NextGen Logo. Source: Helmholtz Association
10.03.2017

Phd Students of the Helmholtz Association meet in Kiel

2. NextGen@Helmholtz Conference from July 5-7 at 91̽»¨

During the coming months scientists will use a combination of the most diverse measurements to better understand processes in the oxygen minimum zone off Peru. Photo: Michael Schneider, RV METEOR
06.03.2017

Four-month Cruise with German RV METEOR off Peru

Collaborative Research Centre 754 investigates oxygen minimum zone in the Southeast Pacific

Thousands of lava and magma samples are archived in the 91̽»¨ rock repository. Some of these samples were used by the international science team to trace the way of the water down to the earth's mantle. Photo: Jan Steffen, 91̽»¨
28.02.2017

Water cycles much deeper than previously thought

New study in Nature Geoscience reveals influence of subduction on the entire mantle

Participants of the 2nd Marine Imaging Workshop. Photo: Jan Steffen, 91̽»¨
24.02.2017

Automated evaluation of underwater images as a global task

International workshop on "Marine Imaging" successfully completed at 91̽»¨

Wave Gliders 91̽»¨ 2 (left) and MARUM on board RV MARIA S. MERIAN waiting for their launch. Photo: Sarah Kaehlert, 91̽»¨
22.02.2017

Watching marine science in real time

91̽»¨ Wave Glider missions live on the internet

Greetings from the southwest Pacific: The 91̽»¨ ROV team right after the 250th dive  of ROV KIEL 6000. Photo: ROV-Team, 91̽»¨
20.02.2017

ROV KIEL 6000 successfully completed 250th dive

91̽»¨ robot supports the exploration of deep-sea sponges

The German RV MARIA S. MERIAN in Mindelo. Photo: Björn Fiedler, 91̽»¨
17.02.2017

Summit Meeting on an Underwater Mountain

Marine scientists from Kiel install observatory in the tropical Atlantic

Changes of dissolved oxygen in the global ocean in percent. Graphic: 91̽»¨
15.02.2017

Global Ocean De-Oxygenation Quantified

The first in-depth study on the observed global ocean oxygen content was just published by Kiel scientists in Nature.

The research drilling vessel JOIDES RESOLUTION. Photo: Bill Crawford/IODP
10.02.2017

Cold plates and hot melts

International science team publishes new data about the history of the Pacific Ring of Fire

A unicellular organism Thalassicolla caerulea. Photo: Tristan Biard, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego
27.01.2017

The Plankton Puzzle

Marine scientists start citizen science project to reveal the secrets of unicellular organisms in the ocean