New findings on pockmarks in the North Sea

    this project. The University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover and the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde were also involved.

    AWI North Sea Office: Two new book publications on introduced species in German marine waters

    humans, whose diversity and ecology they can fundamentally change. For example, the German North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts are now characterized by non-indigenous marine organisms. Their occurrence and rate [...] marine areas. In cooperation with the Schleswig-Holstein State Office for the Environment, the AWI North Sea Office has compiled an overview of all known introduced species in German marine areas: “Neobiota

    What is growing in the North Sea?

    visualising and describing macroalgae present in the western and eastern Wadden Sea, and around the island Helgoland. The app, called SeaKey, currently provides details for the identification of 68 brown algae

    The North Sea in Miniature

    Wadden Sea Station Sylt
    The AWI’s new experimental facility on Sylt makes it possible to simulate the effects of climate change on coastal ecosystems.

    CO2-neutral on the North Sea

    Keel Laying for New Research Ship
    The Alfred Wegener Institute is setting new standards for sustainability in German maritime shipping. On 8 June 2021 the keel for the successor to the research cut

    Is the ice in the Arctic Ocean getting thinner and thinner? Research aircraft Polar 5 measures thickness of sea ice north of Greenland

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    By airship to the North Pole – Zeppelin expedition will survey sea ice in the Arctic

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    Ecological Changes in the North Sea as a consequence of biological globalisation and climate change

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    Open waters around the North Pole: Arctic sea ice in retreat

    Arctic Ocean
    This September, the Arctic sea ice extent has shrunk to 4.1 million square kilometres (sq km)-the second lowest in the history of satellite measurements. It is exceeded only by the all-time [...] all-time record low of 3.4 million sq km in 2012. "Once again, a massive loss of sea ice in the Arctic," says Prof. Lars Kaleschke from Universität Hamburg's Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability

    Research online: new measuring technique enables innovative observations of the North Sea

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