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02.08.2012

The smallest predators in the Baltic Sea

To shed light onto the vastly unresolved biodiversity of the Baltic Sea's tiniest hunters – researchers of the IOW did just the opposite: they turned off the light!

29.05.2012

Research vessel METEOR is in the Baltic Sea

The 87th expedition of the METEOR, under scientific leadership of the IOW, is heading to one of the largest brackish water seas on Earth.

02.04.2012

The future of the Wadden Sea

Does more rain prevent it from drowning?

28.02.2012

Autumn Gales Carried Oxygen into the Baltic

Since a decade, the first relevant salt water intrusion finally occurred.

21.10.2011

Tracking down volatile mercury in the Atlantic

Marine chemists from Warnemünde identify unexpected places and seasons of higher emission.

18.10.2011

Polar scientist takes charge at the IOW

This week, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bathmann took over as Director of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde (IOW)

19.09.2011

Deciphering the microbial world of the Baltic Sea

Marine scientists from Warnemünde succeed in deciphering the microbial world of the Baltic Sea

27.07.2010

RV Maria S. Merian searching for potential methane sources in the Baltic Sea

Methane in coastal seas' sediments: Are they an additional peril for global climate or in a stable equilibrium

22.04.2009

The Baltic Sea in the year 2100

IOW co-ordinates BONUS project AMBER