News of the institute for coastal research

Dr. Daniel Pröfrock, an environmental scientist from the Institute for Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Center Geesthacht was recognized with this year’s Bunsen-Kirchhoff Prize for his outstanding scientific accomplishments. He accepted the award and the 2,500 Euro grant accompanying it during the ANAKON conference, one of the most important annual conferences in Analytical Chemistry in the German speaking countries.

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On March 1, Prof. Dr. Kay Emeis will begin his work at the Institute of Coastal Research. Read further to find out why this native of Dithmarschen is interested in what happened on Earth millions of years ago, why he knows the Mediterranean like the back of his hand, and how he sees his new position as Institutional Director.

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In 2013, there will be a new climate change assessment report for the Baltic Sea, as an update to the successful BACC book (2008). The BACC topics will be further elaborated, and new aspects will be treated in the new report. More than 80 scientists from 13 countries have contributed to the first BACC report, bringing together the current knowledge on regional climate change and its impacts in the Baltic Sea region.

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More and more civil society observers are attending the COPs every year, and many observers essentially treat the COP as a central, global meeting place for all discussions, academic work and outreach related to climate change.

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In 2008 the BALTEX Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin was published as a comprehensive report, much like the familiar IPCC reports, with a regional focus on the Baltic Sea basin: . The report included chapters on past and current climate change, projected futures of anthropogenic climate change and observed and projected impacts on terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

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