Dr. Melanie Bergmann
@melaniebergma18.bsky.social
Team Science. Marine biologist researching #Arctic #DeepSea & #plastic pollution; born at 326,68 ppm (she/her, sie/ihr). @MBergmann@mstdn.social
🆕'Breaking the Plastic Wave' report is out, concluding that without ambituous systemic measures #plastic pollution will double until 2040 equivalent to dumping nearly a 🛻 garbage truck worth of plastic waste every second since, growing twice as fast as waste management.
www.pew.org/en/research-...
www.pew.org/en/research-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🆕'Breaking the Plastic Wave' report is out, concluding that without ambituous systemic measures #plastic pollution will double until 2040 equivalent to dumping nearly a 🛻 garbage truck worth of plastic waste every second since, growing twice as fast as waste management.
www.pew.org/en/research-...
www.pew.org/en/research-...
🪸Good morning from @awi.de HAUSGARTEN observatory in the #Arctic #DeepSea. This photo taken by our Ocean Floor Observation Bathymetry System (~2500 m) shows sponges (Caulophacus arcticus, Cladorhiza gelida) with a comatulid, anemones, soft corals (Gersemia fruticosa) & shrimp (Bythocaris) on them!
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Ha ha, I found several more in that transect, like this beauty, this time resting on the sediment. On the left side, we see pogonophoran worms tubes and the whitish shading comes from bacterial mats thriving at this cold-vent site.
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Ha ha, I found several more in that transect, like this beauty, this time resting on the sediment. On the left side, we see pogonophoran worms tubes and the whitish shading comes from bacterial mats thriving at this cold-vent site.
Good day from the Haakon Mosby Mud Vocano (~1200 m depth), here with a nice Arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)) recorded by our Ocean Floor Observation System in the Norwegian Sea in 2002 😊!
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Good day from the Haakon Mosby Mud Vocano (~1200 m depth), here with a nice Arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)) recorded by our Ocean Floor Observation System in the Norwegian Sea in 2002 😊!
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
🐳 New study finds‼️7 kg‼️of #plastic items – chiefly polyethylene sheets- in a beaked whale in Rhodes, Mediterranean, which likely caused malnutrition, potentially contributing to the whale's death. PE sheets carried oil/tar increasing the risk for toxic effects.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🐳 New study finds‼️7 kg‼️of #plastic items – chiefly polyethylene sheets- in a beaked whale in Rhodes, Mediterranean, which likely caused malnutrition, potentially contributing to the whale's death. PE sheets carried oil/tar increasing the risk for toxic effects.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🛥️ New study on #plastic on the sea bed of the Channel made use of items collected by trawlers that took part in the #FishingForLitter scheme! It reports fish and 🦈 catshark that were trapped in various items, presumably as they sought shelter & failed to escape.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🛥️ New study on #plastic on the sea bed of the Channel made use of items collected by trawlers that took part in the #FishingForLitter scheme! It reports fish and 🦈 catshark that were trapped in various items, presumably as they sought shelter & failed to escape.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🪸 New study reports VERY high densities of marine debris on
the deep seafloor of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea: 4,975 - 79,840 items per km2 (mean = 27,267 items/km2)!
48% were #plastics and highest densities were observed near a public beach 🏖️.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
the deep seafloor of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea: 4,975 - 79,840 items per km2 (mean = 27,267 items/km2)!
48% were #plastics and highest densities were observed near a public beach 🏖️.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🪸 New study reports VERY high densities of marine debris on
the deep seafloor of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea: 4,975 - 79,840 items per km2 (mean = 27,267 items/km2)!
48% were #plastics and highest densities were observed near a public beach 🏖️.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
the deep seafloor of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea: 4,975 - 79,840 items per km2 (mean = 27,267 items/km2)!
