will be developed on a latitudinal gradient representative of different coastal ecosystems and anthropogenic and climate change pressures across Europe allowing for generalization of our results. These

cellular processes and to gain a better understanding of the adaptability of marine animals to (anthropogenic) environmental influences. One of our priority questions is how environmental parameters (temperature

viruses through to plankton and fish. Ultimately, we aim to understand and predict the effects on anthropogenic pressure on our shelf sea communities. Section Head Cédric Meunier (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

challenge for the scientific divers was the support of an archaeological project dealing with anthropogenic traces underwater carried out by the Netherlands Arctic Institute in cooperation with AWIPEV.

Thermosalinography, xBTs) and handle the associated data. Causes of natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change will be discussed in the context of international climate negotiations, as well

global climate and are among the fastest warming regions worldwide. It is unclear to what extent anthropogenic environmental changes will impact the structure and functioning of the polar marine ecosystem

fulfil a key role in the control of global environmental processes; they are also subject to anthropogenic use. Though the strains on them are especially apparent in coastal regions and shelf seas, where

and temperate coastal ecosystems with a strong interest in the effects of climate change, local anthropogenic impacts and natural challenges on the shallow water macro-zoobenthos and fish communities. We

and methane for centuries. As such, it may not be possible to quickly solve the problem that anthropogenic climate change has created, especially when irreversible changes take place in the permafrost

change with anthropogenic warming. The adaptation of organisms to these cycles plays an important role in the functionality of ecosystems. With the warming of the Southern Ocean, due to anthropogenic climate