Extreme events change the ecology of oceans abruptly: For example, a marine heat wave in 2003 had such strong effects on species composition and trophic interactions of the subpolar North Atlantic that these impacts last until today. Researchers led by the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries in…

At the foot of the offshore wind farms in the German Bight, newly composed fish communities are forming. These differ depending on the location and wind farm. This is shown by current studies by the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries in a wind farm in the southern German Bight.