Press reports

Acidic Water Impacts Sea Urchins

24. October 2012

Kiel study verifies adverse effects on sea urchin larvae

Increasing ocean acidification can have negative effects on calcifying marine organisms. A new study of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel University and the University …

Marine Research with a Panorama of the Alps

02. October 2012

Kiel’s Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” and GEOMAR present themselves in Munich on the Day of German Unity

The Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” and GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel invite all visitors of the …

Further Top Level Support for Kiel Marine Sciences

15. June 2012

Continuation of the Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” granted

Today the federal Grants Committee for the Excellence Initiative approved a further five year funding period for the Kiel Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean”. …

How does Dolomite form?

04. June 2012

Scientists in Kiel show the influence of marine bacteria on mineral formation

The formation of the mineral dolomite is still puzzling scientists. …

Overfished But Still on the Plate

17. April 2012

Nearly 30 percent of the fish products with the MSC or FOS certification come from overfished stocks.

Three quarters of the marine fish stocks worldwide are regarded as overfished or used to sustainability limits. Numerous fish stocks have even …

Marine Biologists Question UN Data Set on Fishery

26. March 2012

Researchers suspect that a quarter of the stocks may have already collapsed

A non-representative data set and an increase in effort to keep catches constant are hiding the fact that more fish stocks have collapsed due to overfishing than has been …

How do Tsunamis develop off the coast of southern Italy?

19. December 2011

Earth scientists from Kiel examine the continental margins in the Strait of Messina

From late December 2011 till Mid January 2012 earth scientists from the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) and from the Cluster of Excellence "The …

Kyoto and Kiel Further their Cooperation

01. October 2011

Japanese Consul and PhD Students from Kyoto Visit Kiel

Yesterday evening (September 30th) at the Zoological Museum representatives from politics and business emphasized the importance of the exchange between Japan and Schleswig-Holstein. The …

The Ocean Comes to the Rhine

29. September 2011

The Kiel Cluster of Excellence and IFM-GEOMAR at the Day of German Unity in Bonn

The Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” and the Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) invite all visitors to the Day of German Unity in Bonn to …

Nursery for Deep Sea Sharks Discovered

22. September 2011

Tube worms and limestone landscapes at methane seeps serve as breeding places for deep sea predators

Natural methane seeps in the deep sea were known up to now as the habitat of only a few, very specialized survival artists. Now scientists at the …

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