Current press releases

 On the left is an aerial view of Mindelo, where everything in the city is covered in mud. On the right is a car in your factory hall. The mud trail shows that the water must have been knee-high.
14.08.2025

Solidarity with Cabo Verde after tropical storm Erin

GEOMAR stands by its partners after severe damage on the island of São Vicente

A large research vessel at sea, photographed from above at an angle
13.08.2025

A Journey to the Origins of the Seafloor

Expedition SO314 investigates how sea-level change affects crust formation beneath the ocean

A ship's captain on the bridge with two women in trouser suits beside him, one looking through binoculars.
10.08.2025

Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär visits GEOMAR

Key research areas and the new research vessel METEOR IV in focus

racing yacht in front of the city skyline
04.08.2025

From Ocean Dome to Open Ship

GEOMAR presents a diverse programme as partner of The Ocean Race Europe

A ship with a blue hull
27.06.2025

Celebrating 50 years of service to marine research

The research vessel LITTORINA celebrates its anniversary

[Translate to English:] Forschungsschiff METEOR
07.06.2025

UN Ocean Conference, 9–13 June 2025, Nice

GEOMAR will participate with two side events on the research vessel METEOR

Room filled with people
15.05.2025

Cellular foundations of symbioses

CRC 1182 international symposium

Corals
15.05.2025

New Coral Gardens and Hydrothermal Vents Found in the Icy Depths of the Remote South Sandwich Islands

An Ocean Census Flagship expedition and GoSouth team of scientists found suspected new species, discovered one of the island chain’s shallowest hydrothermal vents, and explored the deepest trench in the Southern Ocean.

View from the research vessel METEOR
21.02.2025

Where coastal upwelling and Saharan dust support marine life

Expedition “NowUP” investigates ocean-atmosphere dynamics off Northwest Africa