e. phytoplankton, zooplankton, mussels, and viruses). At present, we concentrate mainly on the North Sea, with its diverse habitats focusing especially on how different bacterial groups and populations [...] xenobiotica, toxin genes, and mobile genetic elements) in a coastal gradient from rivers to the open sea and the impact of plastic waste in the marine environment (macro-, micro- and nanoplastics). Research

Boetius, AWI, Bremerhaven The FRAM Ocean Observing System will be installed in the gateway between the North Atlantic and the Central Arctic, representing a highly climate-sensitive and rapidly changing region [...] Lochte, AWI, Bremerhaven The ROBEX alliance aims to pool expertise gained in lunar expeditions and deep sea investigations to identify, develop, and test technologies that will allow the exploration of highly [...] inaccessible terrain, including areas on earth with extreme environmental conditions, such as the deep sea and Polar Regions, as well as other planets. The alliance will focus on developing a modular, robotic

South China Sea and Sulu Sea. Biogeosciences Discuss., 10, 12115-12153, doi:10.5194/bgd-9-4727-2012. Cherkasheva, A. (2014) Greenland Sea primary production with respect to changes in sea ice cover. PhD [...] RV SONNE, SO243 (ASTRA), Guayaquil (Equador) to Antofagasta (Chile), Oct 2015 RVHeincke, He462, North Sea, Bremerhaven to Sogne Fjord and back, Apr-May 2016 RV Polarstern, PS99, Fram Strait, Bremerhaven [...] 2017 RV Polarstern, PS113, Atlantc Ocean, Punta Arenas-Bremerhaven, May-Jun 2018 RVHeincke, He535, North Sea, Bremerhaven to Hegoland, Jun 2019 RV Polarstern, PS121, Fram Strait, Bremerhaven to Tromsö, Aug-Sep

Expedition "MAURIBO" logo of the expedition “MAURIBO” MSM127 (Graphic: C. Weinberg) Upcoming Expedition: North West African climate change, cold water corals, past ecosystems and spectacular engineering - "MAURIBO" [...] Jannis Viola , a Phd student in the team will join a research cruise (MSM127-2) along the coast of North West Africa and the continental slope off Mauritania. This area is characterized by high productivity [...] high-resolution palaeoarchive of climate change in NW Africa, allows analysis of the influence of sea-level change on methane seepage, and provides an ideal test field for investigations into the applicability

in the North Sea Find out more Long-term Observation Long-term observation since 1962 at Helgoland Roads Find out more Wadden Sea Station Sylt AWI Sylt: Research opportunities in the field, at sea and in [...] them available to the international scientific community. The Marine Station Helgoland and the Wadden Sea Station Sylt are a hub for national and transnational access for visiting scientists in the German [...] Research and Education Research as a guest and run courses at the Marine Station Helgoland or the Wadden Sea Station Sylt Find out more Research Vessels and Scientific Diving Information on Research Vessels and

Oceanography of Polar Seas at the Alfred Wegener Institute and Professor at the University of Bremen. Ocean currents Ocean topography of polar regions Ocean-ice sheet interaction Sea level Ocean currents [...] ecosystems in the polar seas. On the one hand they transport large amounts of heat from the mid-latitudes to the Arctic and Antarctic. Once there, this heat can delay the formation of sea ice or cause the floes [...] covering the Arctic Ocean, as well as to the sea ice in the Southern Ocean, surrounding the continent of Antarctica. On the other hand, ocean currents also transport sea ice and summer meltwater away from the

glacial periods, the sea level falls, because vast quantities of water are stored in the massive inland glaciers. To date, however, computer models have been unable to reconcile sea-level height with the [...] Icebergs Drifting iceberg in the Amundsen Sea (Photo: Thomas Ronge) [14 January 2021] During glacial periods, icebergs from Antarctica drifted much further north than they do today. An international team [...] lead to a shift in the jet stream and the formation of a blocking high-pressure system over the North Sea and parts of Germany. This in turn means that the April weather in Central Europe is getting much

environmental chemicals, nano- and microplastic particles, and nutrients enter the Elbe and then the North Sea, in what concentration and size, and how they are degraded and modified along the way. This year’s

Recovery of DEPAS OBS in the Indian Ocean Recovery of DEPAS OBS in the Caribbean Sea Deployment of DEPAS OBS in the North Atlantic Recovery of a DEPAS OBS with an ROV Further information: DEPAS home Application

In connection with current plans for a massive expansion of wind farms in offshore areas of the North Sea, the idea emerged to combine these with the installation of extensive mariculture for bivalves and [...] interaction between physical offshore processes and man-made structures in areas of the German North Sea territory where mariculture has potential, the conditions for possible combination of mariculture [...] ment force experiments that algae were capable of resisting the high-energy environment of the North Sea. The concentration of mussel larvae in the water column decreased offshore and resulted in a low