Research Vessels
The German Research Fleet
71 percent of the earth's surface are covered by oceans. They play a crucial role in climate change, offer new energy sources and are home to an incredible variety of organisms. Yet, they are vastly unexplored. To gain better knowledge of the oceans, research vessels are indispensable. The insights gained during expeditions are not only relevant to science, but also to society: They help us to develop strategies against climate change, use the oceans both more efficiently and environmentally friendly and be able to better predict dangers originating in the oceans.
Oceanographers are tracing processes within the ocean with state-of-the-art technology: Remotely operated vehicles, mobile sea floor drill rigs or moorings for long-term acquisition of chemical and physical data. The equipment used is deployed from aboard the research vessels. Thus, an efficient, up-to-date research fleet is important to meet the multifaceted requirements of oceanography.
On the following pages, you can get a better idea of the unique history, characteristics and operational areas of each German research vessel.
Our vessels:
News
02.02.2012
Verleihung des Briese-Preises für Meeresforschung 2011 am Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde weiter
23.01.2012
Unsere Blaue Zukunft Das Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung informiert Europa-Politiker mit einer Veranstaltung in Brüssel am 24.1.2012 weiter
28.11.2011
Die Leibniz-Gemeinschaft hat Frau Prof. Dr. Hildegard Westphal, Direktorin des Leibniz-Zentrums für Marine Tropenökologie, als dritte Vizepräsidentin gewählt Wir gratulieren! weiter
18.10.2011
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bathmann took over as Director of the Leibniz Institute for
Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde (IOW). Polar scientist takes charge at the IOW weiter
11.05.2011
KDM publishes brochure on Ocean Observatories in the Atlantic-Arctic Ocean weiter
06.02.2011
KDM lunch briefing in the European Parliament on 2.2.2011 on „Sustainable use and development of marine resources".
- KDM launches initiative for an ocean-oriented Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) at the European Instititute for Innovation and Technoloy (EIT) -
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05.01.2010
Opening of the new KDM Office in Brussels on 13 January weiter
