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Scientific Highlights<br />

selection of short scientific reports in this section provides<br />

A an overview on IFM-GEOMAR research activities and results<br />

throughout 2011. This encompasses summaries from major expeditions,<br />

interdisciplinary activities, technology development and<br />

scientific results. These are just a few highlights from the broad<br />

scope of marine research at IFM-GEOMAR.<br />

• Deep jets in the deep equatorial Atlantic cause climate variability<br />

• Enhanced Atlantic water inflow warms the Arctic<br />

• Enhanced recycling of bioavailable nitrogen in sediments<br />

underlying the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone<br />

- IFM-GEOMAR Report 2011 -<br />

• Trace gas emissions from tropical oceans influence the<br />

stratospheric ozone layer<br />

• Ocean acidification affects early life stages of heavily exploited<br />

fish<br />

• Does biological diversity matter for the stability of marine<br />

communities?<br />

• Mass wasting and earthquakes – unexpected interrelations offshore<br />

Central Chile<br />

• Deep-sea massive sulfide deposits may not represent a major resource<br />

potential<br />

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