Record highs in the North Sea: Even the German Bight is warmer than ever before

Researchers around the globe are sounding the alarm: ocean temperatures are the warmest ever recorded. In 2023, the North Sea also experienced dramatic record highs, as readings taken by the Alfred Wegener Institute's Biological Institute Helgoland indicate. As data from the time series Helgoland Reede also reveal: It's not the first year in which the German Bight experienced marine heat waves. The high temperatures and extreme weather events are a product of climate change and could have substantial impacts on the ecosystem.