• Scientific articles

    Sell, SEA Pineda-Metz, M Wegner, S Brand, LNS Shama, J Wollschläger, TH Badewien, S Laakmann, & KH Wiltshire. Connectivity and larval drift across Marine Protected Areas in the German Bight, North Sea, Part [...] Connectivity and larval drift across marine protected areas in the German bight, North Sea: Necessity of stepping stones. Journal of Sea Research, 204 , 102563. doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2025.102563 . 2024 [...] oyster ( Ostrea edulis ) in the German North Sea (RESTORE preliminary investigation). BfN-Schriften 684. BfN, Germany. doi.org/10.19217/skr684 . 2023. SEA Pineda‐Metz, B Colsoul, M Niewöhner, T

  • NuL2024-04-03.pdf

    Blue-Carbon-Potenziale der deutschen Nord- und Ostsee Blue Carbon potential of the German North and Baltic Seas Corina Peter, Julian Koplin, Bernadette Pogoda, Claudia Morys und Jochen Krause Zusammenfassung [...] (BfN) summarises the current state of knowledge on the Blue Carbon potential of the German North and Baltic Seas. Seagrass beds and salt marshes are already defined as Blue Carbon eco- systems and their [...] (1) CDRmare: Sea4Society Laufzeit: 8/2021 – 7/2024 Gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung − BMBF (Mission 1 der Deutschen Allianz Meeresforschung − DAM) https://sea4society.cdrmare

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  • 1-s2.0-S027277142500232X-main.pdf

    (EEZ) covers 41,034 km2 in the North Sea and 15,507 km2 in the Baltic Sea (Al-Haj and Fulweiler, 2020). One key ecosystem for BC research in the North Sea is the Wadden Sea, the largest tidal flat system [...] habitat types 1310, 1320 and 1330) along the German North the German North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts, maritime border: German EEZ (Sources: North Sea: Monitoring data NLWKN (2014-2017), monitoring data [...] along the German North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts, maritime border: German EEZ (Sources: North Sea: KÜFOG GmbH and Steuwer, (2020) ; Dolch et al., (2020)(degree of coverage > 5%); Baltic Sea: Schubert et al

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  • Brochures and Reports

    glance The Greenland Ice Ice Sheets Sea Ice Influence on Europe's climate Climate change in the Arctic Climate change and the Southern Ocean Climate change and the North Sea Climate change and the ocean Permafrost [...] research The collaborative framework of AWI’s Antarctic research Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea Arctic Council Shipping in the Arctic Arctic and Antarctic – more differences than similarities? Arctic

  • WG Ecosystem Analysis

    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

  • Publications

    Koldunov, D. Sein, and T. Jung, 2022: Assessment of the Finite-VolumE Sea ice–Ocean Model (FESOM2.0) – Part 2: Partial bottom cells, embedded sea ice and vertical mixing library CVMix. Geosci. Model Dev. , 15 [...] e.adq7280 . Wang, Q., S. Danilov, and T. Jung, 2024: Arctic freshwater anomaly transiting to the North Atlantic delayed within a buffer zone. Nature Geosci ., 17 , 1218–1221, doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01592-1 [...] Goessling, H.H. Hellmer, D.V. Sein, T. Semmler, D. Sidorenko and T. Jung, 2022: Delayed Antarctic sea-ice decline in high-resolution climate change simulations. Nature Comm. , 13 , 637, doi.org/10

  • Maarten Boersma

    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 [...] AWI Sylt and Professor at the University of Bremen. 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

  • Karen_Wiltshire_AWI-Expert_UK_updated.pdf

    programme. Karen Wiltshire’s research focuses on e.g. the changes in ecosystems of the North Sea and the Wadden Sea, and the permafrost coasts of Siberia. Furthermore, she also coordinated Sylt & Helgoland [...] Helgoland and Sylt. At the same time, the coastal and climate researcher taught as a professor of Shelf-sea System Ecology at the University of Kiel. Born in Ireland in 1962, Karen Wiltshire completed her master‘s

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  • Profile

    Antarctic. It coordinates German polar research efforts, while also conducting research in the North Sea and adjacent coastal regions in Germany. Combining innovative approaches, outstanding research [...] anthropogenic use. Though the strains on them are especially apparent in coastal regions and shelf seas, where densely settled cities and claims to usage rights are often concentrated, the vast and unpopulated [...] over longer timeframes. They research the atmosphere, ice, oceans and coasts. They explore the deep seas, the glaciers and the permafrost soils of the polar regions first-hand. And they analyse data from

  • Coastal Ecology

    ecosystems of the Wadden Sea and the North Sea and investigate issues relating to stressors and natural and man-made changes. We also provide scientific advice to administrations and authorities, for example [...] example via the North Sea Office. We use our scientific findings to support protection and sustainable use of the shallow coastal seas. The section builds predictive capacity by combining multidisciplinary [...] information 100 years of Wadden Sea Station Salt Marshes and Seagrass Meadows Open House Day Coastal Hydrography and Geology Long-term observation in Wadden Sea Ecosystem Wadden Sea