Research finally have an explanation for why: Due to unusual atmospheric pressure conditions over the North Atlantic, low-pressure areas are diverted from their usual track, which disrupts the coupling between [...] an important step toward refining climate models and more accurately predicting the fate of Arctic sea ice in the face of progressing climate change.

serve to record ongoing changes in ecosystems. Long-term ecological observations of the North Sea and the Wadden Sea have been collected and analysed at the marine stations on Helgoland and Sylt of the Alfred [...] most important tools for 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 [...] climate change. For example, the long-term data of the marine stations has shown that the North Sea and the Wadden Sea have become significantly warmer than the mean global temperature increase over recent

5.6 6.3 AUG 2 Sea ice survey along 55W meridian from Lincoln Sea to 86N 6.3 7.0 AUG 3 Sea ice survey to 86N 22W (including radiation sensor calibration squares at start) 5.1 5.7 AUG 7 Sea ice survey to [...] w.awi.de/en/science/climate-sciences/sea-ice-physics/projects/ice-bird.html www.awi.de/en/focus/sea-ice/remote-sensing.html www.awi.de/en/focus/sea-ice/remote-sensing.html Operations and [...] from the Greenland coast north to 85.2N. This included measurements of very rough and deformed MYI in the Lincoln Sea. The ARCSIX aircraft was also surveying in the Lincoln Sea on the same day. On 3rd August

01.024 Krüger et al., 2020: Mapping of Eastern North Atlantic Ocean seismicity from Po/So observations at a mid-aperture seismological broad-band deep sea array, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa054 Laigle et al., [...] 2011: Continent-ocean-transition across a trans-tensional margin segment: off Bear Island, Barents Sea, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04873.x Dannowski et al., 2020: Seismic evidence for failed rifting [...] B019100 Dessa et al., 2011: The GROSMarin experiment: three dimensional crustal structure of the North Ligurian margin from refraction tomography and preliminary analysis of microseismic measurements,

2001, Prof Karen Wiltshire began investigating changes in the ecosystems of the North Sea, particularly in the Wadden Sea, in connection with anthropogenic and natural influences – like climate change – [...] Director of the AWI’s Biological Institute Helgoland. After working more than two decades in the High North, she assumed a new position at Trinity College Dublin and will found a new climate institute in the

on their doorstep and exploring the question of how climate change is altering the Wadden Sea and the North Sea in the long term.

Wadden Sea Station on Sylt is pursuing answers to what is likely the most important question concerning the fragile ecosystem at its doorstep: how will climate change affect the Wadden Sea and North Sea in [...] Open House Day 2024 Exactly 100 years ago, Germany’s northernmost research facilities on the North Sea island Sylt were opened. What began as a small field outpost for oyster research in 1924 would evolve [...] in the long term? On the occasion of its 100-year anniversary, the AWI Wadden Sea Station Sylt will host an Open House Day on 7 September 2024. Open House Day on Saturday, 07.09.2024 From 14:00 to 19:00

become ubiquitous in our environment. Plastics of various sizes are also found along the German North Sea and Baltic coasts. Previous studies of microplastic pollution on German beaches have often been

The Wadden Sea forms a transitional habitat between land and sea. The shallow depth and constant exchange with the adjacent North Sea create a very special geological space. The Wadden Sea Over the Course [...] The Wadden Sea Ecosystem The coastal area of the south-eastern North Sea, including the Wadden Sea, is a highly productive system with diverse interactions between the organisms living here. In this coastal [...] of the Wadden Sea are being investigated using modern DNA technology, from the genetic level to microbial, plankton and benthic communities. In addition, the commercially used North Sea shrimp and the

Leverhulme Grant Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) (2021-2024) The main goal of the Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) project [...] reduced sea ice coverage, Arctic-derived moisture serves as a new, increasingly important northern hemispheric water source. Contributions of the different Arctic hydrological compartments (i.e. sea water [...] water, sea ice, snow, water vapor) surrounding RV Polarstern will be targeted to decipher major exchange processes between atmosphere, ocean, and sea ice. Contact: Moein Mellat, Hanno Meyer , Martin Werner