Press Releases overview of the Institute for Coastal Research

2013-04-24 Press Release

Sediments in the Wadden Sea and seafloors of the North Sea coast have many functions within the marine ecosystem. For example, the sediments filter pollutants out of the water.

Sustainable use of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea: coastal researchers provide the basis for future protection of the marine environment.

In the next 3 years coastal researchers will closely examine the processes in the sea floors of the German sectors of the North Sea and Baltic Sea to provide a scientific basis for the implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), is funding five collaborative projects which are now commencing their work.

2012-09-18 News

Geesthacht Coastal and Material Researchers welcomed the “Alex II” to the “City of Science”

Last weekend approximately 2,500 guests visited the science exhibition of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht at the cruise ship terminal in Travemünde where Geesthacht scientists presented their research activities and innovations. The reason for this event was the visit of the sail training vessel “Alexander von Humboldt II”. This was a great occasion for Lübeck, as this year’s City of Science, and was accompanied by a supporting programme of scientific events.

2012-07-10 News

Das Institut für Küstenforschung des Helmholtz Zentrums Geesthacht möchte herausfinden, was die Menschen, die an der Wattenmeerküste leben, über ihre Region denken.

The Wadden Sea as ”Heimat”

The Institute for Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht would like to understand what the people who live on the Wadden Sea coast think about their region. Professor Dr. Beate Ratter, head of department at the Institute for Coastal Research, has initiated the survey and carries it out together with the Dutch foundation WaddenArt. The survey takes place in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. Inhabitants of the Wadden Sea coast are invited to take part.

2012-07-10 News

Die Studenten und Wissenschaftler der Sommerschule kamen aus dem gesamten Ostseegebiet und haben gemeinsam 10 Tage in Nexø auf der dänischen Insel Bornholm in der

Learning in Bornholm: A new book summarizes the contents of a summer school on climate change in the Baltic Sea

The recently published book “Climate Impacts on the Baltic Sea: From Science to Policy” attempts to bridge the gap between science and politics regarding regional climate change in the Baltic Sea. The chapters of the book cover the contents of a summer school which took place on the island Bornholm in the summer of 2009 on climate change in the Baltic Sea region, its possible consequences and how to deal with them.

2012-05-08 Press release

A new measuring pole in the mouth of the Elbe provides environmental data for coastal research

Coastal researchers from the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht are collecting data on water quality and sediment transport in the mouth of the Elbe, by means of a new measuring pole located in the river mouth. Working in collaboration with the Hamburg Port Authority, they utilise these measurements to investigate the current and long-term impact of human intervention on the river Elbe.

2012-04-13 News

From the Satellite to the Model

Prof. Dr. Emil Stanev and his colleagues in the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht are experts as regards the combination of measurement data and computer models. With their research activities, the coastal researchers are improving the forecasting of currents, waves and other important factors which affect the marine environment. Within the project “My Ocean 2” they are currently participating in the development of a forecasting service for the oceans of the world.

2012-02-15 Press release

In November 2007, the cyclone Tilo swept over the North Sea, causing the highest water levels in Hamburg for eight years. The Hamburg Fish Market and low lying areas of the port were flooded.

Storm surges: Only every second person feels endangered – sensitivity to climate change is decreasing.

Scientists at the Helmholtz Center in Geesthacht are conducting investigations into the way in which the people of Hamburg assess the risks of climate change. Storm surges and floods are considered to pose the greatest danger to the city. However, only every second person feels personally endangered.

2012-02-06 Press Release

Climate Change and North Sea Storm Surges

In the night from 16th to the 17th February 1962, the German North Sea coast was hit by a severe storm surge. The Hanseatic city of Hamburg was particularly badly affected. Entire districts of the city were submerged in water and more than 300 people lost their lives. Further severe storm surges were to follow this disaster. Similar climatic conditions can reoccur at any time. Scientists of the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Center in Geesthacht are, therefore, observing storm surge activities in the German Bight extremely closely. According to currently available information, flood protection will retain its present effectiveness until approx. 2030; after this date, however, the situation will have to be reappraised.

2011-04-18 Press Release Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

Arctic coasts on the retreat

The coastline in Arctic regions reacts to climate change with increased erosion and retreats by half a metre per year on average. This means substantial changes for Arctic ecosystems near the coast and the population living there. A consortium of more than thirty scientists from ten countries, including researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association and from the Helmholtz Centre in Geesthacht, comes to this conclusion in two studies published in Estuaries and Coasts and online on www.arcticcoasts.org. They jointly investigated over 100,000 kilometres and thus a fourth of all Arctic coasts and their results have now been published for the first time.

2010-09-08 Press Release GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht

Storm Surges Congress 2010 – Scientists from 30 countries meet in Hamburg

The Institute for Coastal Research at the GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht, in cooperation with Hamburg KlimaCampus (Climate Campus) at Hamburg University and further national and international partners, is hosting the international “Storm Surges Congress 2010” from 13 to 17 September at the University of Hamburg. The Congress is organized through the global Earth system research project "Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone" (LOICZ), that investigates changes to coasts and the social consequences worldwide.

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Press Releases overview of the Institute for Coastal Research

2013-04-24 Press Release

Sustainable use of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea: coastal researchers provide the basis for future protection of the marine environment.

2012-09-18 News

Geesthacht Coastal and Material Researchers welcomed the “Alex II” to the “City of Science”

2012-07-10 News

The Wadden Sea as ”Heimat”

2012-07-10 News

Learning in Bornholm: A new book summarizes the contents of a summer school on climate change in the Baltic Sea

2012-05-08 Press release

A new measuring pole in the mouth of the Elbe provides environmental data for coastal research

2012-04-13 News

From the Satellite to the Model

2012-02-15 Press release

Storm surges: Only every second person feels endangered – sensitivity to climate change is decreasing.

2012-02-06 Press Release

Climate Change and North Sea Storm Surges

2011-04-18 Press Release Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

Arctic coasts on the retreat

2010-09-08 Press Release GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht

Storm Surges Congress 2010 – Scientists from 30 countries meet in Hamburg

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