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Structures of methane-activating enzyme in elusive archaea

Sep 8, 2025

New research reveals structures of the methane-converting enzyme Methyl-coenzyme M reductases (MCR) in unprecedented detail. MCRs were isolated from freshwater and marine methane-consuming microorganisms known as anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME). The results now published in Nature Communi...

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Maiden dive of the new MARUM-QUEST 5000

May 8, 2025

The Research Vessel METEOR is currently underway in the Atlantic, exploring hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, led by MPI researcher Christian Borowski. On board is the new remotely operated diving robot MARUM-QUEST5000 from MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the Unive...

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Where coastal upwelling and Saharan dust support marine life

Feb 21, 2025

Last weekend, the expedition M208 led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel started. Among those on board are researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen. The expedition with the research vessel METEOR is investigating the physical, chemical and bi...

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Resilient algae may speed up Greenland ice melt

Feb 19, 2025

Tiny algae darken the surface of glaciers and thus accelerate their melting. This is the case, for example, on the Greenland Ice Sheet, which plays an important role in our climate and is already melting increasingly fast due to global warming. A study by the Max Planck Institute for Marine Micro...

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