, e.g. in water bodies, the soil and the air. Via ocean currents and rivers, the tiny plastic particles can even reach the Arctic, Antarctic or ocean depths. A new overview study has now shown that wind [...] the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel – describes how microplastic finds its way into the atmosphere and how it is subsequently

Arctic Ocean
In the summer months, sea ice from the Arctic drifts through Fram Strait into the Atlantic. Thanks to meltwater, a stable layer forms around the drifting ice atop the more salty seawater [...] team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now determined with the aid of the FRAM ocean observation system. Their findings have just been published in the journal Nature Communications.

Currents transport plastic debris through the ocean, allowing it to accumulate even in remote areas like the Arctic. Unlike beach debris, the plastics in the ocean cannot be readily removed – and breaks down [...] intense research have shown that garbage can be found throughout the world’s oceans. Even in the most remote parts of the ocean, like the polar regions or the bottom of the deep sea, we can find large amounts [...] element Where does plastic debris end up? A great deal of the debris in and on the ocean ends up on beaches or the ocean floor. Especially deep-sea trenches have essentially become deposition sites for large

Central Arctic Ocean - Rapp, J.Z. - 2018 - Frontiers in Microbiology Algal Colonization of Young Arctic Sea Ice in Spring - Kauko, H.M. - 2018 - Frontiers in Marine Science Polar solar panels: Arctic and Antarctic [...] in the central Arctic Ocean during the record sea-ice minimum in 2012 - Fernández-Méndez, M. - 2015 - Biogeiosciences An assessment of phytoplankton primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean from satellite [...] Central Arctic Ocean - Fernández-Méndez, M. - 2014 - PLoS ONE Floating ice-algal aggregates below melting Arctic sea ice. - Assmy, P. - 2013 - PLoS ONE Export of Algal Biomass from the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

forces to improve the capacities for marine-based research in the ice-covered Arctic Ocean. In the project “ARICE- Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium”, they aim at better coordinating the existing polar

Observations in the Arctic Ocean The Arctic is an environment where global climate change is strongly manifested. The Arctic Amplification, represented by the atmospheric warming trend in the Arctic being about [...] Main Research Topics Physical Oceanography of the Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas are integral parts of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, and hence key regions for the [...] the global climate. The perennial sea ice cover makes the Arctic Ocean distinct from subarctic oceans – the presence of… Find out more PhytoOptics Analytical bio-optical techniques are applied to extract

first aerial survey flights over the Arctic this year. The flights, which will extend far into the Central Arctic, will support the investigation of the atmosphere and sea ice, and supplement the MOSAiC [...] expedition’s extensive research agenda. Core research priorities include cloud formation over the Arctic Ocean and the question as to whether the sea ice observed during MOSAiC was generally thicker or thinner [...] Arctic
Following a five-month mandatory delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, on August 30th the two German polar research aircraft Polar 5 and Polar 6 will launch from Svalbard to conduct their first

under the snow and ice cover of the Arctic Ocean. The results of the study now published in the "Arctic Drift" awarded Honored again: "A Year in the Ice: The Arctic Drift," the documentary on the MOSAiC [...] ." New dataset reveals biological “treasure trove” of Arctic Ocean A major new project will help benchmark biodiversity change in the Arctic Ocean and guide conservation efforts by identifying unique species [...] An entire year trapped in the Arctic ice MOSAiC - Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate It could be the largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time: In September

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