January 29, 2010, Kiel. The 11th annual meeting of the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO), an international group of the leading marine research institutes, took place in Moscow, Russia from January 26-28, 2010. With about 60 participants from 35 marine research institutes and organizations it was one of the largest POGO meetings so far. Under the chairmanship of Dr....

– Marine scientists investigate the distribution of important micro-nutrients in the Atlantic –

28.01.2010/Kiel. They are invisible and very difficult to measure but no life in the oceans would be possible without them. We are talking about trace metals such as cadmium, copper or iron, dissolved in seawater. Their precise origin and distribution in the world’s ocean, in particular...

The four visitors from the King Abdulaziz University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia were a bit under a climate shock. Within few hours they had to face a temperature difference of more than 30 degree C. Nevertheless Prof. Ali M. Al-Aidroos, Prof. Hisham S. Ghomies, Prof. Abdulmohsin A. Al-Sofyani and Prof. Adnan J. Salama were well prepared. In addition they were very excited about the snow, something...

Europe misses by more than 30 Years the international goal of rebuilding its fish stocks

Joint press release of the Excellence Cluster „Future Ocean“ and the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR)

Kiel, Germany, 21.01.2010. At the Development Summit in Johannesburg in 2002, the European countries agreed to rebuild their fish stocks to levels that can produce the...

– For the first time IFM-GEOMAR will be using a fleet of new high-tech-robots in a concerted mission – 

January 14, 2010/Kiel. The Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel, Germany, recently obtained the biggest fleet of so-called gliders in Europe. These instruments can explore the oceans like sailplanes up to a depth of 1000 metres. In doing so they only...

– New study reveals important impact of benthic organisms –

January 13, 2010/Kiel. They need calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) for many aspects of their life cycle, releasing this material to the seabed when they die: Echinoderms, such as starfish, or sea lilies, have a much larger impact on the global marine carbon cycle than assumed originally. Accordingly, their reactions to...

- A new study by researchers in Kiel emphasizes the need for further research -

Joint press release of the excellence cluster Future Ocean and IFM-GEOMAR

December 15, 2009/Kiel. Ocean iron fertilization (OIF) is generally considered to constitute a potential geoengineering method with which to sequester more CO₂ in the oceans and thus mitigate the effects of...