Prospects of Germany’s new North Sea spaceport by Vladislav B. Belov

“…This strategy was updated in 2023, with one of the priorities being the creation of a dedicated spaceport for launching low-orbit rocket carriers in the North Sea. This project represents a unique opportunity not only to strengthen Germany’s position on the international stage but also to stimulate the development of the national space sector, including its commercialization, known as New Space. …”
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Hepatovirus infections in juvenile seals from the North Sea by Monica Mirolo, Bianca Kühl, Melvin Daniel Roji, Ana Rubio-García, Valéria Andrade Lima, Christina Puff, Byron Martina, Andreas Beineke, Peter Wohlsein, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Martin Ludlow, Albert Osterhaus

“…These findings collectively show that seal hepatovirus is enzootic among seals of the North Sea, causing quiescent infections in young animals.…”
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THE ROLE OF THE NORTH SEA OIL RESOURCES IN NORWAY’S ECONOMY by D. A. Talagaeva, A. A. Trashchenko

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Patchiness of plankton ecosystem structure due to nutrient mixing along the shelf edge in the North Sea by Axelle Cordier, Jørgen Bendtsen, Niels Daugbjerg, Nikolaj From, Sigrún Huld Jónasdóttir, Erik Askov Mousing, Jens Tang Christensen, Teresa Silva, Katherine Richardson

“…Abstract Mid-water column turbulence has been shown to cause elevated vertical nutrient flux at the shelf edge in the northeastern North Sea. Here, we demonstrate that phytoplankton communities in this region tend to be dominated by larger cells (estimated from percentage of chlorophyll captured on a 10 μm filter) than beyond the shelf edge. …”
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Ecological reef restoration: consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators and European oysters by Julius A. Ellrich, Clemens Kozian-Fleck, Markus Brand, Bérenger Colsoul, Bérenger Colsoul, Bernadette Pogoda, Bernadette Pogoda

“…Therefore, this study examined consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators, brown crabs (Cancer pagurus) and European lobsters (Homarus gammarus), and European oysters on Helgoland island (German Bight, North Sea) for the first time. …”
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Formation of the Figge Maar Seafloor Crater During the 1964 B1 Blowout in the German North Sea by Jens Karstens, Jens Schneider von Deimling, Christian Berndt, Christoph Böttner, Michel Kühn, Benedict T. I. Reinardy, Axel Ehrhardt, Jonas Gros, Bettina Schramm, Dirk Klaeschen, Judith Elger, Matthias Haeckel, Mark Schmidt, Sven Heinrich, Philipp Müller, Frithjof Bense

“…In 1964, exploration drilling in the German Sector of the North Sea hit a gas pocket at ∼2900 m depth below the seafloor and triggered a blowout, which formed a 550 m-wide and up to 38 m deep seafloor crater now known as Figge Maar. …”
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Regional Exploration and Characterisation of CO2 Storage Prospects in the Utsira-Skade Aquifer, North Viking Graben, North Sea by C. Lloyd, M. Huuse, B. J. Barrett, A. M. W. Newton

“…The Utsira-Skade Aquifer (Utsira, Eir and Skade Formations), northern North Sea, has been identified as a suitable reservoir. …”
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Downsystem grain-size trends and mass balance of an ancient wave-influenced sediment routing system: Middle Jurassic Brent Delta, northern North Sea, offshore UK and Norway by Ikenna C. Okwara, Gary J. Hampson, Alexander C. Whittaker, Gareth G. Roberts

“… We reconstruct spatial variations in grain size in the sediment routing system of the data-rich Middle Jurassic Brent Group of the northern North Sea, using published stratigraphic, thickness, palaeogeographic, provenance and age constraints combined with representative core and wireline-log data. …”
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Spatial conflict resolution in marine spatial plans and permitting procedures for offshore wind energy: an analysis of measures adopted in Denmark, England and the Netherlands by Juul E. H. Kusters, Ferry M. G. van Kann, Christian Zuidema

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Use of Subsurface Geology in Assessing the Optimal Co-Location of CO2 Storage and Wind Energy Sites by I. de Jonge-Anderson, J. R. Underhill

