Current press releases

A large research vessel at sea
21.11.2025

Exploring the Links Between Climate and Volcanism

SONNE Expedition Along the Central American Volcanic Arc Sets Sail

Waves on the Sea
20.11.2025

Southern Ocean’s Heat Storage – a Possible Cause of Future ‘Heat Burps’

A modelling study shows how heat stored in the ocean could be released after centuries of global cooling

Top view: waves rolling onto the beach, with the Ocean Pavilion logo above
07.11.2025

The Ocean’s Role at the UN Climate Conference

GEOMAR contributes to the Ocean Pavilion and signs the Belém Ocean Declaration

A group of four men and a women
05.11.2025

The Ocean: Guardian of Global Warming

Dr Karina von Schuckmann honoured with the Petersen Excellence Professorship

Manipulator arm at a black smoker
24.10.2025

A Highway for Iron in the Ocean

New study identifies hydrothermal vents as underestimated sources of important nutrients in the sea

Original black-and-white photograph of Meteor I
18.10.2025

100 Years of Meteor: Explore the Expedition Interactively

Interactive Storymap by GEOMAR and the German Maritime Museum

The research vessel ALKOR on the Baltic Sea
14.10.2025

Chemical Munitions and Clearance Effects in Focus

ALKOR Research Cruise Investigates Legacy Munitions in the Baltic Sea

Icebergs on the sea in golden sunlight
06.10.2025

Cooler warm periods: How the Southern Ocean controlled climate and atmospheric CO2

New study: More carbon storage through stronger ocean stratification

A young woman in a light green trouser suit and three elderly gentlemen in suits in a lecture hall
25.09.2025

Outstanding Bachelor’s Thesis on the Ocean’s Role in the Climate System

Mayra Schlack awarded the Otto Krümmel-Förderpreis 2025 / GEOMAR Innovation Award presented for the first time

 Whitewashed houses with bright blue domed roofs on the edge of a steeply sloping coastline
24.09.2025

Magma Displacement triggered tens of thousands of Earthquakes

Analysis of earthquake swarm around Santorini reveals origin and development of the seismic crisis

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