MERIAN Expedition MSM129 continues long-term observations in the Labrador Sea. As a crucial part of the global ocean conveyor belt, the Atlantic Ocean transports heat northwards – a process that…
Scientific publication on the role of microbial communities in the marine carbon cycle. Many processes in the deep sea are not yet well understood, and the role of microbial communities…
…could improve methods for heating fusion plasma. Both literally and figuratively, light pervades the world. It banishes darkness, conveys telecommunications signals between continents and makes visible the invisible, from faraway…
– volcanism as a driver of the climate in the “Carnic crisis”. New research on the so-called ‘Carnian Crisis’ by a team led by Alexander Lukeneder, palaeontologist at the Natural…
Satellite radar data show kilometer-scale seawater intrusion, causing ice to rise and fall. A team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine used high-resolution satellite radar…
Viruses keep the most common marine bacteria in check. Marine microbes control the flux of matter and energy essential for life in the oceans. Among them, the bacterial group SAR11…