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

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

drone at the North Pole on 19 September. As part of sea ice research and for developing optimised navigation with our icebreaker through the ice we take visual and infrared images from the sea ice surface [...] the device that flies under the helicopter and measures the thickness of the sea ice. We also measure the thickness of the sea ice when we are working on the ice. This allows us to validate the helicopter [...] documenting the shrinkage of the sea ice, which reached its annual minimum on 9 September. © Linnu Buehler www.meereisportal.de/en/news-overview/news-detail-view/arctic-sea-ice-reaches-summer-minimum

the AWI’s Data Assimilation group. I’m interested in using data assimilation to study the global air-sea flux of CO 2 . Maya Dalby (Postdoc) I studied biology and marine biology and have become a zooplanktologist [...] interactions affect the efficiency of the biological carbon pump and lastly carbon export to the deep sea and sediments. Currently, I investigate how to implement new iron sources and new phytoplankton functional [...] projects. I completed a master's thesis on the effects of eddies on the phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic using a simple NPZD (Nutrient-Phytoplankton-Zooplankton-Detritus) model (biogeochemical model)

Schroeder, A. Ridout, L. Nerger (2023) The effects of assimilating a sub-grid-scale sea ice thickness distribution in a new Arctic sea ice data assimilation system. The Cryosphere , 17, 2509–2532, ​ doi:10.519 [...] M., Nerger, L., Mu, L., Yang, Q., Liu, C. (2019) Using sea surface temperature observations to constrain upper ocean properties in an Arctic sea ice-ocean data assimilation system. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans [...] M., Losa, S.N., Ricker, R., Nerger, L., Liang, X. (2018) Improving sea ice thickness estimates by assimilating CryoSat-2 and SMOS sea ice thickness data simultaneously. Quarterly Journal of the Royal

n strategies to protect ecosystems in the North Sea threatened by toxic munitions compounds, such as TNT. (Photo: Ute Marx, AWI 2023) Funded by: EU-North Sea Interreg Programme 2021-27 Funding period: [...] CONMAR is to provide information on the distribution and condition of munitions in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea and to generate an understanding of the release and dispersal of explosives in water and [...] Decision Aid for Marine Munitions Dumped Munition in the Baltic Sea pose a potential risk for the environment. In the North and Baltic Sea are containing a legacy of ca. 50 000 tons of dumped chemical munitions

how the snow cover on Antarctic sea ice responds to changing atmospheric conditions, affecting the sea ice mass balance by inducing snow-albedo feedbacks that accelerate sea ice melt and retreat. Combining [...] can be found here. Emmy Noether Junior Research Goup Snow thickness measurements on the Antarctic sea ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Emmy Noether Programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [...] Further information can be found here . ARJEL To better understand the role of jellies in the Arctic seas, the Helmholtz Young Investigator project ARJEL - ARctic JELlifish, will combine the most recent

how the snow cover on Antarctic sea ice responds to changing atmospheric conditions, affecting the sea ice mass balance by inducing snow-albedo feedbacks that accelerate sea ice melt and retreat. Combining [...] can be found here. Emmy Noether Junior Research Goup Snow thickness measurements on the Antarctic sea ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Emmy Noether Programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [...] Further information can be found here . ARJEL To better understand the role of jellies in the Arctic seas, the Helmholtz Young Investigator project ARJEL - ARctic JELlifish, will combine the most recent

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

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 – 2024 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 [...] Carta Paulo Freitas Martin Sackmann 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