Members Members Institutions of different fields in marine research founded the German Marine Research Consortium (KDM) on March 16th, 2004. View all Members Research Vessels POSEIDON The POSEIDON was built in 1976 and belongs to the pool of midsize German research vessels. The ship, which was named after the ancient Greek god of the seas, is deployed mainly in the Northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. View all Research Vessels Strategy Groups Strategy Groups KDM Strategy Goups are dedicated to overarching marine scientific topics, in particular those with a high societal relevance View Strategy Groups Education ArcTrain Processes and impacts of climate change in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Canadian Arctic View Education
