Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment

The Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) is an interdisciplinary Institute at the University of Oldenburg with locations in Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven. It is the only university institute in Lower Saxony that covers broad areas of marine sciences, both in research and in teaching. Currently,  26 working groups of various scientific disciplines - including biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and social sciences - belong to the institute. ICBM operates the Spiekeroog Coastal Observatory and is the home institute of the research vessel SONNE.

News

Marine Science Research

Algae and water fleas in lakes: Light colour influences food webs

ICBM researchers show that light color has a direct influence on phytoplankton and, subsequently, on food relationships in the lake ecosystem.

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Marine Science Awards

Festive start to a special academic year

Congratulations to ICBM scientist Dr. Maren Striebel on receiving her second award for outstanding doctoral supervision!

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Marine Science Research

Do coastal regions produce important greenhouse gases?

ICBM Professor Dr Sinikka Lennartz is leading an international research project on the role of coastal areas as sources of carbonyl sulfide.

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Marine Science Research

Pollutants in the Wadden Sea: researchers develop analysis tool

ICBM researchers develop tool to analyze how pollutants and other negative environmental factors interact and affect fish.

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Events

News from DAM

Pilot missions of the DAM to study impact of bottom trawling on marine protected areas in the North Sea and Baltic Sea

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ICBM Time Series Station

Cooperations

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