analysing historical time series of direct temperature measurements. Information regarding the pre-anthropogenic state of the system can be obtained either by reconstructing the climatic and environmental conditions

research project APOC, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, has investigated how climate change and anthropogenic activities and pressure impact the carbon cycle in the North Sea. The final event took place in

production ( Völker and Ye, 2022 ). Contact Dr. Christoph Völker Dr. Ying Ye Uptake and cycling of anthropogenic carbon in the ocean We simulate the changing ocean carbon uptake in response to humans’ perturbation [...] ocean carbon cycle into the AWI-Earth System Model, and simulate the historical and future ocean anthropogenic carbon uptake under low and high emission scenarios. A focus of the group is on deep and bottom

acoustic environment and marine mammal ecology? How can we best minimize potential impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine mammals? Our focus: We explore the distribution and behavior of whales and seals

Arctic and Antarctic is difficult because natural variability is large, masking the evidence of anthropogenic influences. Atmospheric measurements of surface energy balance, heat and moisture fluxes, cloud

Wegener Institut) Macroalgae at Helgoland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We study if and how anthropogenic environmental change (especially global warming) influences the production and interaction of

–for the last few years- area intensive usage by offshore wind farms result in an increase in anthropogenic stress on the environment. A state-of-the-art ecosystem management and modern environmental protection [...] scales, spatial as well as temporal, is an indispensable prerequisite for the distinction between anthropogenic and natural impacts. Key Activities We are investigating the distribution of the benthos on different [...] different spatial (local-regional) and temporal (seasonal-long-term) scales effects of natural and anthropogenic change on the benthic system, i.e., ecosystem shifts caused by environmental shifts the ecological

the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide and are thus closely coupled to climate variability. Anthropogenic intervention alters the natural climate variability and raises the question of how environmental

Global Carbon Budget - Ocean Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere – the “global carbon budget” [...] land sink have approximately balanced. The oceans are therefore the most important net sink for anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. The ocean in the Global Carbon Budget Less than half of all CO 2 emissions remain [...] land sink have approximately balanced. The oceans are therefore the most important net sink for anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. Each year, we collect estimates of the ocean carbon sink from global ocean bi

Gerdts, Matthew James Slater (ZAF)) AWI Strategy funding project OMAP - Oysters and mussels under anthropogenic pressure: Does microplastic limit the tolerance to climate change of ecologically and economically