Gillnets endanger harbour porpoises of the Baltic Sea
by DiveSSI - 29th April 2019
Experts demand strict protection
The protection status of the inner Baltic Sea porpoises has recently not been included in the list of migrator...
The protection status of the inner Baltic Sea porpoises has recently not been included in the list of migrator...
Ammunition in the Baltic Sea: monitoring, recovering or leaving behind?
by DiveSSI - 8th February 2019
Researchers provide instructions and decision aids
The Baltic Sea contains a dark legacy of ca. 50 000 tons of dumped chemical warfare agents (CWA)...
Virtual dive into the Baltic Sea
by DiveSSI - 8th October 2018
NABU presents "OstseeLIFE" - a 360-degree virtual world
The Baltic Sea is Germany's No.1 holiday destination. Statistics say roundabout 6.5 mil...
The Baltic Sea is Germany's No.1 holiday destination. Statistics say roundabout 6.5 mil...
Baltic Sea: 500 meters of ghost net salvaged
by DiveSSI - 9th August 2018
Many fish and birds have died in the net
Just before off Warnemünde divers on behalf of the WWF on 7 August 2018 salvaged a ghost net, w...
Just before off Warnemünde divers on behalf of the WWF on 7 August 2018 salvaged a ghost net, w...
Ban on European eel fishing in Baltic Sea proposed
by DiveSSI - 1st September 2017
EU Commission is first to include eel in catch quotas
The European eel is fighting for survival. In the last 30 years, its population has d...
The European eel is fighting for survival. In the last 30 years, its population has d...
Protected area for harbour porpoises established in Baltic Sea
by DiveSSI - 9th January 2017
Area south of Gotland is important breeding site
The government of Sweden will set up a protected area for the endangered harbour porpoise...
The government of Sweden will set up a protected area for the endangered harbour porpoise...
Microplastics found in fish stocks from North and Baltic Seas
by DiveSSI - 2nd February 2016
Seabirds aren't the only animals that are threatened by the bane of microplastics. In two separate studies, scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institu...
Plastic litter in the sea: Fundamental changes necessary
by DiveSSI - 5th November 2018
Experts discuss the EU ban on disposable plastic
The EU wants to ban disposable products such as drinking straws or ear swabs. The plastic wast...
The EU wants to ban disposable products such as drinking straws or ear swabs. The plastic wast...
Ammunition in the sea: effects only partially known
by DiveSSI - 22nd May 2018
New study points to global problem with explosives chemicals
More than 70 years after the end of the Second World War, countless pieces of ammu...
More than 70 years after the end of the Second World War, countless pieces of ammu...
Reducing plastic waste at sea
by DiveSSI - 21st March 2017
NABU, politicians and businesses work together to find solutions
The problem of plastic waste in the oceans is massive. Every yea...
The problem of plastic waste in the oceans is massive. Every yea...
Drastic cuts in fishing quotas needed to prevent collapse of cod stocks in Baltic
by DiveSSI - 25th August 2016
The cod crisis is ‛homemade’
New insights into outcome of methane released at seafloor
by DiveSSI - 14th January 2016
A crater at the bottom of the North Sea has yielded fresh insights into the fate of methane released at the seafloor.
Publishing their findings in ...
Experience Marine Research First-Hand
by DiveSSI - 9th July 2015
GEOMAR Open House in Kiel on 12 July 2015
In the focus: The oceans most productive areas
by DiveSSI - 16th January 2019
Researchers are investigating upwelling areas off Africa and South America
On the eastern edges of the Atlantic and the Pacific, continuous buo...
On the eastern edges of the Atlantic and the Pacific, continuous buo...
New jellyfish species observed in the Kiel Canal
by DiveSSI - 30th August 2018
Further spread of Blackfordia virginica into the Baltic Sea is likely
A new type of jellyfish has become established in the Kiel Canal. The bra...
A new type of jellyfish has become established in the Kiel Canal. The bra...
Overfishing: Full steam ahead
by DiveSSI - 31st July 2018
World Food Organization publishes report on fisheries and aquaculture
As more and more fish stocks worldwide are overfished and exploited...
