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BSH kompakt 
• Beteiligung am internatio 
nalen Ozean-Beobachtungs 
programm ARGO mit 13 
Tiefseedriftern. 
wie Nordeuropa hat und wie sich z. B. Schifffahrt, Küsten und Häfen in 
angemessener Weise wappnen können. Um genau diese Aspekte besser ein 
zuschätzen, wird das BSH die Forschung zu den Auswirkungen des globalen 
Klimawandels auf Nord- und Ostsee Intensivieren. Den Beobachtungsdaten 
und Modellrechnungen kommt dabei eine große Bedeutung zu. 
2006 
• Temperature measurements 
of the BSH in the North 
Sea show increase in mean 
values by about 3 degrees 
• Satellite measurements 
have confirmed this for sea 
surface temperatures in the 
Baltic Sea 
• During a storm in November, 
the maximum wave heights 
observed In the southern 
North Sea were up to 2 
metres higher than ever mea 
sured before 
• Participation in the Inter 
national ocean observing 
programme ARGO with 
13 deep-sea floats 
MEASURABLE 
Signals of climate change in the North and Baltic Seas 
Sardines in the North Sea? Man-made climate change appears more and 
more likely. Climate researchers are warning that certain consequences 
may already be irreversible. Changes in meteorological, oceanographic, 
and ecological scenarios are expected to occur also in the North and 
Baltic Seas including their shorelines. This has been confirmed by 
observations of the BSH, which conform to worldwide trends. 
Therefore, the principal goal may no longer be research into the causes 
of climate change but answers to the question what consequences 
global climate change is likely to have, what impacts it will have on 
regions like Northern Europe, and how shipping, coastal communities, 
and harbours can be protected adequately. To be better able to 
assess these aspects, the BSH will intensify its research into the 
impacts which climate change will have on the North and Baltic Seas. 
Observation data and model simulations are essential in this context.