Offshore wind farms are changing sediment flow and carbon storage in the North Sea, with major impacts in the German Bight. Offshore wind energy is central to the European Union’s renewable strategy, with plans to boost North Sea capacity more than tenfold by 2050. New research from Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon shows that expanding wind farms can...

Wind Farms Are Disrupting Ocean Currents, Moving Millions of Tons of Mud Each Year
Torsten Fischer, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres·SciTech Daily··1 min read
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