Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

15 Sep 2026

Marine heatwaves boost coastal CO₂ uptake, study finds

Photo by Luis Graterol An international study led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon has found that marine heatwaves increase the amount of CO₂ absorbed by coastal and shelf seas worldwide, even as the same extreme events weaken carbon uptake in the open ocean. The research, published in Nature Communications, found that CO₂ uptake in coastal and […]

31 Mar 2026

North Sea wind farms are reshaping sediment flows, new study finds

Marine News

Photo by Sander Weeteling Existing offshore wind farms in the North Sea are already redistributing up to 1.5 million tonnes of mud and associated organic carbon each year, according to new research published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment by scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Germany. The study, the first to model the combined effects of […]