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

overview) Sea Ice Portal Marine Data Portal The sound of Polarstern (Kopie 11) News Investigating unexplored ocean currents to the north of Greenland The scarcely explored region to the north of Greenland [...] miles / 80 days Max. speed 16 knots Operation area Everywhere including pack ice zone Crew 44 Days on sea per year on average approx. 305 Shipyard Nobiskrug, Rendsburg and Howaldtswerke - Deutsche Werft Kiel [...] expeditions undertaken by the Polarstern since the end of May 2025. In the largely untraveled waters north and northeast of Greenland, a research team led by physical oceanographer Torsten Kanzow of the Alfred

(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

Helgoland
In the 18th Coastal Summer School 16 young scientists from nine nations visiting the North Sea island Helgoland for eleven days. The aim of the project is to deepen their knowledge of coastal

The North East Greenland Ice Stream transports enormous amounts of ice from the heart of the island to the sea and thus also influences global sea levels. An international research team led by the Alfred

measured sea ice thickness and properties, recorded the currents and chemical properties of the ocean and investigated life in and under the ice, in the open water and at the bottom of the deep sea. Their [...] significant changes compared to previous expeditions. On 7 September 2023, Polarstern reached the North Pole, and on 20 September there was the world's first livestream of an ROV under-ice dive from the

field on Earth here – only around 300 kilometers from the North Pole. This discovery suggests that research into hydrothermal activity in the deep sea needs to be rethought. The results were published in the [...] There is a greater variety of hydrothermal systems in the deep sea than previously assumed. This is the result of a recent study lead by MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and the Faculty

and oceans - from the atmosphere to the bottom of the seas. At the Helgoland and Sylt sites, scientists from the Institute research the North Sea and its coasts. The excellent scientific infrastructure [...] future, visitors will be able to experience a unique exhibition ranging from the history of the North Sea to the future of marine research. Among other things, the focus will be on an 80,000-litre aquarium [...] researching on Helgoland? What animals and plants live in the waters around the island? How has the North Sea changed over time? And what impact will climate change have right on our doorstep in the future

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.

jointly generate a particularly large set of time series, in the Arctic, Antarctic as well as the North Sea. These data are used in the context of AWI research programmes, but also in a range of external [...] (Neumayer-Station III) Magnetics (Neumayer-Station III) Infrasound (Neumayer-Station III) Biology North Sea Arctic (Fram and Svalbard) Antarctic Oceanography Arctic Time series Antarctic time series Terrestrial [...] ecosystems and therefore mankind, is exceedingly difficult. The study of atmospheric, open ocean, deep sea or even processes in shallow coastal waters require sustained long-term observations often deploying