Happy Birthday, AWI Wadden Sea Station!

When the Wadden Sea Station in List on Sylt was founded 100 years ago, its original mission was to investigate the living conditions of the European flat oyster and other bivalves. 

Having started as a new branch of the Biological Institute Helgoland, it can now look back on a long tradition full of highs and lows, including surviving the Second World War, and both the station and the experts working there have steadily evolved in the process.

Today, the AWI Wadden Sea Station is not only the northernmost research facility in Germany, but also the most important one when it comes to grasping the mudflat ecosystem and its organisms. As such, it provides valuable insights into what the future evolution of this fragile ecosystem could look like.

 

More information on the station's history

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Highlights around the AWI Wadden Sea Station

[Translate to English:] Logo from 100 years Wadden Sea Station Sylt

Lectures

Find out more in our free public lectures!
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Portrait of Karen Helen Wiltshire

Resonator-Podcast mit Karen Wiltshire

The head of the Wadden Sea Station in the Helmholtz Association's research podcast
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Open house: September 7th, 2024

Experience research up close at the AWI Wadden Sea Station in List on Sylt. A varied programme awaits you from 2pm to 7pm. Look over the researchers' shoulders in the laboratories, visit the outdoor area and our research vessel Mya II or follow our…
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Photography exhibition "Wir können Watt"

We cordially invite you to our photography exhibition! (Flyer in German)
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Our research then and now

Our research focuses on the structure and function of coastal ecosystems in connection with changes in environmental conditions. Here, you can learn more about our core research topics and how climate change will impact our ecosystem.