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New measuring node installed off Boknis Eck
🌊 Since 1957, data on the state of the Baltic Sea has been collected regularly from a ship and, since 2016, also from an underwater observatory on the seabed.
🚢 This week, GEOMAR deployed a new, modernised measuring node with the research vessel ALKOR. The old device disappeared in 2019 and has not yet been found.
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đź“· Jan Duda, GEOMAR
20 November 2024/Kiel. One of the oldest marine time series stations in the world is located in Eckernförde Bay, about eight kilometres off the coast: Boknis Eck. Since 1957, data on the state of the Baltic Sea has been collected regularly from a ship and, since 2016, also from an underwater observatory on the seabed. Today [20.11.2024], the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel is deploying a new, modernised measuring node with the research vessel ALKOR. The old device disappeared in 2019 and has not yet been found. From now on, the underwater station will provide continuous data on important environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity and currents.
The EU project MMinE-SwEEPER has been launched at GEOMAR. Led by Professor Dr Jens Greinert, the project will bring together 20 international partners to develop innovative and safe strategies for removing unexploded ordnance from the sea.
With a budget of almost six million euros, MMinE-SwEEPER will work over the next three and a half years to develop solutions to this urgent environmental problem in European waters.
Photo: Sarah Uphoff, GEOMAR
14 November 2024/Kiel. The EU project MMinE-SwEEPER has been launched with a big kick-off meeting at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Led by Professor Dr Jens Greinert, the project will bring together 20 international partners to develop innovative and safe strategies for removing unexploded ordnance from the sea. With a budget of almost six million euros, MMinE-SwEEPER will work over the next three and a half years to develop solutions to this urgent environmental problem in European waters.
Professor Dr Susanne Neuer, renowned marine biogeochemist and professor at Arizona State University, was today awarded the 31st Excellence Professorship from the Prof. Dr Werner Petersen Foundation. The award ceremony took place #GEOMAR.
🦠In her keynote lecture, Susanne Neuer highlighted how #phytoplankton and bacteria contribute to the global carbon cycle through the biological carbon pump.
Read more: https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/von-winzigen-organismen-und-ihrer-riesenleistung-im-ozean
Photo: Thomas Eisenkrätzer, GEOMAR
13 November 2024/Kiel. Professor Dr Susanne Neuer, renowned marine biogeochemist and professor at Arizona State University, was today awarded the 31st Excellence Professorship from the Prof. Dr Werner Petersen Foundation. The award ceremony took place at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. In her keynote lecture, Susanne Neuer highlighted how phytoplankton and bacteria contribute to the global carbon cycle through the biological carbon pump. These processes play a crucial role in climate protection and are a core focus of Professor Neuer’s current research.
Martin Keller zum neuen Präsidenten der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft gewählt
Mit der Wahl von Martin Keller zum neuen #Helmholtz-Präsidenten schließt sich der Senat einstimmig dem ebenfalls einstimmigen Vorschlag der Mitgliederversammlung vom 23. Oktober 2024 an. Der derzeitige Präsident, Otmar D. Wiestler, hat sein Amt 2015 angetreten und scheidet kommendes Jahr satzungsgemäß nach zwei Amtszeiten aus. Martin Kellers Amtszeit beginnt am 1. November 2025.
How do Bubbles contribute to Gas Exchange between Air and Sea?
Humboldt Fellow Dr Yuanxu Dong enriches Chemical Oceanography at GEOMAR 🌊
The @HumboldtStiftung promotes scientific collaboration between foreign and German researchers. This year, the #GEOMAR welcomed a new fellow: Dr. Yuanxu Dong will be hosted by Dr Christa Marandino in the Chemical Oceanography research unit for two years.
➡ Read more: https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/wie-tragen-luftblasen-zum-gasaustausch-zwischen-luft-und-meer-bei
Photo: Ilka Thomsen, GEOMAR
30 October 2024/Kiel. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports scientific cooperation between foreign and German researchers through its research fellowships. This funding enables experts from abroad to spend time at German research institutions to implement their own projects. Humboldt Fellow Dr. Yuanxu Dong is hosted by Dr. Christa Marandino in the Chemical Oceanography research unit at GEOMAR. He will spend two years in total researching the role of bubbles in air-sea CO2 exchange.
Danish Royal Couple Visits GEOMAR 🌊
Today, Their Majesties King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark visited GEOMAR. During their journey across the Kiel Fjord by electric ferry from the western shore to GEOMAR's campus on the eastern shore, Director Professor Dr Katja Matthes, provided insights into current research projects focused on the protection and sustainable use of the Baltic Sea.
Read more: https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/daenisches-koenigspaar-besucht-geomar
Photo: Thomas Eisenkrätzer, GEOMAR
22.10.2024/Kiel. Today, Their Majesties King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark visited the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. During their journey across the Kiel Fjord by electric ferry from the western shore to GEOMAR's campus on the eastern shore, Director Professor Dr Katja Matthes, provided insights into current research projects focused on the protection and sustainable use of the Baltic Sea.
State Government, GEOMAR and Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Industry and Commerce establish MUNIMAR competence centre.
The Ministry for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature (MEKUN), GEOMAR and the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) have concluded a cooperation agreement to further advance the clearance of UXO in the North Sea and Baltic Sea with the help of a joint competence centre.
Read more: https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/neues-kompetenzzentrum-fuer-bergung-von-munitionsaltlasten
Photo: AUV-Team, GEOMAR
04.10.2024/Kiel. The Ministry for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature (MEKUN), the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) have concluded a cooperation agreement to further advance the clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the North Sea and Baltic Sea with the help of a joint competence centre. Around 1,600,000 tonnes of old munitions are currently located there. The clearance of UXO is also part of the Baltic Sea Protection 2030 action programme, which the state agreed on in March and which aims to improve the critical condition of the Baltic Sea.
A group of 30 leading ocean scientists is calling for a radical redefinition of the concept of “sustainable fishing”. In their study, they present eleven “Golden Rules” designed to initiate a global rethink in fisheries policy and practice. Dr Rainer Froese, a fisheries expert from GEOMAR, was involved in the study.
Read more: https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/elf-goldene-regeln-zum-schutz-der-meere
23 September 2024/Kiel. A group of 30 leading ocean scientists is calling for a radical redefinition of the concept of “sustainable fishing”. In their study, they present eleven “Golden Rules” designed to initiate a global rethink in fisheries policy and practice. These rules aim to stop the ongoing destruction of the oceans, ensure the recovery of fish stocks, and take into account the social and ecological costs of fishing. The experts urge businesses, governments, and the trade to implement this vision to ensure long-term healthy marine ecosystems and food security. Dr Rainer Froese, a fisheries expert from GEOMAR, was involved in the study.
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