Experts agree on a position paper on the effects of climate change in the Baltic Sea.
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IOW discovers and cultivates two previously unknown unicellular species from the Baltic Sea
IOW researchers, in collaboration with their Russian colleagues, are the first to have successfully cultivated unicellular collared flagellates from oxygen-depleted areas of the ocean. The two previously unknown species from the Baltic Sea appear to have adapted extremely well to the changing oxygen conditions of their native environment and have a cell structure that heretofore has not been observed in collared flagellates.
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!
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.
Does more rain prevent it from drowning?
Autumn Gales Carried Oxygen into the Baltic
Since a decade, the first relevant salt water intrusion finally occurred.
Tracking down volatile mercury in the Atlantic
Marine chemists from Warnemünde identify unexpected places and seasons of higher emission.
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)
Deciphering the microbial world of the Baltic Sea
Marine scientists from Warnemünde succeed in deciphering the microbial world of the Baltic Sea
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