Braving the Oceans for Climate Action: Arved Fuchs' "Ocean Change 2025" Voyage
Sailor Arved Fuchs embarks on the "Ocean Change" voyage in the year 2025 - Arved Fuchs is en route to the 2025 Ocean Change platform
Sail on, dear explorer!
Off he goes, the visionary Arved Fuchs, embarking on a new leg of his multi-year expedition, "Ocean Change"! Accompanied by his hearty crew, they left port on Sunday, boarding the historical sailing vessel, the "Dagmar Aaen", from Flensburg. With a decade-long passion driving him, Fuchs shared his thoughts with Deutsche Presse-Agentur before setting sail, "We've been chasing this dream for a decade, and now it's time to dive in!" The expedition's purpose, two-fold: understanding climate change's influence on our precious seas and protecting marine life.
This year's escapade targets the ecologically sensitive Baltic Sea, the treacherous North Sea, and the distant eastern Atlantic. The voyage will take them past charming locales such as Stralsund, Greifswald, and Swinemünde (Poland), onwards to Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Riga (Latvia). En route, they'll visit the Swedish isle of Gotland, traverse the Kattegat and Skagerrak, venture into the North Sea, stop by the picturesque island of Föhr, navigate the English Channel, and reach the rugged coasts of Brittany and Cornwall before returning to their beloved home port of Flensburg. Weather permitting, they plan to return by late August.
Smart technology captures the sea's secrets
The "Dagmar Aaen" serves as a moving lab, capable of data collection even in uncharted waters. "There aren't many vessels like us, meaning we can fill in the gaps," explained Fuchs. With cutting-edge measurement technology, the crew data-scavenges and publishes findings.
Since launching "Ocean Change" in 2015, Fuchs and his team have focused on observing changes in oceans and understanding their role in climate change and the transformation of coastal landscapes.
- Arved Fuchs
- Climate Change
- Marine Protection
- Baltic Sea
- North Sea
- Atlantic
- Sunday
- Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Fun Fact
Did you know that Arved Fuchs' "Ocean Change 2025" expedition is part of a series that began well over a decade ago? Armed with advanced measuring devices, the crew's mission is to collect crucial data from the open seas to study climate change's effects on marine ecosystems. As they sail across international waters, they're also engaging citizens via apps like EyeOnWater to help monitor ocean health and encourage a broader understanding of climate change's impacts on our planet[1].
[1] MarineLife - "Sailing for Oxygen" project and EyeOnWater for Marine Research (https://marinelife.info/sailing-for-oxygen-project-and-eyeonwater-for-marine-research/)
[2] GEOMAR - "OceanChange 2025: Climate change in the North and Baltic Seas" (https://www.geomar.de/news/oceanchange-2025-climate-change-in-the-north-and-baltic-seas/)
- Arved Fuchs' expeditions have been continually investigating the impact of climate change on marine ecosystems, with a focus on the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and eastern Atlantic since the inception of the "Ocean Change" series in 2015.
- Scientific research plays a significant role in Arved Fuchs' voyages, as he and his crew utilize advanced technology to collect data on climate change and its effects on the ocean, promoting a better understanding of the transformations of coastal landscapes.
- During the "Ocean Change 2025" voyage, Fuchs and his crew also aim to raise awareness about health-and-wellness, environmental-science, and climate-change, engaging citizens through apps such as EyeOnWater to monitor ocean health and broaden knowledge of the planet's climate change impacts.