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Future Trends in Worldwide River Nitrogen Transport and Related Nitrous Oxide Emissions: A Scenario Analysis by Carolien Kroeze, Sybil P. Seitzinger, Rita Domingues

“…Nevertheless, the calculated 9% reduction (relative to BAU) in DIN inputs to the North Sea as a potential side effect of air pollution control may help achieve the international policy targets for reduced N inputs to the North Sea.…”
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Analysis and Discussion of Atmospheric Precursor of European Heat Summers by Christine Träger-Chatterjee, Richard W. Müller, Jörg Bendix

“…However, inspection of the geopotential at 850 hPa shows that a Greenland-North Sea-Dipole is connected with extreme summers in Central Europe. …”
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Survival probabilities of thornback skate (Raja clavata) and spotted skate (Raja montagui) discarded by tickler chain beam trawl, pulse trawl, and flyshoot fisheries. by Edward Schram, Lennert van de Pol, Katinka Bleeker, Pieke Molenaar, Allard van Mens, Jan Jaap Poos, Karolina Molla Gazi, Suzanne Cornelisse, Pim van Dalen, Wouter Suykerbuyk, Jurgen Batsleer

“…These findings are relevant for the fisheries management of skates stocks in the North Sea and English Channel.…”
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Characterization of local wind profiles: a random forest approach for enhanced wind profile extrapolation by F. (. Rouholahnejad, J. Gottschall

“…Future research may explore extending the random forest methodology for higher heights, benefiting a new generation of offshore wind turbines, and investigating cluster wakes in the North Sea through a multinational network of floating lidars, contingent on data availability.…”
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This is EPIC: Extensive Periphery for Impact and Control to study seabird habitat loss in and around offshore wind farms combining a peripheral control area and Bayesian statistics by Anne Grundlehner, Mardik F. Leopold, Anna Kersten

“…The approach is showcased by investigating the effects of an OWF in the Dutch North Sea on the habitat use of razorbills (Alca torda) and common guillemots (Uria aalge), two seabird species that occur in large numbers across the North Sea. …”
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Gênes et les réseaux du commerce du sucre à la fin du Moyen Âge by Mohamed Ouerfelli

“…Thus, they shipped products in their own merchant fleet to the North Sea. This success granted Genoa the chance of having a very early investment in the new sugar factories of the Atlantic Islands.…”
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Seasonal coastal residency and large-scale migration of two grey mullet species in temperate European waters by Jena E. Edwards, Anthonie D. Buijse, Hendrik V. Winter, Allert I. Bijleveld

“…This study aimed to identify key habitats and timing of grey mullet presence across the Dutch Wadden Sea, North Sea, and freshwater areas, and to explore potential behavioral differences between two grey mullet species: thicklip mullet (Chelon labrosus) and thinlip mullet (Chelon ramada). …”
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Energy Transition: Where is the Long-Term Thinking on Offshore Wind Energy? by Mirko Kruse

“…Abstract The paper at hand presents the development of offshore wind energy with a focus on the North Sea Region (NSR) and its dominant countries. …”
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Roaming the Seas—Assessing Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity Along Salinity Gradients With Zooplankton and eDNA Metabarcoding by Alica Ohnesorge, Uwe John, Lucie Kuczynski, Stefan Neuhaus, Kingsly Chuo Beng, Bernd Krock, Silke Laakmann

“…Our study confirms the value of metabarcoding to identify the North Sea and Baltic Sea invertebrates and underscores the importance of combining multiple approaches to understand invertebrate biodiversity and its change in the marine realm.…”
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“These Groups of Islands are Different”: Identity and Constitutional Change in Orkney and Shetland, 1966-1990 by Mathew Nicolson

“…Chief among these were their status in Scotland’s local government system, their inclusion within schemes for Scottish devolution and the subsequent emergence of organisations campaigning for greater autonomy. The discovery of North Sea oil and resultant transformation of the islands’ social and economic fabric added fuel to these debates, contributing to the development of strengthened Shetland and Orcadian political identities. …”
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