fleet. At sea for more than 250 days a year, the ship provides accommodation and work facilities for up to twelve scientists. The Heincke generally operates in the North Sea and in the North Atlantic. [...] Friedrich Heincke came from Mecklenburg. As a zoologist he examined the fish fauna in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. He had studied his field in Rostock and Leipzig. An assistant's place in the zoological [...] the exploration of the sea. He co-founded the international organisation for exploration of the sea and remained a constant delegate. In 1929 Heincke died on the German high-sea island Helgoland in whose

the past few decades – due to the reduced sea-ice cover on the Arctic Ocean in summer, to higher water and air temperatures, and to rising sea levels. Less sea ice means e.g. that winds produce larger waves [...] in the Arctic is insulated by water and sea ice, one might assume there was no permafrost there. But guess again: at the bottom of certain shallow coastal seas, the ground is permanently frozen. This type [...] there was so much water frozen in the massive inland ice sheets of Scandinavia and North America that in some places, the sea level was 120 metres lower than today. Where now we see ocean waves, there was

on a previously unimaginable scale. One of the most obvious changes is the rapid decline in Arctic sea ice over the last two decades. This has a direct impact on Arctic microorganisms as more light is available [...] new production. In addition, ocean warming is leading to changes in the winter mixed layer in the North Atlantic, which has reduced the amount of silica entering the Arctic Ocean in recent decades. This

provision: Markus Brand (Heligo.) Max Schwanitz (Bremerh.) Diving operations management: (Heligoland, North Sea, Arctic) Markus Brand Max Schwanitz Miriam Lienkämper Scientific projects, Heligoland & AWIPEV: [...] Project directorate: Detlef Wilde Technical project lead: Jan Meier Other Expeditions Land expeditions north: Dirk Mengedoht Verena Mohaupt Land expeditions south: Christine Wesche Other ship expeditions: Derk

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

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

more plastic particles in the sea than previously assumed. According to the study, there are 27 million tons of tiny plastic particles in the upper water layer of the North Atlantic alone. Plastics can [...] from the Beginning: Dr. Melanie Bergmann Melanie Bergmann has been a researcher in the AWI's Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology Working Group since 2004. She has taken part in over 20 expeditions on international [...] at the AWI-HAUSGARTEN Observatory to investigate the effects of global warming on the Arctic deep sea. Since 2012, she has been focusing on plastic pollution in the oceans. She has published the reference

science and the opportunities for active climate protection in the marine ecosystems of the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The resulting findings on regional conditions serve as a starting point for identified [...] Nature conservation and Ecosystems Climate Change impacts on marine ecosystems in the Baltic and North Sea and insights into the potential carbon uptake of marine ecosystems - a literature study on the state [...] current state of knowledge on the climate change impacts on marine ecosystems in the Baltic and North Sea as well as insights on the potential carbon uptake of marine ecosystems was compiled. For this purpose

Publication: Ecological reef restoration: consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators and European oysters , January 2025 Award : The RESTORE and PROCEED projects were selected [...] Publication: Setting the stones to restore and monitor European flat oyster reefs in the German North Sea, April 2023 Publication: Potential of calcein staining as growth monitoring marker in Ostrea edulis

on the development and testing of possible ways to reestablish the native oyster in the German North Sea. All restoration measures are implemented under consideration of the IUCN Standards , the International [...] News Publications & Downloads RESTORE Project: Restoration of European oyster stocks in the German North Sea Find out more SKATE Project: Restoration of native skate species in the German Bight – Developing [...] reefs and the ecological impact of a CO2 removal technique on benthic filter feeders Find out more North Sea Office Knowledge transfer: Research and advisory centre on environmental research at the AWI Find