Press reports

Deep-sea Octopus Likes to Eat Jellyfish

10. April 2017

New video recordings prove the hunting behavior of Haliphron atlanticus for the first time

With the help of deep-sea robots, marine biologists from Kiel and from Monterey managed to film the very rare deep-sea octopus Haliphron atlanticus during its …

Kiel Marine Science at the World’s Largest Industrial Fair

04. April 2017

Kiel University and KMS present research concepts at the Hannover Fair

From April 24th to 28th, experts from science and economics will convene at the largest international industrial fair in Hannover. For the first time, Kiel University will also …

Search for 'Coastal Selfies' from all over the World

30. March 2017

Geographers from Kiel collect photos for a global data set about coasts in the Citizen Science project “Coastwards”

At the interface between land and sea, coasts are significant for humans in many respects – as a habitat, for the procurement of …

Actions for Tomorrow

30. March 2017

Aqua culture development project receives award from the German Council for Sustainable Development

The Sustainable Food Project "Aquacubes – the productive city" has won the right to claim the quality seal "The Sustainability Project of 2017" from …

From the Bothnian Sea to the Kattegat– On the trail of climate history in the Baltic Sea

27. March 2017

International expedition with the research ship Maria S. Merian comes to an end in Kiel

For more than two weeks, marine scientists from Kiel University (CAU) and the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) along with colleagues …

Declining oxygen – is Humboldt’s nutrient boost at risk?

17. March 2017

Experiment with the KOSMOS mesocosms in Peru

If less and less oxygen is available in the ocean as a result of climate change, this also affects highly productive regions such as the waters off the coast of Peru – an area strongly influenced by the …

Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM): Ruth Schmitz-Streit elected first female president

17. March 2017

Professor from Kiel has been elected new chairwoman at annual meeting

Last week, the VAAM elected Ruth Schmitz-Streit, professor for molecular microbiology, as their new president with an overwhelming majority. Schmitz-Streit, director of the …

Register Now– ozean:werkstatt (Ocean Workshop) for the marine scientists of tomorrow

17. March 2017

Young people discover the seas and oceans with their own reasearch projects

How does the Baltic Sea sound for porpoises? How do marine currents develop? Which biocenoses exist in the Baltic Sea and what dangers is the Baltic Sea facing? School …

Four-month Cruise with German RV METEOR off Peru

02. March 2017

Collaborative Research Centre 754 investigates oxygen minimum zone in the Southeast Pacific

Today, the first of four consecutive expeditions with the German research vessel METEOR starts in Valparaiso (Chile) to investigate the oxygen minimum zone …

How the Term ‘Fracking’ Made an Entire Infrastructure Publicly Visible

28. February 2017

Research project in the Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean" reconstructs the politicization of the conventional natural gas and oil extraction through the fracking conflict. Innovations in a technique for the extraction of unconventional …