mesocosm experiments with North Sea plankton to understand how global change impacts planktonic food webs on different organisational levels (individual, population, and community) North Sea plankton Asterionellopsis [...] interactions, and are characterized by strong spatio-temporal dynamics. The characterization of Shelf Sea food webs is our central aim. By using field and experimental approaches, we address the effects of

on the development and testing of possible ways to reestablish the native oyster in the German North Sea. All restoration measures are implemented under consideration of the IUCN Standards , the International [...] Interesting Facts & Downloads RESTORE Project: Restoration of European oyster stocks in the German North Sea Find out more SKATE Project: Restoration of native skate species in the German Bight – Developing [...] reefs and the ecological impact of a CO2 removal technique on benthic filter feeders Find out more North Sea Office Knowledge transfer: Research and advisory centre on environmental research at the AWI Find

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

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

temperatures for multiple years along the Greenwich meridian from North (left) to South (right). Vertical extent from the sea surface (top) to the sea floor (white). Fig. 8: Ocean temperatures near the ocean bottom [...] rn-most extent of the Weddell Gyre, where at least some of the AABW is believed to escape to the North. Along with (electronic) CTD measurements, water samples are collected throughout the water column [...] and carbon constituents. Measurements of Total CO 2 in the Surface and Bottom Waters of the Weddell Sea, reveal a steady CO 2 increase, of likely anthropogenic origin, as surface water, charged with ant

Longest-lived non-colonial animal known at present. Ò It inhabits coastal waters in the North Atlantic Ò In the North Sea and Norwegian waters it occurs from 53º30’N to 71ºN. Ò Its growth lines are widely used [...] RESEARCH PROVIDES: Ò Real time gaping activity patterns of Arctica islandica in the south eastern North Sea. Ò Information about the variability in the activity between individuals and seasons and shorter [...] line utilization for retrospective studies in palaeoceanography. 1. NIOZ; Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Rob.witbaard@nioz.nl 2. AWI Centre for Scientific-Diving & in situ Ecology Philipp.fischer@awi

PROCEED Restoration of the European Oyster in the German North Sea: Establishment of a sustainable oyster seed production for a long-term restoration program Project duration 2018 – 2025 The European oyster [...] oyster Ostrea edulis , once a widespread native species in the North Sea, is considered functionally extinct in some regions due to intensive fishing. As an ecological key species, oysters provided several [...] Bérenger Colsoul (Thünen Institut) Film PROCEED - Restoration of the European Oyster in the German North Sea (film) Website release Online knowledge portal about the European native oyster Press release Rollup

future projection experiments (e.g., sea ice outlook).We have been developed data assimilation system which exploits observed sea ice concentration, ice thickness and sea ice drift obtained from satellite [...] successfully applied to North Atlantic/Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Model (NAOSIM) developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). We are currently working to apply the systems to Finite-volumE Sea ice-Ocean Model (FESOM2) [...] fields”, which are a set of ocean and sea ice variables optimally combining observations and a model. The analysis fields are applied for a variety of ocean and sea ice studies in the Arctic Ocean, and

sediments are used to reconstruct different climate variables as e.g. past changes in sea surface temperature and sea-ice variability (Uk ' 37 ; IP 25 ) or circulation dynamics (δ 13 C; δ 18 O). Ultra h [...] et al. (2014) Figure 2: Detailed Comparison of sedi-ment proxy records from the subpolar North Pacific and North Atlantic realm from 138 to 70 ka on their established time scales (Max et al., 2014). Source:

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.