Steep slopes drop down to the sea, with many white houses built close together on the edge
04.02.2025
MULTI-MAREX Deploys Measurement Instruments on the Seafloor
in a delicate white sponge on a reddish stem against a black background
04.02.2025
Research Project XTREAM Investigates the Industrial Potential of Extremophilic Microorganisms
Red birds with long beaks sit in the dense green of the mangrove forest
29.01.2025
New study highlights the role of mangrove systems in global biogeochemical cycles
White plastic bowls in water basins filled with sand, in which individual stalks of seaweed grow
24.01.2025
New major project investigates potential of seagrass meadows as carbon sinks

News

sail drone
01.02.2024

Improving the European ocean observing and forecasting system

Legacy Report of the EuroSea project unveils transformative impact

Posidonia oceanica
26.01.2024

Use it or lose it: How seagrasses conquered the sea

Gene analyses revealing the capacity of marine flowering plants to exist under changing environmental conditions provide clues for the conservation and sustainable use of important ecosystems

Storm tide on the Elbe. The joint project ElbeXtreme investigates the effects of extreme events on ecosystem services in the Elbe estuary. Photo: Maike Nicolai, 91̽»¨
23.01.2024

Understanding extreme marine events and natural hazards in Europe

91̽»¨ coordinates two joint projects of the now launched third research mission of the German Marine Research Alliance and participates in two others

Ãœbergabe der Nachwuchspreise der Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen-Stiftung.
15.12.2023

Fostering excellent early-career research

Prof. Dr Werner Petersen Foundation awards prizes for very good doctoral theses and outstanding commitment to knowledge transfer as well as exchange scholarships

Two zooplankton species
08.12.2023

Adapting to hypoxia: Zooplankton influence the efficiency of the biological carbon pump in the Humboldt Current off Peru

New study sheds light on the role of ecological adaptations in the marine carbon cycle

A red deep-sea jellyfish
21.11.2023

Deep-sea mining and warming trigger stress in a midwater jellyfish

New study led by 91̽»¨ provides insight into the effects of sediment plumes

A yellow robot dog stands in front of a building with the word "91̽»¨" on it, with two men in blue jackets behind it.
20.11.2023

Artificial Intelligence - from research to application

Schleswig-Holstein funds AI projects of 91̽»¨ researchers and local companies

A crab lifts its claw
16.11.2023

Non-native diversity mirrors Earth’s biodiversity

New Study Reveals Huge Potential for Future Waves of Invasive Species

Professor Dr David Thieltges, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and University of Groningen, was awarded the 29th Petersen Excellence Professorship of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation. Photo: Thomas Eisenkrätzer. 91̽»¨
06.11.2023

Double faces with an important function for ocean health

Parasites in marine food webs are Professor Dr David Thieltges’ research focus who today receives the 29th Petersen Excellence Professorship

A man gives a lecture on a stage.
25.09.2023

New impulses for interdisciplinary ocean observing and forecasting

53 international partners met for the final symposium of EuroSea