World Wildlife Conservation Day on December 4, 2019On the occasion of the World Wildlife Conservation Day...

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Dramatic environmental damage in the FehmarnbeltIn August 2019, the German navy blew up 42 ground mines in ...

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Research team opens up a source for new antibioticsThe team around Prof. dr. Christian Jogler from the Frie...

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Fucus vesiculosus (Bladderwrack) shows coupled reactions to environmental changes Short-term heat wave...

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NABU: planned Fehmarn Belt tunnel now has one more problemReefs instead of sandy soil: The NABU has present...

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A total of over half a ton of ghost nets salvagedDivers of the German Baltic 2019 mission, which started on...

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Experts demand strict protectionThe protection status of the inner Baltic Sea porpoises has recently not be...

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Researchers provide instructions and decision aids The Baltic Sea contains a dark legacy of ca. 50 000 t...

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Researchers are investigating upwelling areas off Africa and South AmericaOn the eastern edges of the Atlan...

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South Africa: What are you doing? South Africa is blessed! There is hardly another country on Earth that...

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End of last week, scientists at the German Oceanographic Museum spotted a humpback whale in the Bay of Grei...

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The cod crisis is ‛homemade’ The future of fishing in the Baltic Sea is on the line. Scientists are reco...

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More than 30 percent of fish stocks being overfished A report published on July 7th in Rome by the FAO h...

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Increasing meltwater affects salinity of Gulf Stream  The salinity in the waters around Greenland plays ...

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Since April 16th, the Greenpeace ship Beluga II has been underway on a new journey to publicise the growing...

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German environmental organisations have called for a more effective level of marine protection in the North...

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Seabirds aren't the only animals that are threatened by the bane of microplastics. In two separate studies,...

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A crater at the bottom of the North Sea has yielded fresh insights into the fate of methane released at the...

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On World Food Day on October 16th, the WWF reiterated its warning about the impact of overfishing on man an...

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The Sowerby’s beaked whale, which appeared on the coast of Mecklenburg in the well-Wiek, a bay on the Balti...

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GEOMAR Open House in Kiel on 12 July 2015 How dangerous is plastic waste in the ocean? How much World Wa...

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