholtz Research Infrastructure SAFAtor

Overgrown and starfish-studded boxes on the seabed, with metal shells sticking out of one of them
26.02.2025

Environmental Impact of Unexploded Ordnance in the Baltic Sea

GEOMAR Study Detects Toxic Munitions Chemicals in Water Samples