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Arctic sea ice continues to track far below average
When the summer melting of the Arctic sea ice ends in the middle of September, the minimum ice extent is likely to have decreased to an area of 4.4 (+/- 0.1) million square kilometres, according to researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the University of Bremen.
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Site preparation for AWI's Technical Centre gets underway
The site preparation for the Technical Centre starts in mid-September. The new building on Klußmannstraße is part of the AWI campus in the 'Handelshafen' area. Anyone interested can find out more on-site on Sunday, 16 September.
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Coastal erosion in the Arctic intensifies global warming
The loss of arctic permafrost deposits by coastal erosion could amplify climate warming via the greenhouse effect. A study using sediment samples from the Sea of Okhotsk on the eastern coast of Russia led by AWI researchers revealed that the loss of Arctic permafrost at the end of the last glacial period led to repeated sudden increases in the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere.
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From Longyearbyen through the Northeast Passage towards the Siberian Arctic
Monday (03.09.18). Since early Monday morning “Polarstern“ is anchoring in the Isfjorden, directly off Longyearbyen, and waiting for the new crew and the new group of scientists, who will be embarked for the coming Leg.
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Kidnapping in the Antarctic animal world?
Pteropods or sea snails, also called sea angels, produce chemical deterrents to ward off predators, and some species of amphipods take advantage of this by carrying pteropods piggyback to gain protection from their voracious predators. There is no recognisable benefit for the pteropod. On the contrary they starve: captured between the amphipod’s legs they are unable to feed. Biologists working with Dr Charlotte Havermans at the Alfred Wegener Institute have investigated this phenomenon as part of a cooperation project with the University of Bremen. In…
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Antje Boetius at PMC Conference
AWI director talks about „Ecological aspects of deep sea mining“ at Conference on Progress in Marine Conservation in Stralsund.
Last work in the northeastern Greenland Sea in the final week of the cruise
After returning to the part of the Wandel Sea just off the coast of Kronprins Christian Land, the northeasternmost point of Greenland, station work started including heat flow measurements and sediment sampling (box corer and gravity corer).
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Iceland's Ambassador Martin Eyjolfsson at the AWI
The Ambassador visits the AWI today to talk about the developments of the Arctic region. Photo: Volker Rachold (German Arctic Office), Karsten Wurr (AWI), Antje Boetius (AWI), Martin Eyjolfsson (Ambassador), Uwe Nixdorf (AWI), Ruth Bobrich (Trade Officer)
MOSES Expedition in Canada
A team of scientists and engineers from AWI and GEOMAR started on an expedition to the Canadian Arctic to investigate thawing permafrost. Read their reports!
Antje Boetius at Offshore Economic Forum
AWI director with her talk „Marine life – how to protect and conserve our biodiversity“ at the Offshore Economic Forum on Helgoland island.