• 100 years of Wadden Sea research in List on Sylt

    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

  • From the Beginning to the Present

    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

  • Selected finished projects

    Ocean Aquaculture in the North Sea Region" maps of the German Bight have been created. These maps show the current mariculture sites in the German part of the southern North Sea. In order to… Find out more [...] investigations conducted by the AWI showed that the basic biotic conditions in many parts of the German North Sea are given for the cultivation of various candidates under offshore conditions, such as seaweeds [...] of planned offshore-windfarms with commercial marine aquaculture (open ocean aquaculture) in the North Sea area. [learn more about Feasibility Study I] … Find out more River Jade The Bay of Jade near the

  • BlueChange

    one of the central limiting factors for Blue Growth in the North Sea basin. In addition, the environmental changes of the ecosystem North Sea and the physical properties caused by climate change and human [...] to (3) ensure tailor-made measures and foster cooperation between countries through sea basin strategies. The North Sea basin is intensely used by different maritime sectors, such as energy production (renewable [...] s between the factors of environmental change and the affected Blue Growth stakeholders in the North Sea basin. Communication pathways, currently underdeveloped, need to be expanded to provide a platform

  • Co-Use

    has so far only been analysed in theory and in smaller pilot projects in the German Bight of the North Sea. With the help of an experimental implementation of co-use, this project aims to address gaps in [...] consequences and incentives together with the most important actors. In addition, the link between sea and land under the co-use concept is to be defined practically by means of a local marketing strategy

  • BioDiv

    the North Sea under changing climate”. We want to inform interested people, visitors and residents of the North sea coast, fishermen and many more about climate change and its impacts on the North Sea [...] die Miesmuschel Interactive Survey Humans and the North Sea under a changing climate Downloads Brochure about Impacts of Climate Change on the North Sea Science-Gif: Winners and Loosers in the Aquaculture [...] Climate change & biodiversity Risks and Opportunities for Locale Stakeholders of the North Sea Anthropogenic activities, like air and water pollution, fisheries, tourism and exploitation of resources (oil

  • Record highs in the North Sea: Even the German Bight is warmer than ever before

    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

  • high-impact journals

    Kipfstuhl S., Freitag J., Sasgen I., Lohmann G. , Vinther B., T. Laepple : Modern temperatures in central-north Greenland warmest in past millennium (Nature, 2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05517-z Klages, J. P [...] Méheust, M., Ren, J., Chapligin, B., Meyer, H., Stein, R., Tiedemann, R. and Lohmann, G. (2018): North Pacific freshwater events linked to changes in glacial ocean circulation , Nature, 559, pp. 241-245 [...] Chen, J., Gong, X. , Jonkers, L., Knorr, G. and Thornalley, D. (2015): Icebergs not the trigger for North Atlantic cold events , Nature, 520, pp. 333-336, doi: 10.1038/nature14330 . Zhang, X. , Lohmann, G

  • Mud binds carbon

    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

  • Online - Seminar on Marine Technology, Research and Experiences in Coastal waters” – MarTREC

    of a radioactivity system in a sensors’ network at the North Sea Download talk as pdf 09.11.2023, 11.00 Dr. Boris Cisewski, Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries: Vertical Migration of Pelagic and Mesopelagic [...] Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Development of nature conservation measures for the North Sea - Project RESTORE No download available. 14.03.2024, 11:00 Alexandre Le Moal, Alfred-Wegener-Institute [...] Mesopelagic Scatterers From ADCP Backscatter Data in the Southern Norwegian Sea. Download talk as pdf 14.12.2023, 11:00 Dr. Katharina Seelmann, 4H-Jena Engineering GmbH: From the arctic to the tropic, from the