SeaKey – Identification of Seaweeds of the German North Sea Coast [Translate to English:] Concept of SeaKey (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Enable identification of seaweeds for variable stakeholders [...] order to support marine biodiversity assessment The project SeaKey develops a scientific identification key for ‘Seaweeds of the German North Sea coast’ in three parts, for brown algae, red algae and green [...] under seaweeds.awi.de The key consists of a webkey (usable as desktop version or via the App SeaKey) and downloadable and printable documents – the ‘Identification Key’ itself and the ‘Additional

Wadden Sea Station Sylt The AWI`s Wadden Sea Station in List on the island of Sylt is the northernmost research center in Germany. Located within walking distance of the Wadden Sea, it offers the ideal [...] more AWI North Sea Office Communicators of scientific contents Find out more Events Public lectures Open Day Girls`Day Find out more List Oyster Trail Oyster fishing and oyster research in the North Frisian [...] understanding of the Wadden Sea ecosystem. The station is also home to the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence. Emerged from a small field station for Oyster Research founded in 1924 the Wadden Sea Station Sylt can look

natural and anthropogenic disturbance and climate change. Study areas include Arctic coasts, the North Sea, Patagonian fjords and Antarctic shelf regions, where we study structure and performance of benthic [...] Repositorium PANGAEA < ______________________________ Web Pages Hendrik Pehlke Ursula Liebert Focus North Sea Benthos Biogeochemical Fluxes Patagonian Benthos The Cryobenthos Rocky Shore Ecology Ecological

REBORN Bax Innovation REBORN – Unlocking Seagrass Restoration in North-West Europe REBORN is a transnational project funded by the Interreg North-West Europe Programme (Interreg NWE), running from 2026 to 2029 [...] ecosystem research. By using experimental approaches on various spatial scales much larger than the Wadden Sea we are analysing ecological patterns from the genetic to the community level. Research Themes Community [...] Community Ecology Species interactions in biotic habitats Sedimentary coasts such as the European Wadden Sea are dominated by endobenthic organisms living in the bottom. Only a few species form important habitats

change that is causing problems for the North Sea. Rising sea levels, more frequent storm surges and coastal erosion threaten nature and settlements alike. The Wadden Sea - one of Europe's most species-rich [...] Station Helgoland and the section Coastal Ecology. Zooplankton Coastal research Coastal seas such as the North Sea are truly multi-talented: they provide energy, secure jobs, enable trade and attract millions [...] year. However, economic exploitation comes at a price - and the state of the sea is a growing cause for concern. The North Sea is one of the most intensively utilised marine areas in Europe. Fishing has

in the North- and Baltic Seas was a collaborative project with the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). The project focused on concentrations of algae and oxygen in the North Sea and Baltic [...] Agency (BSH) in the North and Baltic Seas. The data assimilation system uses PDAF and the operational model HBM coupled to the ecosystem model ERGOM and focused on the assimialtion of sea surface temperature [...] ocean models by data assimilation, for example by utilizing satellite observations of sea surface temperature or sea surface height. Similarly, ocean-biogeochemical models can profit from the incorporation

Schroeder, A. Ridout, L. Nerger (2023) The effects of assimilating a sub-grid-scale sea ice thickness distribution in a new Arctic sea ice data assimilation system. The Cryosphere , 17, 2509–2532, ​ doi:10.519 [...] M., Nerger, L., Mu, L., Yang, Q., Liu, C. (2019) Using sea surface temperature observations to constrain upper ocean properties in an Arctic sea ice-ocean data assimilation system. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans [...] M., Losa, S.N., Ricker, R., Nerger, L., Liang, X. (2018) Improving sea ice thickness estimates by assimilating CryoSat-2 and SMOS sea ice thickness data simultaneously. Quarterly Journal of the Royal

northern foothills extend from the northeast tip of Greenland to Laptev Sea in Siberia. At this point the Eurasian and the North American plate drift apart by a few millimetres every year. Using the research

in the western Weddell Sea Alexander Haumann and Rowan Brown (SO-CLIM) are currently on a research expedition in the western Weddell Sea (Antarctica). They are investigating sea ice melt and water mixing [...] Heincke Expedition North Sea (summer semester) Publications Spira, T., du Plessis M., Haumann, F. A., Giddy, I., Narayanan, A., Silvanoo, S., Swart, S. (2026). Wind-triggered Antarctic sea-ice decline pre [...] simulations. News Ocean warming drives melting of Antarctic sea ice A new study from Theo Spira et al. in Nature Climate Change reveals reasons for rapid sea ice decline since 2015 Find out more SO-CLIM Retreat

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