As more and more fish stocks worldwide are overfished and exploited...
Heatwaves can change coastal ecosystems
by DiveSSI - 10th July 2018
Long-term study shows effects of short-term extreme events
Model calculations predict an increase in extreme events such as heat waves as a res...
Model calculations predict an increase in extreme events such as heat waves as a res...
Dive destination Grenada
by DiveSSI - 26th June 2018
Under water highlights are a number of wrecks and a sculpture park
The Caribbean Sea around Grenada offers just about everything that makes scu...
The Caribbean Sea around Grenada offers just about everything that makes scu...
Travel stress can train bioinvasors
by DiveSSI - 15th June 2018
Study identifies new factor for the invasion success of introduced species
The global movement of goods, with its many ship movements across oc...
The global movement of goods, with its many ship movements across oc...
Invasive ctenophora: currents as a driving force
by DiveSSI - 31st May 2018
New study shows first comprehensive inventory of European crab jellyfish
For 12 years, the Atlantic jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi, originating fr...
For 12 years, the Atlantic jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi, originating fr...
Lack of oxygen in marine snow
by DiveSSI - 12th April 2018
Global nutrient losses outside the oxygen minimum zones of the ocean
The productivity of the ocean is largely determined by the availability of...
The productivity of the ocean is largely determined by the availability of...
Scientists on quest for harbour porpoises
by DiveSSI - 23rd May 2017
Wind direction determines route
Harbour porpoises are in the spotlight!
Dr Corinna Hoffmann and Alexander Holtz are very hopeful a...
Harbour porpoises are in the spotlight!
Dr Corinna Hoffmann and Alexander Holtz are very hopeful a...
Sharks sanctuary or slaughter – contradiction in paradise
by DiveSSI - 11th April 2017
South Africa: What are you doing?
South Africa is blessed! There is hardly another country on Earth that has so much untouched beauty and ...
South Africa is blessed! There is hardly another country on Earth that has so much untouched beauty and ...
New measurements indicate greater mass loss from Greenland ice sheet than previous thought
by DiveSSI - 27th September 2016
Amount of annual ice loss actually 272 Giga tons
The loss of ice mass from the Greenland ice sheet is greater than previously thought, says a ...
The loss of ice mass from the Greenland ice sheet is greater than previously thought, says a ...
Humpback whale sighted in the Bay of Greifswald
by DiveSSI - 29th August 2016
End of last week, scientists at the German Oceanographic Museum spotted a humpback whale in the Bay of Greifswald. It had been swimming east of the is...
FAO report highlights overfishing in the oceans
by DiveSSI - 18th July 2016
More than 30 percent of fish stocks being overfished
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Gulf Stream: Scientists calculate path of Greenland meltwater
by DiveSSI - 24th June 2016
Increasing meltwater affects salinity of Gulf Stream
Beluga II makes waves against plastic waste
by DiveSSI - 21st April 2016
Since April 16th, the Greenpeace ship Beluga II has been underway on a new journey to publicise the growing threat of plastic trash and microplastic...
Environment groups call for more effective marine protection
by DiveSSI - 18th March 2016
German environmental organisations have called for a more effective level of marine protection in the North and Baltic Sea by Federal Minister of Food...
Sustainable fishing helps both animals and people, says WWF on World Food Day
by DiveSSI - 20th October 2015
On World Food Day on October 16th, the WWF reiterated its warning about the impact of overfishing on man and nature.
“We eat the seas empty. The ...
Whale stranded in shallow waters of well-Wiek
by DiveSSI - 5th October 2015
The Sowerby’s beaked whale, which appeared on the coast of Mecklenburg in the well-Wiek, a bay on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in lat...
High demand for totoaba fish threatens world’s smallest living cetacean
by DiveSSI - 1st June 2016
Only 60 vaquitas left at recent census
German Oceanographic Museum turns spotlight on cephalopods for 2016
by DiveSSI - 2nd April 2016
This year, step into the fascinating world of cephalopods, at the German Oceanographic Museum's Meeresmuseum and Ozeaneum. That's because 2016 is dedi...
