calcification and growth using very high carbon dioxide concentrations of 3,000 ppm and more, i.e. nearly ten times today’s concentration. Only in recent years we have started to work with relevant carbon
always stay there; it could be washed away with the next tide, resuming its journey. This makes it nearly impossible to precisely reconstruct its point of origin. At best, material analysis methods could
Thomisch K, Zwicker S, Boebel O (2021) Seasonal and diel cycles of fin whale acoustic occurrence near Elephant Island, Antarctica. Royal Society Open Science, 8 , 201142. DOI: doi.org/10.1098/rsos
acoustic environment. Sound snippets were extracted from recordings made at the edge of the ice shelf near 71°S 008°W by PALAOA, AWI’s listening station north of the German Antarctic Neumayer station and some [...] minke whale is the smallest baleen whale occurring in the Southern Ocean. It is regularly sighted near the sea ice edge but also occurs within the pack ice. The Antarctic minke whale produces a very unique
acquisition, interface to visual detection software "Walog". (+) Sterling cooler of sensor head achieved nearly 3 months lifetime before failure. (-) false alerts triggered by flocks of birds and rapid motion [...] (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) PS115: IR signatures of marine mammals. Left to right: Blowing whales (near horizon); seal on ice, ~1200m distance; polar bear, ~450 m distance. (Photo: AWI (CC-BY 4.0).) Tashtego
area. Alongside the passive acoustic recordings, on-ice and underwater camera systems were deployed near Weddell seal breathing holes as a pilot project to obtain additional visual information on this species' [...] expedition ANT-XXV/2 doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0595_2009 Deployment of 6 GPS tracked PALAOA-S recorders near Maud Rise. RESON TC4032 hydrophone connected to an M-Audio recorder. with solar panel. 2008 Polarstern [...] and power supply for the active hydrophone within the aluminum box. Setting up a PASATA recorder near a group of Weddell seals on the sea ice of Atka bay, Antarcitca.
Antarctic Divergence, sucked in from their North Atlantic source regions, are partly driven northward near the surface towards the northern flank of the ACC, where in a zone of confluence they subduct to
/222531875_The_ISPOL_drift_experiment ) Fig. 4: A-frame with CTD and 5-l bottle. The support gear near the edge hosts the frame and spreads the mechanical forces. (Photo: Dr. Michael Schröder, AWI) Fig
Institute, warning against strong magnetic fields and danger! A second sign warns that metallic objects near the magnets make for dangerous projectiles. People with pacemakers and other metallic implants may
suggests, the second successor station to the Georg von Neumayer Station. It is located in the Antarctic near Atka Bay and is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research