"Cast off" is the motto on board the research vessel "Sonne" this Friday. Led by Oldenburg geochemist Katharina Pahnke, an international team of…

Snow-white deep-sea crabs populate the seabed near hydrothermal vents. Oldenburg microbiologist Thorsten Brinkhoff was on the track of the animals…

Protecting the oceans and using them sustainably: This is the goal of the second research mission of the German Marine Research Alliance, which…

There would be no oxygen on Earth were it not for sunlight; the key component in photosynthesis. Now researchers have made the surprising discovery…

More and more plastic litter accumulates in the oceans. Remote sensing specialist Shungudzemwoyo Garaba from the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of…

The research group DynaCom is investigating how stable ecosystems are in the face of natural and anthropogenic environmental changes. The German…

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…

Coastal ecosystems naturally store carbon. But how can this potential be improved? A new joint project has recently started investigating this…

Growing microorganisms and their natural communities in the lab – that's what a new collaborative project led by Oldenburg researchers is working on.…

Scientists at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) scored a success: in the aquariums in Wilhelmshaven they were…

Marine paints can be a major source of microplastics in the North Sea. In a new study, Oldenburg environmental geochemists hypothesize that ships…

Marine biodiversity is threatened by climate change, pollution and overfishing. Biodiversity expert Helmut Hillebrand explains in this interview how…

From a South Pacific expedition, a research team led by geoscientist Torben Struve brought back a research object which had travelled far before and…

Almost 4,000 robotic floats drift through the world's oceans in the international Argo programme. Using new optical measuring methods, the robots will…

To monitor emissions from shipping traffic, Oldenburg scientists and partners from France are developing a network of autonomous sensors. The devices…

Reconciling ecological and social demands for a better management of the marine environment - that is the goal of a new, international project led by…