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the globe are sounding the alarm: ocean temperatures are the warmest ever recorded. In 2023, the North Sea also experienced dramatic record highs, as readings taken by the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Biological

oyster: in the early 20 th century, intensive fishing had seriously depleted oyster stocks in the North Sea. To gain a better understanding of the endangered species’ living conditions and explore options [...] From the Beginning to the Present The Wadden Sea Station on Sylt – Germany’s northernmost research facility – can look back on a 100-year history and a long tradition as part of the Biological Institute [...] location for his studies. Today, Hagmeier is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of Wadden Sea research in Germany. Breeding hall, 1934 (Photo: Archiv Biologische Anstalt Helgoland) In 1924, the

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 [...] 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 into a modern, fully

surveying of geomorphology, sediment distribution and habitat properties in the Wadden Sea and in the coastal North Sea. To make area-based statements about the sediment properties of the seabed, we employ [...] Water Meets Land – Coastal Hydrography and Geology The Wadden Sea forms a transitional habitat between land and sea. High tidal amplitudes, shallow water depths, strong winds, and rivers discharge create [...] beneath the seabed and give us the opportunity to study the historical development of the very young North Sea on geological time scales. These methods help to visualize and analyze glacial surfaces and ancient

Wadden Sea Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) It is getting warmer, sea levels are rising and the Wadden Sea ecosystems are changing rapidly (Figure 1). At the Wadden Sea station of Sylt we have one [...] other parts of the North Sea. We also envisage extending this observational power by remote sensing or other optical methods that will allow a higher spatial coverage of the North Sea. We strive to sample [...] other parts of the North Sea. We also envisage extending this observational power by remote sensing or other optical methods that will allow a higher spatial coverage of the North Sea. We aim to integrate

Research finally have an explanation for why: Due to unusual atmospheric pressure conditions over the North Atlantic, low-pressure areas are diverted from their usual track, which disrupts the coupling between [...] an important step toward refining climate models and more accurately predicting the fate of Arctic sea ice in the face of progressing climate change.

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

01.024 Krüger et al., 2020: Mapping of Eastern North Atlantic Ocean seismicity from Po/So observations at a mid-aperture seismological broad-band deep sea array, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa054 Laigle et al., [...] 2011: Continent-ocean-transition across a trans-tensional margin segment: off Bear Island, Barents Sea, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04873.x Dannowski et al., 2020: Seismic evidence for failed rifting [...] B019100 Dessa et al., 2011: The GROSMarin experiment: three dimensional crustal structure of the North Ligurian margin from refraction tomography and preliminary analysis of microseismic measurements,