titute operates two shallow-water cabled underwater observatories ( UWO ’s) in the Southern North Sea North off Helgoland ( Helgoland-UWO - 54° 11.700'N / 7° 52.600'E – Fig. 1) and in the Arctic Ocean [...] real-time data (NRT-Data) of the main hydrographical variables of the two AWI research sites “Southern North Sea” and “Kongsfjord”. Provide underwater power and data connection for short-term or long-term project

parts of North America – reaching an ice thickness of more than 3 km, before it finally melted at the end of the ice age. To date, there have been few detailed studies of the evolution of the North American [...] that in particular the snowfall in summer favoured the growth of the ice sheet and influenced the sea level.

research fleet for coast research Find out more News News, events and activities Find out more AWI North Sea Office Communication of scientific knowledge Find out more Guest Research & Student Courses Research [...] laboratory Find out more Long-term Observations (LTO) Analysis of long-term ecological changes in the North Sea Find out more [...] Polar and Marine Research. Researchers at the BAH investigate the ecology of our coastal and shelf-sea systems. With the time series "Helgoland Roads", researchers at the AWI´s Helgoland facilities are

(one engine) Range Day tours Max. speed 10 knots Operation area around Sylt and North Sea / Helgoland Crew 2 Days on Sea per year (2013) Day tours at stations plans Shipyard Fassmer GmbH & Co. KG, Germany [...] Environmentally friendly research in the Wadden Sea The 21-metre-long Mya II is the newest member of the AWI research fleet and sails for the AWI Sylt in the Wadden Sea between Sylt and Rømø as well as up to the [...] the island of Helgoland in the North Sea. "It may be our smallest research vessel, but it is highly modern and very well equipped for coastal research." Prof. Dr Karin Lochte, Director of the Alfred Wegener

comes to food, salinity and water depth, which has allowed it to migrate farther north from the North Sea and the North Atlantic, where it finds favourable living conditions e.g. off the coast of Svalbard [...] to these biotic communities when the sea ice disappears? What problems will sea-ice retreat mean for polar bears? What will rising temperatures and the dwindling sea ice mean for fish like the polar cod [...] there will be limits to how far north the fishing fleets can expand their activities: although the high seas of the Arctic will become more and more accessible as the sea ice dwindles, on 25 June 2021 an

Sell, SEA Pineda-Metz, M Wegner, S Brand, LNS Shama, J Wollschläger, TH Badewien, S Laakmann, & KH Wiltshire. Connectivity and larval drift across Marine Protected Areas in the German Bight, North Sea, Part [...] Connectivity and larval drift across marine protected areas in the German bight, North Sea: Necessity of stepping stones. Journal of Sea Research, 204 , 102563. doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2025.102563 . 2024 [...] oyster ( Ostrea edulis ) in the German North Sea (RESTORE preliminary investigation). BfN-Schriften 684. BfN, Germany. doi.org/10.19217/skr684 . 2023. SEA Pineda‐Metz, B Colsoul, M Niewöhner, T

the Larsen C Ice Shelf. Since dense sea ice and ice ridges blocked the planned route, the ship has now set course for alternative research sites further to the north.

ed how climate change and anthropogenic activities and pressure impact the carbon cycle in the North Sea. The final event took place in Berlin, which included an expert discussion with representatives

floe: the sea ice in which the research vessel Polarstern is now drifting through the Arctic was formed off the coast of the archipelago, which separates the East Siberian Sea and the Laptev Sea to the north [...] north of Siberia, in December 2018. Sediments, and even small pebbles and bivalves, were incorporated into the ice during the freezing process, which the on-going melting process has brought to light on

glance The Greenland Ice Ice Sheets Sea Ice Influence on Europe's climate Climate change in the Arctic Climate change and the Southern Ocean Climate change and the North Sea Climate change and the ocean Permafrost [...] research The collaborative framework of AWI’s Antarctic research Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea Arctic Council Shipping in the Arctic Arctic and Antarctic – more differences than similarities? Arctic