Focus on Ancient Warm Climate Clues
The Earth's Cenozoic Era began 66 million years ago with a bang – and with the last mass extinction event on Earth until now. The meteorite... [mehr]
MARUM - Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften an der Universität Bremen
Cold water corals on Namibian shelf extinct due to low oxygen content – New Study published in journal Geology
Known as ‘ecosystem engineers’, cold-water corals play an important role in the species diversity of the deep sea. The coral species Lophelia... [mehr]
The shelf life of pyrite – New publication in Nature Geoscience
The last 2.6 million years are characterized by glacial cycles, a regular alternation of cold and warm periods. It is widely accepted that changes... [mehr]
Remotely operated vehicle MARUM-QUEST for the first time in Antarctic waters
For chief scientist Gerhard Bohrmann and his team it is not the first expedition to the Southern Ocean. The researchers have been studying... [mehr]
ERC Starting Grant for researching sea-level changes
In the field of climate research, the last interglacial period, which occurred between about 128,000 and 116,000 years ago, is often used for... [mehr]
Evolution and climate change in Southeast Africa
Africa plays a prominent role in human evolution, and is considered by researchers to be the cradle of humanity. In the mid-20th century... [mehr]
BMBF funds joint project TRACES
South Africa's ecosystems are affected by climate change as well as anthropogenic impacts such as land use change and industrial and agricultural... [mehr]
Gigantic submarine cold-water coral mounds
In contrast to tropical corals, which live in shallow waters bathed with light, cold-water corals are found in water depths of hundreds or even a... [mehr]
Study: Pulsating dissolution found in crystals
When German researchers zoomed in to the nanometer scale on time-lapse images of dissolving crystals, they found a surprise: Dissolution happened... [mehr]