• CONTRASTS

    causes and consequences of sea ice melt in three contrasting sea-ice regimes as functions of atmospheric and oceanographic conditions: 1) seasonal sea ice, mostly originating from Russian shelf regions and [...] observed sea ice, ocean, and ecosystem changes in the Central Arctic Ocean during melt season. We will investigate the causes and consequences of differences in sea ice melt in three contrasting sea-ice e [...] ice zone 2) first- and second year sea ice from the central Arctic Ocean, drifting along the transpolar drift system, and 3) multi-year ice in the “last ice area” north of Greenland. The overall objective

  • Team

    between the estimated and calculated frequency spectra of stable oxygen isotopes in cores from the North Greenland Traverse (NGT). Additionally I'm inspecting sections of the B22 core where melt layers are [...] project is based on mass spectral imaging of marine sediment cores to create high temporal resolution sea surface temperature time series. The aim is to quantify stratigraphic noise and the spatial repres

  • Marine heatwaves pose problems for coastal plankton

    Temperatures around the world continue to rise – and the North Sea is no exception. Yet, in addition to this gradual warming, increasingly frequent and intense heat events also have consequences for marine [...] with their repercussions for plankton. They have also conducted an experiment that exposed the North Sea plankton community to different future warmer scenarios, both with and without heatwaves. The r

  • Guest houses

    zoologists of the 19th century, who became known for his ecological work on oyster beds in the North Frisian Wadden Sea and coined the term "biocenosis". His concept of ecological living communities was grou [...] research and was frequently visiting the island of Helgoland for his morphological-physiological work on sea algae. In 1860 he was appointed as a full member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. Pringsheim was [...] founded, which established a small field station for oyster research and the exploration of the Wadden Sea on the Island of Sylt in 1924.

  • SKATE

    sustainable population enhancement for various skate species that were (formerly) native to the German North Sea. The focus is on egg-laying skate species at risk, including the blue skate Dipturus batis , the

  • Ocean: FRAM

    components such as deep-sea robots, ice buoys and autonomously operating underwater robots. They are designed to enable a look beyond the moorings and the Hausgarten into the Norwegian Sea and the Arctic Ocean [...] Ocean. The Fram Strait connects the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic. Unlike the shallow water conjunction to the Pacific, this connection is up to 5569 metres deep and thus the main region for exchange

  • Projects

    E. Flüh Ligurian Sea C 04/2008-10/2008 5 13 SCHOLTE II M. Thorwart North Sea A 10/2008-10/2008 5 14 EXUPERY T. Dahm Azores C 04/2009-09/2009 3 15 NADLAS W. Geissler Norw.-Greenl. Sea C 08/2009-08/2009 [...] C 08/2020-07/2021 8 47 UPFLOW A. Ferreira North Atlantic P 07/2021-08/2022 32 48 ZAFRAN N. Augustin Red Sea P 11/2021-11/2022 12 49 DICTUM C. Thomas North Sea P 07/2022-09/2022 1 50 ALOIS V. Schlindwein [...] 24 16 TOPO-MED I. Grevemeyer Mediterranean Sea P 08/2009-07/2010 8 17 NOGES K. Brensing Baltic Sea P 10/2009-02/2010 1 18 WACOM K. Gohl Amundsen Sea A 03/2010-03/2010 6 19 NARES W. Jokat Nares Strait

  • Expeditions

    Separating the Nordic Seas from the North Atlantic, the magmatic Greenland Scotland Ridge (GSR) has a strong influence on the pathways of the deep, cold water masses formed in the Nordic Sea by down-welling [...] those cold water masses play an important role in setting the properties of North Atlantic Deepwater, ventilating the North Atlantic, and setting the global ocean stratification. Thermal perturbations [...] from glacials to interglacials, large amounts of fresh water were released into the Labrador Sea and North Atlantic Ocean. This release of fresh water occurred through fjords and adjacent troughs that

  • Hatchery

    project. Main goals of the hatchery are to produce seed oysters for native oyster restoration in the North Sea and to address relevant research questions in the field. The European flat oyster is functionally [...] techniques with the defined goal to produce spat for mid- and large-scale restoration measures in the North Sea. This requires adaptation and optimization of commercial production techniques, which includes a [...] species ( Rhodomonas salina, Isochrysis galbana and Chaetoceros neogracilis ), native to the German North Sea around Helgoland. The microalgae production is a crucial part of hatchery production. Here, parameters

  • PROCEED

    PROCEED Restoration of the European Oyster in the German North Sea: Establishment of a sustainable oyster seed production for a long-term restoration program Project duration 2018 – 2025 The European oyster [...] oyster Ostrea edulis , once a widespread native species in the North Sea, is considered functionally extinct in some regions due to intensive fishing. As an ecological key species, oysters provided several [...] Bérenger Colsoul (Thünen Institut) Film PROCEED - Restoration of the European Oyster in the German North Sea (film) Website release Online knowledge portal about the European native oyster Press release Rollup