functioning. The region, still considered as "pristine", is under increasing climate change and anthropogenic pressure. FjordFlux will obtain spatial information on the current environmental state by combining
in the German Bight – Developing Approaches Towards… OMAP Project: Oysters and mussels under anthropogenic pressure PROCEED Project: Development of a breeding facility at AWI Helgoland for sustainable [...] centre on environmental research at the AWI CREATE Project: Concepts for reducing the impact of anthropogenic pressures
Climate change arises from natural and anthropogenic external forcing, as well as from variations within the climate system. Whereas synoptic to interannual variations in the climate system are well observed [...] time-scales. Estimating that variability is the basis for the detection and attribution of the anthropogenic component and determines the range of plausible future climate changes. Imprints created during
biogeography, biodiversity and community structures in marine environments defined by natural and anthropogenic factors. Introduction to Marine anima physiology (Photo: Sonja Schadwinkel) Main Focus Team Tools
shallower upper mixed layer. However, there is a secondary problem arising from CO 2 : As much of the anthropogenic CO 2 is taken up by the ocean, concentrations of CO 2 and bicarbonate increase while the concentration
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
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 Prof. Dr. Maarten Boersma (Photo: Alfred-
Another focus is dealing with anthropogenic influences in the marine environment and consequences on the organisms. Two main aspects are studied: measure of anthropogenic markers (e.g. xenobiotica, toxin
changes are also studied in such experiments. Large scale circulation changes as captured by anthropogenic tracers Contact: Michael Karcher The Arctic Ocean surface circulation is characterized by the [...] mark specific water masses on their paths through the Arctic. Such a tracer is 129 Iodine, an anthropogenic radionuclide which is dumped as waste into the Irish Sea and the North Sea by nuclear reprocessing
the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide and are thus closely coupled to climate variability. Anthropogenic intervention alters the natural climate variability and raises the question of how environmental