Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment
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Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment
The Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) is an interdisciplinary Institute at the University of Oldenburg with locations in Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven. It is the only university institute in Lower Saxony that covers broad areas of marine sciences, both in research and in teaching. Currently, more than 20 working groups of various scientific disciplines - including biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering - belong to the institute. ICBM operates the coastal observatory Spiekeroog and is the home institute of the research vessel Sonne.
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![Phytoplankton, a huge variety of forms [Images: Irina Olenina (Environmental Protection Agency & Marine Research Institute of the Klaipeda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania), Leonilde Roselli (Agency for the Environmental Prevention and Protection (ARPA Puglia), Lecce, Italy); Graphics: sri]](/f/5/inst/icbm/bilder/pm/phytopl-math_mod02.7_sri.png)
Marine Science
Importance of shape and form
![Irreversible sea-level rise, dramatic weather events after passing certain tipping points? And the Earths surface temperatures, how much will they rise if the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is doubled? Current computer models fail in predicting these abrupt, potentially non-reversible changes. [Graphics: tipping elements in the Earth's climate system, based upon Lenton et al. (2008) (CodeOne (blank map), DeWikiMan (additional elements), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)]](/f/5/inst/icbm/bilder/pm/Climate-tipping-points-en-bsri.png "[Translate to English:]")
Marine Science
Training the next generation of climate researchers
Marine Science
"Marine organisms don't respect boundaries"
Marine Science
A dynamical world underground
![Delighted to have been granted university funding: Dr. Bianca Liguori (l.) and Dr. Corinna Mori [Image: T. Struve, ICBM].](/f/5/_processed_/f/9/csm_Picture_Bianca_and_Corinna_ICBM_web_f0501d132f.jpg)
Marine Science
Two ICBM – scientists receive university funding
![Only a small fraction of plastic litter floating in the seas ends up on the shores, as to be seen here at Unalau Bay, Hawaii. In future, scientists want to trace marine plastic litter by means of remote sensing to selctively organise cleanups, e.g. [Image: Sarah-Jeanne Royer].](/f/5/_processed_/4/e/csm_Unalau_Bay_8_b0693ffcf8.jpg)
Marine Science
Launch of international task force for remote sensing of marine debris
![Die einzelnen Sektionen eines der untersuchten Sedimentkerne. Da Letztere bis zu 30 Meter lang sein können, werden sie in der Regel zerlegt [Foto: Katharina Pahnke / Universität Oldenburg].](/f/5/_processed_/a/8/csm_Struve_185-ds-NCOMMS-20-02795B_image-5r2_5bc4c49771.jpg)
Marine Science
A jigsaw puzzle made of ancient dust
![A colleague of the project participating Laboratoire d'Océanographie in Villefranche-sur-mer (LOV), France, while deploying the RAMSES equipped float [Image: LOV].](/f/5/_processed_/5/e/csm_IMG_0644LOV-bsri_5c032abcf0.jpg)
Marine Science
First ICBM-Hyperspectral Float Deployed in the Mediterranean
![Fish, corals and more - Biodiversity in a coral reef [Image: Peter Schupp, ICBM]](/f/5/_processed_/2/f/csm_UmwbiochemThumb01-16z9_a597462cae.jpg)
Marine Science
Between lab bench and coral reefs
Marine Science
Are tipping points suitable concepts for developing environmental policies?
Marine Science
Diving buoys with "sharpened sight"
Marine Science
Towards an improved montoring of pollutant releases at sea
Marine Science
How plastic litter ends up in the seas
Marine Science
Slime Film
Marine Science
Environmentally more friendly ships and more reliable measurements through „sea cucumber technology“?
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Pilot missions of the DAM to study impact of bottom trawling on marine protected areas in the North Sea and Baltic Sea
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