Institute for Coastal Research
Coastal systems are under constant pressure from short and long term natural influences, including erosion or sea level rise due to climate change, and from human endeavours, for example, transportation, land use patterns, tourism, etc. As a means to identify the potential for change, sustainability, and adaptation, coastal research provides the tools, assessments, and scenarios for managing this vulnerable landscape.
Research activities span both the natural and human dimensions of coastal dynamics, analysing the coastal system in global and regional contexts, conducting assessments of the state and sensitivity of the coastal system to natural and human influences, and developing scenarios of future coastal options.
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Stanley Jackson Award priced to GKSS scientists
2010-08-24
News -
The Stanley Jackson Award for the best published paper contributing to atmospheric and oceanic sciences in South Africa during 2009 has been awarded to E.-G. Brunke, C. Labuschagne, R. Ebinghaus, H. H. Kock, and F. Slemr for the paper "Gaseous elemental mercury depletion events observed at Cape Point during 2007–2008" which was published in "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics".
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GKSS scientists make statements on concentration of ash particles after volcanic eruption
2010-05-06
Press Release GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht -
Some German airlines levelled their criticism against the forecasts of the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) in London on the spread of the ash cloud over Europe, as these forecasts did not provide any precise information on the ash concentration in the atmosphere. Scientists at the GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht managed to reconstruct the spread process and make statements on the concentration of ash particles.
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Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatening to become a major environmental catastrophe
2010-05-04
Interview -
Last week, the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico reached the US coast and is threatening to become one of the biggest oil accidents ever. To respond swiftly in the event of a pollutant accident, precautionary planning by the Coast Guard is essential. For the precautionary planning in respect of the Northern German Wadden Sea, coastal researchers at the GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht developed the Sensitivity Grid North German Sea Coast II, which shows the different sensitivity of coastal areas and river estuaries depending on season.
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