German Marine Research Consortium

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German Marine Research Consortium
legal form	Registered association
founding	2004
place	Berlin
Board	Ulrich Bathmann (Chairman) Michael Schulz Kay Emeis Karin Lochte Detlef Stammer
executive Director	Jan-Stefan Fritz
Members	16
Website	www.deutsche-meeresforschung.de

Biological investigations through the use of research divers is one aspect of the German marine research represented in the KDM

The German Marine Research Consortium (KDM) (Engl. German Marine Research Consortium ) is a consortium of major German research institutions in the fields of marine , polar and coastal research . The KDM is a registered association with sixteen members. All major research institutes and institutions of universities of marine science belong to it. The chairman is the director of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) Ulrich Bathmann.

The aim of the consortium is to promote German marine research, including marine polar research and coastal research, and to intensify the binding cooperation between the institutions involved. To this end, the development of joint research programs and cooperation within German, European and international marine research are sought. The binding coordination and planning of the research programs of all associated members is intended to make the operation and use of large infrastructure more effective. The KDM also lobbies and uniformly represents the interests of marine research vis-à-vis national decision-makers, the European Union and the public.

Members

The building of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Ny-Ålesund , with a bust of Roald Amundsen

(As of 06/2020)

• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) , Bremerhaven
• Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials
• Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency , Hamburg & Rostock
• CEN - Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg
• Department of Maritime Systems, Interdisciplinary Faculty, University of Rostock
• German Maritime Museum (DMM) , Stralsund
• German Maritime Museum - Leibniz Institute for Maritime History (DSM), Bremerhaven
• Coastal Research Center, Universities of Hanover & Braunschweig
• Senckenberg Research Institute , Wilhelmshaven
• Helmholtz Center Geesthacht (HZG)
• Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Sea (ICBM), University of Oldenburg
• Jacobs University Bremen
• Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute - Aquatic Resources (TI)
• Kiel Marine Science (KMS), interdisciplinary center for marine sciences at Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel
• Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) , Bremen
• Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel
• Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) , Warnemünde
• Marum Center for Marine Environmental Sciences , University of Bremen
• Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI Bremen)
• Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI Hamburg)
• Center for Marine and Climate Research, Institute for Oceanography (ZMK) , University of Hamburg

fleet

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KDM research vessel Meteor

The facilities combined in the KDM operate the largest German research vessels . These include the icebreaking Polarstern and the research ships Meteor and Maria S. Merian .

In autumn 2010, the Science Council of the German Research Foundation submitted proposals to the Federal Ministry of Research to replace the large German research vessels Poseidon (built in 1976), Meteor (built in 1985) and Polarstern (built in 1982). These suggestions were supported by the KDM . The main recommendation is to build a new ice-breaking ship by 2016 and to operate two polar research ships at the same time for a limited period of time in order to enable parallel year-round investigations in the Arctic and Antarctic .

The KDM takes a critical view of reducing the capacities of medium-sized research vessels, which are mainly used in the North and Baltic Seas and in shelf and marginal seas . Many socially relevant issues have to be researched in the coastal waters and therefore the ships are an important part of the EU research strategies.

coordination

GEOMAR's JAGO research submarine

The consortium supports the idea of ​​placing the operational planning of all large research vessels operating worldwide (except for the Polarstern) in the responsibility of the control center at the University of Hamburg . According to KDM's request, the allocation of the requested ship time should lie with the Senate Commission for Oceanography of the German Research Foundation .

Since more and more complex equipment is used on research vessels (lander, autonomous and ship-controlled underwater robots, drilling equipment), the KDM supports a "control center for underwater technology" . This should make it easier to share large seagoing equipment in a user pool.

Web links

Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Ulrich Bathmann . Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde. Retrieved June 23, 2019.