48% were #plastics and highest densities were observed near a public beach 🏖️.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fantastische Stimmung gestern beim Le Fly Konzert im Schlachthof in #Bremen! Die Nordlichter haben geglüht ☺️. #MusicSky
#FloodTheZoneWithPositiveVibes
#FloodTheZoneWithPositiveVibes
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Fantastische Stimmung gestern beim Le Fly Konzert im Schlachthof in #Bremen! Die Nordlichter haben geglüht ☺️. #MusicSky
#FloodTheZoneWithPositiveVibes
#FloodTheZoneWithPositiveVibes
Auch unsere Kolleg:innen in der #Antarktis (Neumayer Station) nahmen gestern am globalen #Klimastreik teil! Lest selbst was sie messen und sagen 👇
@awi.de @awis4future.bsky.social
@fridaysforfuture.de
@awi.de @awis4future.bsky.social
@fridaysforfuture.de
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Auch unsere Kolleg:innen in der #Antarktis (Neumayer Station) nahmen gestern am globalen #Klimastreik teil! Lest selbst was sie messen und sagen 👇
@awi.de @awis4future.bsky.social
@fridaysforfuture.de
@awi.de @awis4future.bsky.social
@fridaysforfuture.de
☔️ Trotz Schietwetter kamen gestern mehrere 100 Menschen zum #Klimastreik in #Bremen, um anlässlich der Weltklimakonferenz
#COP30 einen schnellen Ausstieg aus den Fossilen zu fordern und unser Überleben zu sichern.
@awi.de
📸 B. Suckow
@awis4future.bsky.social
#FridaysForFuture
#COP30 einen schnellen Ausstieg aus den Fossilen zu fordern und unser Überleben zu sichern.
@awi.de
📸 B. Suckow
@awis4future.bsky.social
#FridaysForFuture
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
☔️ Trotz Schietwetter kamen gestern mehrere 100 Menschen zum #Klimastreik in #Bremen, um anlässlich der Weltklimakonferenz
#COP30 einen schnellen Ausstieg aus den Fossilen zu fordern und unser Überleben zu sichern.
@awi.de
📸 B. Suckow
@awis4future.bsky.social
#FridaysForFuture
#COP30 einen schnellen Ausstieg aus den Fossilen zu fordern und unser Überleben zu sichern.
@awi.de
📸 B. Suckow
@awis4future.bsky.social
#FridaysForFuture
⛴️ New study investigates the #plastic pellet or nurdle spill from the capsized cargo ship MSC ELSA 3 in 2025 leading to at least 858 bags (about 22 tons) of #pastic pellets washing ashore the coasts of Kerala and Kanyakumari after the disaster.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
⛴️ New study investigates the #plastic pellet or nurdle spill from the capsized cargo ship MSC ELSA 3 in 2025 leading to at least 858 bags (about 22 tons) of #pastic pellets washing ashore the coasts of Kerala and Kanyakumari after the disaster.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📢 Am Freitag den 14.11. ist globaler #Klimastreik, anlässlich der #COP30 und weiterhin unzureichenden Klimaschutzes lt wissenschaftlicher Prognosen. Zum Beispiel in #Bremen:
🕞 16:10 Uhr
📍 Rudolf-Hilferding-Platz (vorm Finanzamt)!
🗣️Weitersagen!
#FridaysForFuture
@awis4future.bsky.social
@awi.de
🕞 16:10 Uhr
📍 Rudolf-Hilferding-Platz (vorm Finanzamt)!
🗣️Weitersagen!
#FridaysForFuture
@awis4future.bsky.social
@awi.de
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢 Am Freitag den 14.11. ist globaler #Klimastreik, anlässlich der #COP30 und weiterhin unzureichenden Klimaschutzes lt wissenschaftlicher Prognosen. Zum Beispiel in #Bremen:
🕞 16:10 Uhr
📍 Rudolf-Hilferding-Platz (vorm Finanzamt)!
🗣️Weitersagen!
#FridaysForFuture
@awis4future.bsky.social
@awi.de
🕞 16:10 Uhr
📍 Rudolf-Hilferding-Platz (vorm Finanzamt)!
🗣️Weitersagen!
#FridaysForFuture
@awis4future.bsky.social
@awi.de
🤩 Einfach wundervoll: @ZahoDeSagazan gestern in der @elbphilharmonie.de in #Hamburg! ✨#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty 💗
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🤩 Einfach wundervoll: @ZahoDeSagazan gestern in der @elbphilharmonie.de in #Hamburg! ✨#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty 💗
🚢 Lovely to visit our research icebreaker Polarstern (currently in #Bremerhaven) today for a new film by Steffen Krones about #plastic, tyre abrasion & black carbon pollution in the ❄️ #Arctic.
@awi.de
📸 Uwe Nadler
@awi.de
📸 Uwe Nadler
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🚢 Lovely to visit our research icebreaker Polarstern (currently in #Bremerhaven) today for a new film by Steffen Krones about #plastic, tyre abrasion & black carbon pollution in the ❄️ #Arctic.
