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EXC 309:  The Ocean in the Earth System

Subject Area Geology and Palaeontology
Term from 2007 to 2018
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 49926684
 
Final Report Year 2019

Final Report Abstract

The Research Center / Cluster of Excellence were instrumental in strengthening marine sciences within the University of Bremen and in establishing the MARUM as a long-term organizational unit (Research Faculty) and cooperative partner for non-university institutions. MARUM has positioned itself internationally at the forefront of science in several interdisciplinary research areas, including the subseafloor biosphere, processes underlying natural climate variations, the role of microbial processes in shaping biogeochemical cycles, formation and disintegration of gas hydrates, and submarine geohazards, as well as the integration of numerical modeling into Earth-system science. The scientific advances achieved by the MARUM are documented by 230 peer-reviewed publications per year (average of the last 5 years). In the field of sediment-related research, MARUM is now one of the most productive single-site institutions worldwide, and 10% of our publications appeared in journals with an impact factor greater than nine. Over the past funding phase, the proportion of MARUM publications with international collaborators increased from 60% to 77%. Another sign of international visibility is the high number of applications we receive for advertised positions. Of 19 professorships the University has opened in the framework of the Research Center / Cluster of Excellence since 2001, ten were filled by researchers from abroad (five from the USA, four from the UK, and one from Greece). About 40% of the postdoc positions and 24% of the PhD student positions at MARUM are filled by persons from abroad. MARUM is one of about ten institutions worldwide that operate and develop large, high-technology underwater equipment, and it provides key infrastructure to the international scientific community. In 2003, the Research Center became the first institution in Germany to operate a work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for deep-sea research. Today, the underwater systems include two ROVs, for 4,000 and 2,000 m water depths, and one autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for deployment down to 5,000 m. Furthermore, MARUM has blazed a new trail in scientific ocean-floor drilling through the development of robotic deep-sea drill rigs (drilling depths of 70 and 200 m) in cooperation with industry partners. Multidisciplinary data generated by the Research Center / Cluster of Excellence is hosted by the central data platform PANGAEA – Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science, which is jointly operated by MARUM and the AWI. Scientific achievements were closely related to advances in the training of Early Career Researchers, equal opportunity measures, public engagement and governance. In these areas, the Research Center / Cluster of Excellence has provided strategic momentum and has set standards for the University of Bremen and other institutions.

Link to the final report

https://dx.doi.org/10.2314/GBV:1695009800

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