Current press releases

A large research vessel at sea
21.11.2025

Exploring the Links Between Climate and Volcanism

SONNE Expedition Along the Central American Volcanic Arc Sets Sail

Waves on the Sea
20.11.2025

Southern Ocean’s Heat Storage – a Possible Cause of Future ‘Heat Burps’

A modelling study shows how heat stored in the ocean could be released after centuries of global cooling

Top view: waves rolling onto the beach, with the Ocean Pavilion logo above
07.11.2025

The Ocean’s Role at the UN Climate Conference

GEOMAR contributes to the Ocean Pavilion and signs the Belém Ocean Declaration

A group of four men and a women
05.11.2025

The Ocean: Guardian of Global Warming

Dr Karina von Schuckmann honoured with the Petersen Excellence Professorship

Manipulator arm at a black smoker
24.10.2025

A Highway for Iron in the Ocean

New study identifies hydrothermal vents as underestimated sources of important nutrients in the sea

Sunst over the Mediterranean sea
05.09.2025

What Climate Change Means for the Mediterranean Sea

GEOMAR Study Highlights Urgent Need for Action

Steffen Kutterolf watches the sea
15.08.2025

Study highlights the massive impact of large explosive volcanic eruptions on the underwater world

Discovery of a 200 meter thick layer of volcanic ash in the Aegean Sea laid down by submarine flows that traveled more than 140 km from the source volcano

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