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A sediment trap is launched during the POSEIDON expedition POS536 [Photo:Thea Hamm, GEOMAR].
Marine Science

Hitching a ride to the deep sea

In-situ sampling carried out on an expedition and subsequent measurements shed new light on the downward flux of microplastics from the ocean surface…

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Marine Science

The future of marine biodiversity under global warming

Human-induced climate change has already had a major impact on Earth's biodiversity. The habitat of many species – including those in the oceans – Is…

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Marine Science

Iliana Baums appointed

Evolutionary ecologist and coral expert Prof. Dr Iliana Baums has been appointed to a joint professorship in Marine Conservation at the Institute for…

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In addition to living cells and dead organic material, the water of the Garibaldi Fjord in Patagonia contains mainly mineral particles. Photo: Jochen Wollschläger
Marine Science

Unlocking the secrets of glacier flour

The meltwater from glaciers carries thousands of tiny rock fragments into the sea. Using a special camera, researchers at the University of Oldenburg…

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Right on the water: the campus of the University of Oldenburg in Wilhelmshaven. Photo: Markus Hibbeler
Marine Science

University by the sea

Part of the university is located directly at the Jade Bay in Wilhelmshaven: the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM)…

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The figure shows asphalt pieces in artificial seawater. White microbial mats colonized on the asphalt within just a few days and the water became turbid. This was not observed in a control setup, where microbial activity was suppressed. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; J. Brünjes
Marine Science

Laboratory experiment identifies asphalt as a source for non-degradable carbon and sulfur compounds in the ocean

When oil is released into the sea, it is not always the result of an oil spill. There are naturally occurring hydrocarbon seeps on the seafloor where…

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Natural clean-up: Some bacteria living in lakes are able to break down plastic compounds. Photo: Adobe Stock/Alex Stemmers
Marine Science

Natural clean-up

A study of 29 European lakes has found that some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags…

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For the first time since the whaling ban began, researchers and filmmakers have observed larger aggregations of southern fin whales in Antarctica. Photo: Dan Beecham
Marine Science

Fin whales back in Antarctica

For the first time since whaling was banned, a team of researchers and filmmakers has documented large groups of fin whales in the Southern Ocean. The…

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Einige fossile Exemplare der Steinkoralle Desmophyllum dianthus[Foto: Eleni Anagnostou]
Marine Science

Stronger circulation in the Pacific during the Ice Age

Data from cold water corals point to changes in the global ocean circulation system during the last glacial period, an international team led by…

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Marine Science

Night of Science in Wilhelmshaven

The ICBM is taking part at the Night of Science in Wilhelmshaven! On 24 June 2022, eleven scientific institutions and associations will present…

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Marine Science

Sinikka Lennartz appointed

Dr Sinikka Lennartz has been appointed Junior Professor of Biogeochemical Ocean Modelling at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine…

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Marine Science

Catching microplastics with spider webs

Flies, mosquitoes, dust and even microplastics – spider webs capture whatever travels through the air. ICBM scientists have now for the first time…

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The new autonomous research catamaran on its first mission in the North Sea in early May. In the foreground, two measuring buoys can be seen passively drifting with the ocean currents and collecting data in the process [Photo: ICBM/Lisa Gassen].
Marine Science

Exploring the ocean's thin skin

The uppermost layer of the oceans is a very special but as yet little explored part of the planet. Less than a millimetre thick, this surface layer…

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Die weißen Tiefseekrebse der Art Munidopsis alvisca sind an hydrothermalen Quellen weit verbreitet. Foto: Thorsten Brinkhoff
Marine Science

A mutually beneficial relationship

Hydrothermal vents on the seafloor are home to some unusual communities. The galatheid squat lobster species Munidopsis alvisca is among the organisms…

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Marine Science

Flower meadows under the sea

Seagrasses belong to the flowering plants and are the only ones of this plant group that can grow in the sea. To explore these fascinating ecosystems,…

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Prof. Dr. A. Murat Eren. Foto: Universität Oldenburg
Marine Science

Computer Engineer A. Murat Eren appointed

Prof. Dr. A. Murat Eren has been appointed to a joint professorship in Ecosystem Data Science at the Institute for the Chemistry and Biology of the…

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To make visible marine microbes using more sophisticated microscopy such as a epifluorescence microscope, they have to be dyed with a fluorescence stain [Photography: Meinhard Simon, ICBM].
Marine Science

Regionally well adapted: Microbial communities in the Atlantic Ocean

At first glance, the open ocean seems to be a uniform habitat: Water as far as the eye can see. A research team from the Universities of Oldenburg and…

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A yellowbelly hamlet (Hypoplectrus aberrans) from Barbados [Photograph by O. Puebla, ZMT].
Marine Science

Rapid diversification in coral reefs

Hamlets are dwellers of Caribbean coral reefs, where they exhibit a stunning diversity of colours and patterns. In a newly published article in the…

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Tracks down marine litter from space: remote sensing expert Shungudzemwoyo Garaba [Photo: University of Oldenburg, Sibet Riexinger].
Marine Science

Satellites detect marine litter

Shungudzemwoyo Garaba does research at the Wilhelmshaven-based research group Marine Sensor Systems at ICBM. In doing so, he is particularly…

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Marine Science

How volcanic eruptions drove severe mass extinctions

Volcanism probably triggered a period of global cooling that caused one of the most severe mass extinctions in Earth history. A new study by Jack…

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