How alarming are the ammunition remnants of two world wars still lying in old wrecks at the bottom of the North Sea and other seas? The EU-funded international project "North Sea Wrecks" investigated these questions, diving to wrecks in the North Sea, taking samples and analysing them. In a symposium on 19 and 20 April 2023 at the Alfred Wegener Institute, the project partners now presented the results. For more information, see this press release from the German Maritime Museum (DSM), which led the project.

mysteries gives life an unprecedented meaning" (Alfred Wegener) Our location... In the middle of the North Sea, 60 km offshore is the island of Heligoland, a very popular site for marine research for more than

several research vessels, aircraft, and stations in the Arctic andAntarctic, as well as in the North Sea. Access and application procedure AWI conducts a long-term research program at Neumayer Station [...] II InfrastructureAntarctic Stations Neumayer III and Kohnen and is composed as follows: Glaciology, sea ice, remote sensing: Dr Wolfgang Rack, Canterbury University, New Zealand Geophysics: Prof. Yoshifumi [...] the AWI provides the person responsible and at least oneparticipant. Ways of transporting goods: - Sea freight from Bremerhaven: Transport of cargo from Bremerhaven to Cape Town by commercial containership

several research vessels, aircraft, and stations in the Arctic andAntarctic, as well as in the North Sea. Access and application procedure AWI conducts a long-term research program at Neumayer Station [...] II InfrastructureAntarctic Stations Neumayer III and Kohnen and is composed as follows: Glaciology, sea ice, remote sensing: Dr Wolfgang Rack, Canterbury University, New Zealand Geophysics: Prof. Yoshifumi [...] the AWI provides the person responsible and at least oneparticipant. Ways of transporting goods: - Sea freight from Bremerhaven: Transport of cargo from Bremerhaven to Cape Town by commercial containership

visualising and describing macroalgae present in the western and eastern Wadden Sea, and around the island Helgoland. The app, called SeaKey, currently provides details for the identification of 68 brown algae

the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence at AWI, a comprehensive oceanographic training programme on the North Sea Islands of Helgoland and Sylt. The new participants from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Madagascar

Knowledge transfer With the disappearance of the European oyster from the North Sea, general knowledge about this once important for society species has also been lost: Oyster fishery was still considered

Amazed by whales and sea ice 28. June 2023 During our voyage north, we were greeted by many whales on our way. As soon as someone spots a blow at the horizon, everyone observes the show with binoculars [...] navigate through the dense sea ice cover, we started the first knitting projects, solved crossword puzzles and tested the onboard gym. © Christian Rohleder The deeps of the North 26. June 2023 While most [...] species (if possible). After a short logistical stopover outside Longyearbyen on Svalbard we encountered sea ice for the first time during the night on Sunday. Some even left their cozy and warm bunk beds to

started From FINO1 to MarGate AWIPEV-COSYNA underwater observatory COSYNA underwater node system - North Sea Background…where it all started • Deployed at MarGate under- water experimental field (270 x 60 [...] fullframe camera / LISST-HOLO picture Götz Flöser PhytoDive § Assessing phytoplankton diversity in the North Sea § Understanding the role of phytoplankton in coastal productivity and carbon cycle § Combining

titute operates two shallow-water cabled underwater observatories ( UWO ’s) in the Southern North Sea North off Helgoland ( Helgoland-UWO - 54° 11.700'N / 7° 52.600'E – Fig. 1) and in the Arctic Ocean [...] real-time data (NRT-Data) of the main hydrographical variables of the two AWI research sites “Southern North Sea” and “Kongsfjord”. Provide underwater power and data connection for short-term or long-term project