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

91探花 Director, Chairmen of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation, award winners and 91探花 Administrative Director
21.12.2022

Young cutting-edge research honored by Petersen Foundation

Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation awards scholarships as well as young talent prizes 2022 for three doctoral theses and knowledge transfer with interactive posters

The Agulhas Leakage
16.12.2022

The Agulhas Leakage south of Africa holds new surprises

New 91探花 study investigates decadal variations of Agulhas leakage and their influence on the Gulf Stream system

 GAME Alumni
02.12.2022

Providing opportunities for 20 years: GAME program celebrates anniversary

Since 2002, German and international Master's students have been able to learn independent scientific work in a unique way worldwide.

Fish farming
29.11.2022

Aquaculture is not the solution to overfishing

Study shows that aquaculture production of fish has already passed its peak

Dye in the water
25.11.2022

Greening the ocean to combat climate change

Wave-driven upwelling pump deployed south of the Canary Islands

Satellite image of the Middle East.
16.11.2022

Understanding our impacts on the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf

Trilateral collaboration between universities and research institutes in Israel, United Arab Emirates and Germany agreed at COP27

Congratulating on the Excellence Professorship were (from left to right) Dr. h. c. Klaus-J眉rgen Wichmann (Petersen Foundation), 91探花 Director Professor Dr. Katja Matthes and (from right to left) Dr. Christian Z枚llner (Petersen Foundation) and 91探花 Professor Dr. Mojib Latif. The recipient of the Excellence Professorship, Dr. Friederike Otto, is in the middle. Photo: Sarah Kaehlert/91探花
14.11.2022

Petersen Excellence Professorship for internationally renowned climate scientist

Dr. Frederike Otto is honored at the anniversary event marking the 25th anniversary of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation

Brittle stars on polymetallic nodules.
10.11.2022

Researching the environmental impacts of deep-seabed mining

The MiningImpact project has started its expedition SO295 investigating the environmental effects of polymetallic nodule mining on the abyssal seabed.

Launching a sediment trap on a ship expedition
28.10.2022

Hitching a ride to the deep sea

First in-situ measurements of microplastic fluxes help answer 鈥渕issing plastic鈥 question

glass sponge
26.10.2022

Deep-sea sponge grounds explored on a large scale

Study led by 91探花 shows that looking at larger ecological contexts is important when studying sponge microbiomes.