Appendices

New research projects (extract)
Some of the projects funded by third parties
that were newly approved in the past year
are presented here as an example. Please
refer to Appendix 3.2 for a complete list of
all projects.
1. ECO2 (Sub-seabed CO 2 Storage:
Impact on Marine Ecosystems)
The objective of this EU
project (7 th framework programme)
is to investigate
existing as well as potential
submarine deposits for CO 2
and the impact of possible leakages on the
marine environment.
The funding volume amounts to € 10.5 mio.
(of which € 2.3 mio. goes to IFM-GEOMAR).
The Kick-off Workshop took place in Kiel
from 18-20 May 2011. ECO2 is coordinated
by Professor Klaus Wallmann (IFM-GEOMAR)
and runs from 2011-2014.
The first expedition on the ALKOR took place
in the northern North Sea from 29 April - 14
June 2011. The objective was to investigate
possible outgassing in the Sleipner field.
For more information, please visit:
www.eco2-project.eu
2. SUGAR Phase II (“Submarine Gas Hydrate
Reservoirs”)
In the second phase of the
project on submarine gas
hydrate reservoirs, jointly
funded by the Federal German
Ministry of Economics
and Technology (BMWi) and the BMBF, the
methods for producing methane while simultaneously
storing carbon dioxide are to be
developed further and tested. The project
has a funding volume of: € 13 mio., IFM-
GEOMAR‘s share: € 3.7 mio. for a three-year
period (2011-2014). The coordinator is Professor
Klaus Wallmann.
For more information, please visit:
www.sugar-projekt.de
3. CARBOCHANGE (“Changes in carbon
uptake and emissions by oceans in a
changing climate”)
CARBOCHANGE is an EU joint research project
(2011-2015). Its objective is to quantify
the amount of carbon dioxide that is emitted
during human activity and taken up by the
ocean and determine the extent to which the
rate of collection changes. The University of
Bergen in Norway is the coordinating facility
for this project, which has a funding volume
of € 7 mio. € (of which € 675,000 goes to
IFM-GEOMAR).
For more information, please visit:
http://carbochange.b.uib.no/
4. GROOM (“Gliders for Research, Ocean
Observation and Management”)
The objective of GROOM is the development
of a European research infrastructure for the
coordinated use of gliders. The project is
coordinated by the Université Pierre et Marie
Curie, Paris, France, within the scope of the
7th EU framework programme. The funding
volume amounts to € 3.5 mio. (of which €
430,000 goes to IFM-GEOMAR). The coordinator
at IFM-GEOMAR for this project, which
runs from 2011-2014, is Dr. Johannes Karstensen.
For more information, please visit: http://
plocan.eu/en/images/stories/project/
GROOM_en.pdf
Overview
5. Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and
Marine Research
The Otto Schmidt Laboratory (OSL) was
founded in 1999. It is operated and financed
for the Russians by the Arctic and Antarctic
Research Institute (AARI) in St. Petersburg,
the Russian Ministry for Science and Education
and the Federal Hydrometerological
and Environment Service as well as, for the
Germans, the Federal German Ministry of
Education and Research, the Alfred Wegener
Institute for Polar and Marine Research
in Bremerhaven and IFM-GEOMAR. Furthermore,
more than 40 universities and
research facilities in Russia and Germany
work together at the OSL. One of the main
tasks of the OSL, apart from coordination, is
the scientific qualification and promotion of
young scientists.
The new project is a scholarship programme:
“Climate Change in the Arctic Ocean” with a
funding volume of € 990,000; it will run for
three years (2012-2014). The coordinator is
Dr. Heidemarie Kassens from IFM-GEOMAR.
For more information, please visit:
www.otto.nw.ru
New research projects with industrial
partners
GEOHAZARD Turkmenistan
The objective of the project is to investigate
natural hazards attributable to geogenic
sources for offshore drilling in Turkmenistan.
In particular, mud volcanoes in the southern
Caspian Sea basin will be investigated. The
project led by Dr. Warner Brückmann has a
volume of € 1.15 mio. for the period 2011-
2015. Industry partner is RWE Dea.
Please refer to Appendix 3.2 for detailed
information on all projects.
- IFM-GEOMAR Report 2011 - 7
Overview