COSYNA Coastal Observing System for Northern and Arctic Seas The coastal areas of the North Sea are densely populated. As a result, changes in the biological diversity and environmental conditions not [...] findings produced by COSYNA will hopefully allow us to make prognoses concerning key processes in the North Sea and on the coasts of the Arctic. The system provides data and data products intended to help government [...] the AWI and further partners, has operated the Coastal Observation System for Northern and Arctic Seas (COSYNA), one goal of which is to develop a new modelling system. As part of this initiative, the

others. For instance, a European plaice in the North Sea can react fairly flexibly. After all, it’s used to the carbon dioxide content in the Wadden Sea varying over the course of the day and the year [...] partly remove the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. Could compressing it and storing it in deep-sea reservoirs be a solution? This idea was initially tested in a range of experiments focusing on the [...] that a very similar but natural process was already well underway: especially in the shallow shelf seas, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere was dissolving in the water, making it increasingly acidic. Since

Weddell Sea for two months. Polar researchers are able to utilise the ice floe as a gigantic outdoor laboratory and study the local influences of the sea, the ice and the atmosphere on the Weddell Sea and [...] is the first research vessel in the world to circumnavigate the North Pole. At the same time scientists study the bottom of the Arctic Sea. Author: Christian Salewski A summit of research vessels In 2012 [...] in the Arctic and in the context of the “Sea ice - ocean - seafloor interactions in the changing Arctic” (IceAr) expedition, e.g. long-term changes in this sea-ice region and their potential connections

are innovation drivers and make significant contributions to the important maritime sector in the north German coastal communities. Go to KDM website German Climate Consortium The German Climate Consortium [...] (NWVM) links Bremen and Lower Saxony research institutions to strengthen the potential and impact of north-west Germany in marine, climate and polar research. Go to the NWVM website German Marine Research [...] world’s largest marine research alliances. The DAM aims to strengthen the sustainable use of coasts, seas and oceans through research and transfer, data management and digitalisation, and by coordinating

The Wadden Sea forms a transitional habitat between land and sea. The shallow depth and constant exchange with the adjacent North Sea create a very special geological space. The Wadden Sea Over the Course [...] The Wadden Sea Ecosystem The coastal area of the south-eastern North Sea, including the Wadden Sea, is a highly productive system with diverse interactions between the organisms living here. In this coastal [...] of the Wadden Sea are being investigated using modern DNA technology, from the genetic level to microbial, plankton and benthic communities. In addition, the commercially used North Sea shrimp and the

become ubiquitous in our environment. Plastics of various sizes are also found along the German North Sea and Baltic coasts. Previous studies of microplastic pollution on German beaches have often been

Wadden Sea Station on Sylt is pursuing answers to what is likely the most important question concerning the fragile ecosystem at its doorstep: how will climate change affect the Wadden Sea and North Sea in [...] Open House Day 2024 Exactly 100 years ago, Germany’s northernmost research facilities on the North Sea island Sylt were opened. What began as a small field outpost for oyster research in 1924 would evolve [...] in the long term? On the occasion of its 100-year anniversary, the AWI Wadden Sea Station Sylt will host an Open House Day on 7 September 2024. Open House Day on Saturday, 07.09.2024 From 14:00 to 19:00

on their doorstep and exploring the question of how climate change is altering the Wadden Sea and the North Sea in the long term.

2001, Prof Karen Wiltshire began investigating changes in the ecosystems of the North Sea, particularly in the Wadden Sea, in connection with anthropogenic and natural influences – like climate change – [...] Director of the AWI’s Biological Institute Helgoland. After working more than two decades in the High North, she assumed a new position at Trinity College Dublin and will found a new climate institute in the

serve to record ongoing changes in ecosystems. Long-term ecological observations of the North Sea and the Wadden Sea have been collected and analysed at the marine stations on Helgoland and Sylt of the Alfred [...] most important tools for understanding long-term responses and interactions of the North Sea and the adjacent Wadden Sea to anthropogenic and natural changes, not only for employees of the Coastal Ecology [...] climate change. For example, the long-term data of the marine stations has shown that the North Sea and the Wadden Sea have become significantly warmer than the mean global temperature increase over recent