Siberia. The sea-ice thickness sensor EM-Bird above thin sea ice in the Laptev Sea (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Scientific methods to observe the formation of sea ice in the Laptev Sea (Graphic: Alfred [...] better understand the sea ice.” Discover more Remote Sensing: A direct connection to the ice Marine biology: What goes on beneath the floes? Focus: Sea Ice The latest sea-ice maps Sea Ice Physics Section [...] Laptev Sea The Birthplace of Arctic Sea Ice For the past several years, the expanse of sea ice in the Arctic has melted more and more intensively during the summer months. To determine whether, and if
transports contaminants, stemming from industry, agriculture, and water treatment plants, to Germany’s NorthSea coast. Their concentrations vary due to inlets found along the course of the river, but also due [...] microplastic particles, nutrients and climate gases found in the river change on their way to the NorthSea.
2017 4 January 2017, 2 weeks and 5 days at sea. The morning finds Polarstern alongside the ice shelf edge, or, more precisely, at the north-eastern berth of Atka Sea Port.
RESTORE and PROCEED. Marine conservation European flat oyster NorthSea The NorthSea is one of the world’s most intensively utilised seas, and in the past centuries it has undergone significant changes [...] influences. The various uses have particularly affected the sea’s ecosystems: native species and biotic communities that were once widespread in the NorthSea, providing important ecological functions for the system [...] Paving the way for more biodiversity in the NorthSea Dr Bernadette Pogoda, marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, head of the working group Marine conservation: Ecological Restoration and
Discover more Remote sensing: A direct connection to the ice Laptev Sea: The Birthplace of Arctic Sea Ice Focus: Sea Ice Latest sea-ice maps Iceflux - young investigators Section Polar Biological Ozeanography [...] braving both the extreme cold and the high salinity. For comparison: sea-ice brine can be up to six times saltier than NorthSea water. But that doesn’t seem to bother the algae: AWI biologist Ilka Peeken [...] of the SUIT net (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Links to AWI sea-ice research Sea Ice Physics Section Iceflux - young investigators Sea-ice portal
Marine Litter Micro-plastic particles pose a risk not only to sea birds, whales and organisms at the bottom of the sea. In two new studies, scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute Hemholtz Centre [...] Polar and Marine Research (AWI) show that plastic waste is also eaten by nautili as well as North and Baltic Sea fish such as cod and mackerel.
Southern NorthSea Master Beyer, Birte 2015 Quantification and Identification of Microplastics in Arctic Sea Ice Master Ecker, Ursula 2015 Gelatinous zooplankton food web in the southern NorthSea Master [...] a sheltered and exposed site of the southern NorthSea Bachelor Starkenburg, Marrit 2022 Spatial distribution of microplastic: from the northern NorthSea to the Arctic Master Bauer, Lisa 2021 Investigation [...] biota-rich seawater samples of the southern NorthSea - Analysis by µFTIR Master Münzner, Florentina 2018 Microplastics transport simulations in the southern NorthSea Master Mützel, Sophia 2018 First observation
landscapes and ecosystems. Our regional focus are the sedimentary systems of the Wadden Sea and the coastal NorthSea. We investigate geomorphological and sedimentary processes, biogeochemical exchange, the [...] research projects sea4soCiety Sequestration and storage of carbon in intertidal seagrass beds (BMBF) MGF Nordsee Impact of mobile bottom-contact fisheries on seafloor habitats in the NorthSea (BMBF) Team Dr [...] interplay of these different aspects for the evolution of landscapes at the interface between land and sea. We consider the whole spectrum of coastal environments, from supratidal salt marshes to subtidal seafloor
The new species in the Wadden Sea There are now numerous plant and animal species living in the Wadden Sea that weren’t there 100 years ago. Originating from faraway coasts, many of these newcomers have [...] have only managed to establish themselves in the NorthSea thanks to humans, either as a result of global shipping or of being intentionally introduced – both of which still occur today. This AWI infographic [...] shows which introduced species have now settled in the Wadden Sea and how they have changed the habitat. The new species in the Wadden Sea (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)