Arctic Seas) COSYNA cabled underwater observatory Helgoland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) COSYNA is an observing system comprising several land and sea-based sensor systems in the North Sea and in the [...] is the North Sea, were more than 80 % of the coastline is already artificially protected. In 2010, the Centre for Scientific Diving of the AWI has installed an underwater experimental field North of Helgoland [...] the Arctic. The AWI contributes to COSYNA with two cabled underwater observatories in the North Sea (Helgoland) and in the Arctic (Kongsfjord Spitzbergen). Both systems are part of the Helmholtz Observatory

coastal regions north of Siberia, microorganisms produce methane when they break down plant remains. If this greenhouse gas finds its way into the water, it can also become trapped in the sea ice that forms

become ubiquitous in our environment. Plastics of various sizes are also found along the German North Sea and Baltic coasts. Previous studies of microplastic pollution on German beaches have often been

demonstrate for the first time. This allows the flow of the ice streams and the associated change in sea level to be estimated more precisely. The quakes are responsible for the fact that ice streams also [...] viscous honey as previously considered. The underlying seismic data from inside the NEGIS ice stream in north-east Greenland was recorded by researchers in a 2,665-metre-deep borehole using a fibre-optic cable

understand the structure and function of an ecosystem. Research AnthroTOP Anthropogenic uses in the North Sea: Impacts on marine top predators Human activities have various, mostly negative, impacts on marine [...] uses is crucial. In AnthroTop, we are using models to predict how different use scenarios in the North Sea might affect the distribution of marine top predators and what this might mean for marine ecosystems [...] Funding: Bundesamt für Naturschutz CRANMAN II Scientific studies on the biology and fisheries of the North Sea shrimp CRANgon crangon as the basis for an efficient self-MANagement system Catch of the brown shrimp

and its implications for research at sea. The data collected during the cruise will become part of an established data series on the North-South (NoSoAT) and South-North (SoNoAT) transits of the icebreaker [...] Shipboard training NoSoAT (North to South Atlantic Transect) / SoNoAT (South to North Atlantic Transect) We are pleased to announce that the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine [...] 20 training scholarships and, for the first time, 5 scholarships for junior teachers. The NoSoAT (North-South Atlantic Transect) OceanCapX (Ocean Capacity Exchange) expedition will depart on 13 November

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.

of planned offshore-windfarms with commercial marine aquaculture (open ocean aquaculture) in the North Sea area. Exclusively, literature data from existing international experiences are reviewed here, as [...] as input of urban waste water adds to the calamity. However, especially the hydrodynamics of the North Sea play a key role as hindrance of establishing commercial marine aquaculture in Germany. Secondly [...] development of a commercial offshore aquaculture in combination with the planned wind farms in the North Sea region. Contact Prof. Dr. Bela H. Buck Additional Content Mytilus edulis Crassostrea gigas Saccharina

Heincke to the North Sea Programme: Bachelor in Geography Duration: 4 days PhD and Master's Theses We offer PhD and MSc. thesis supervision in the field of Physical Oceanography of Polar Seas. Below you’ll [...] Basin (northern Weddell Sea) Temperature and salinity trends in the Weddell Sea based on long-term oceanographic moorings Tracer-based circulation time scales in the southern Weddell Sea Role of the Central [...] at sea, we teach students from the University of Bremen , AWI PhD students and Bachelor students of the Constructor University Bremen during campaigns aboard the research vessel Heinke in the North Sea

east of the Ross Sea operated in either dextral strike-slip or extensional motion throughout the region to the south and east of the Amundsen Sea Embayment and in the Bellingshausen Sea sector, connecting [...] on the Amundsen Sea shelf: (1) distributed rifting events parallel to the breakup front, (2) the influence of the Bellingshausen Plate motion with a plate boundary through the Amundsen Sea Embayment, and [...] and geothermal heat-flow data to improve our understanding of the role of the Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea shelves and margins in context of the continental breakup, activities of the West Antarctic