@awi.de
📸 Uwe Nadler
@awi.de
📸 Uwe Nadler
Und noch eins weil es so schön war 💫
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Und noch eins weil es so schön war 💫
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
Hier: Ein paar Eindrücke des wunderbaren #Fuffififzich Konzerts gestern in #Bremen 🥰🦄✨
Hier: Ein paar Eindrücke des wunderbaren #Fuffififzich Konzerts gestern in #Bremen 🥰🦄✨
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
Hier: Ein paar Eindrücke des wunderbaren #Fuffififzich Konzerts gestern in #Bremen 🥰🦄✨
Hier: Ein paar Eindrücke des wunderbaren #Fuffififzich Konzerts gestern in #Bremen 🥰🦄✨
Es wird sich lohnen & tut gut, besonders in diesen Zeiten!
October 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Es wird sich lohnen & tut gut, besonders in diesen Zeiten!
#Bremen ist stabil mit 1500-2500 Demonstrierenden für ein vielfältiges #Stadtbild 🌈 und Solidarität (trotz kurzer Mobilisierung, Herbstferien & Schietwetter)! Danke für die wichtigen Redebeiträge 🫶!
October 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#Bremen ist stabil mit 1500-2500 Demonstrierenden für ein vielfältiges #Stadtbild 🌈 und Solidarität (trotz kurzer Mobilisierung, Herbstferien & Schietwetter)! Danke für die wichtigen Redebeiträge 🫶!
Viele Gänsehaut Momente gestern beim proppenvollen Konzert von Irie Revoltés in #Bremen und eine perfekte Vorbereitung für die #Stadtbild Demo heute ✊🏽!
Kaum zu glauben dass es das letzte Konzert hier gewesen sein soll!
Kaum zu glauben dass es das letzte Konzert hier gewesen sein soll!
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Viele Gänsehaut Momente gestern beim proppenvollen Konzert von Irie Revoltés in #Bremen und eine perfekte Vorbereitung für die #Stadtbild Demo heute ✊🏽!
Kaum zu glauben dass es das letzte Konzert hier gewesen sein soll!
Kaum zu glauben dass es das letzte Konzert hier gewesen sein soll!
Am Sonntag, den 26.10. geht‘s in #Bremen um 16 Uhr auf die Straße für ein buntes #Stadtbild, das ich mir selbst als Tochter und für meine Tochter wünsche!
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Am Sonntag, den 26.10. geht‘s in #Bremen um 16 Uhr auf die Straße für ein buntes #Stadtbild, das ich mir selbst als Tochter und für meine Tochter wünsche!
1/2 Two manuscripts for #PeerReview in one day, which seem to be AI-based plagiarism ☹️. And this is only me. Luckily I picked it up because it was based on my work.
This is is a waste of precious researcher's time and undermines the credibility of #science, which is already on attack.
This is is a waste of precious researcher's time and undermines the credibility of #science, which is already on attack.
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
1/2 Two manuscripts for #PeerReview in one day, which seem to be AI-based plagiarism ☹️. And this is only me. Luckily I picked it up because it was based on my work.
This is is a waste of precious researcher's time and undermines the credibility of #science, which is already on attack.
This is is a waste of precious researcher's time and undermines the credibility of #science, which is already on attack.
🪱New paper by Jannik Schnier, who recently defended his #PhD thesis 🙌. It shows a strong drop in nematode numbers (<75%) & community shift at @awi.de HAUSGARTEN observatory in the #Arctic #DeepSea over 20 years despite a rise in phytodetrital food & bacterial numbers.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🪱New paper by Jannik Schnier, who recently defended his #PhD thesis 🙌. It shows a strong drop in nematode numbers (<75%) & community shift at @awi.de HAUSGARTEN observatory in the #Arctic #DeepSea over 20 years despite a rise in phytodetrital food & bacterial numbers.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
🪸Our new study on long-term changes in megafauna from the #Arctic #DeepSea finds faunal density & species richness increased & then decreased over the 20 years period. Community structure made a partial return to the 2002 state in 2022, suggesting cyclicality. @awi.de
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
October 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🪸Our new study on long-term changes in megafauna from the #Arctic #DeepSea finds faunal density & species richness increased & then decreased over the 20 years period. Community structure made a partial return to the 2002 state in 2022, suggesting cyclicality. @awi.de
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...