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19. January 2015

Rapid end of the Green Sahara 8000 years ago

Scientists discover possible link between climate change and human sedentarization

9,000 years ago most of the Sahara was not the ultra-arid desert as we know it today. Due to higher precipitation it was covered by large lakes and savannah that were populated by … …

07. January 2015

Warming slows down oceanic carbon dioxide uptake

Marine scientists discover new positive climate feedback

The ocean absorbs a large fraction of the carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere. A new study published recently in the international journal Proceedings of the National Academy … …

08. December 2014

SOLAS Open Science Conference 2015 at Kiel University

The next SOLAS Open Science Conference will be held in Kiel, Germany 7 - 11 September 2015 at Kiel University. The Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) is an international … …

31. October 2014

Bladderwrack: Tougher than suspected

GEOMAR biologists show a functioning defense system in Fucus vesiculosus despite environmental changes

The bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus is actually one of the most important species of brown algae along the North Atlantic coasts. But for years their populations in the Baltic Sea … …

23. October 2014

Sea turtles’ first days of life: A sprint and a ride towards safety

Scientists follow hatchlings from Cape Verde with tiny acoustic transmitters

With new nano-sized acoustic transmitters, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the Turtle Foundation and Queen Mary University of London were able to … …

24. September 2014

ICES Merit Award for the best poster presentation goes to Kiel University

Rudi Voss of Kiel University, Germany and his colleagues Martin F. Quaas, Jörn O. Schmidt, and Lorena Fricke were presented with a merit award for the best poster presentation … …

17. September 2014

Coastal Cleanup Day 2014 on Kiel’s coast

On Saturday the Ocean Laboratory of the school lab “Kieler Forschungswerkstatt” together with volunteers from schools and associations will free 15 km of coastline from waste.

Saturday, 20th September is international Coastal Cleanup Day and Kiel’s citizens will be part of it! The aim is to collect waste that has been washed ashore on as many beaches of … …

14. September 2014

Small algae with great potential

Unique laboratory experiment shows rapid evolutionary adaptation to ocean acidification and warming

The single most important calcifying algae of the world’s oceans is able to simultaneously adapt to rising water temperatures and ocean acidification through evolution. A unique … …

Rapid end of the Green Sahara 8000 years ago …
Warming slows down oceanic carbon dioxide uptake …
SOLAS Open Science Conference 2015 at Kiel University …
Bladderwrack: Tougher than suspected …
Sea turtles’ first days of life: A sprint and a ride … …
ICES Merit Award for the best poster presentation goes … …
Coastal Cleanup Day 2014 on Kiel’s coast …
Small algae with great potential …

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30. January 2015

ISOS Meet the prof
Meet the Prof: Anya Waite

4. February 2015

Kinderuni 2014
Eine Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde

19. February 2015

Podiumsdiskussion
Scientist, Citizen, Society: Social Responsibility …

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