• Phytoplankton Ecophysiology

    shallower upper mixed layer. Secondly, there is a problem arising directly from CO 2 : As much of the anthropogenic CO 2 is taken up by the ocean, concentrations of CO2 and bicarbonate increase while the concentration

  • Water Meets Land – Coastal Hydrography and Geology

    investigate both the natural processes that influence seafloor morphology and sediment dynamics and anthropogenic influences, such as the use of bottom-contact fishing gear. Acoustic methods further allow us

  • The Wadden Sea Over the Course of Time

    understand the long-term responses and interactions of the North Sea and adjacent Wadden Sea to anthropogenic and natural changes, both affected by regional drivers (riverine inputs, coastal armouring and

  • WG Long-term Ecology

    understanding long-term responses and interactions of the North Sea and the adjacent Wadden Sea to anthropogenic and natural changes, not only for employees of the Coastal Ecology Section, but also for researchers

  • Change of staff in coastal research: AWI Vice Director Prof Karen Wiltshire to helm new climate institute at Trinity College Dublin

    changes in the ecosystems of the North Sea, particularly in the Wadden Sea, in connection with anthropogenic and natural influences – like climate change – at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Five years later

  • Stable Isotopes Lab

    prominent and frequent hydroclimate extremes and whether there is a difference between natural and anthropogenic impact on Siberian hydrology by comparison of early Holocene and recent warming phases. To answer [...] from the Early Holocene with a similar temporal resolution, if achievable, to disentangle the anthropogenic and natural contribution. For investigations, primarily diatom-δ18O will be used to establish

  • Past Climate Change

    prominent and frequent hydroclimate extremes and whether there is a difference between natural and anthropogenic impact on Siberian hydrology by comparison of early Holocene and recent warming phases. To answer [...] from the Early Holocene with a similar temporal resolution, if achievable, to disentangle the anthropogenic and natural contribution. For investigations, primarily diatom-δ18O will be used to establish

  • Ocean Acidification

    According to data from the IPCC, since the 1980s the oceans have absorbed 20 to 30 percent of total anthropogenic CO2 emissions. 7.7 pH value By the year 2100, today’s average pH value in the oceans could drop [...] succeeded in reducing emissions to zero, it would take millennia for the oceans to fully recover from anthropogenic changes. As such, the fateful trio of warming, acidification and hypoxia will continue to plague

  • New species in the Wadden Sea

    time again, and most likely travelled along as stowaways on the oysters’ shells. In addition, anthropogenic climate change and the resultant rising temperatures in the North Sea are making it easier for

  • Ocean Optics

    spatial coverage which contribute significantly to a better understanding for the attribution of anthropogenic and natural sources of climate change to the marine ecosystem and biogeochemical cycles. Our outreach