Publications (Print)


World Ocean Review (WOR)

Report on the State of the World‘s Oceans

The "World Ocean Review" (WOR) is a comprehensive and in-depth report that elaborates on the state of the world's oceans and the interactions between the ocean and ecological, economic and socio-political …


Cluster Highlight Report

It covers more than a decade of Kielbased discovery, understanding and prediction of the ocean system and its importance for humanity.

More than 70% of our planet's surface is covered by a globally connected ocean. Kiel-based science contributes to …


Short Report "Sustainable Fisheries"

Sustainable fisheries management – is that possible at all?

Considering the almost daily new reports about the depletion of the fish stocks in the world's oceans and an increasingly growing world population, the recovery of the worldwide fish …


Ocean Atlas

Data and Facts about our use of the ocean

On May 10th, 2017 the Ocean Atlas was presented for the first time in Berlin. With 18 contributions, it summarizes the most important dimensions of interactions between humans, the ocean and its coasts and …


Cluster flyer

There are flyers about the different work areas of the cluster. You can order them from the cluster office at press@futureocean.org …


Annual Reports of the Future Ocean

The reports are published in English and can be ordered from the cluster office (presse@ozean-der-zukunft.de). …


Exhibition Catalogue Munich

Catalogue of the Cluster Exhibition in the "Deutsches Museum" in Munich

From 25th March to 30th August 2010 The Cluster of Excellence "Future Ocean" presened a special exhibiton in the Detusches Museum in Munich. The catalogue of the exhibition is …


Report "Sustainable Oceans: Reconciling Economic Use and Protection"

To examine the role of our oceans in a sustainable future world, the Dräger Foundation organized an initial conference in 2008, the XVII Malente Symposium “More than Water – Oceans and Global Responsibility”. This conference then led to an …


Kids' and Students' University

Booklets

Every year the Cluster organises a Kids' and Students' University for children between the ages of 8 to 12 and 12 to 16. A brochure is published for each lecture. The brochures are available in German. …


Essayband

The Ocean is Our Future – Kiel Marine Scientists on a Time Trip to 2100

The Cluster has published a collection of essays with the title “The Ocean is Our Future – Kiel Marine Scientists on a Time Trip to 2100”, in which scientists relate …


The Oil Catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico? What will Be the Lasting Effects?

Background information from the Cluster of Excellence "Future Ocean" on the effects of the Deepwater Horizon explosion on the oceans and their coasts. This publication is only available in German. …