surface has risen noticeably over the past decades. This warming is to a large extent due to the anthropogenic emissions of CO2 that amplify the natural greenhouse effect. Observations show, however, that

natural dynamics of ecosystem states in space and time, and consequences of environmental change by anthropogenic factors. Here, we introduce a standardized molecular-based observation strategy for high resolution

year’s Global Carbon Budget was released. For the purpose of the budget, researchers estimate the anthropogenic carbon budget for the planet as a whole; this includes the sources (emissions), the carbon sinks

atmosphere. Without this sink, the concentration of CO 2 in our atmosphere and the extent of anthropogenic climate change would be considerably higher.

and sample materials. The reduction of the carbon isotope 14C in the atmosphere accelerated by anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions and the associated distortion of the radiocarbon age of materials can

Climate Change
In the Paris Agreement of 2015, Germany and the global community agreed to limit anthropogenic global warming to less than 2°C. But that goal can only be reached if both national and international

changes are also studied in such experiments. Large scale circulation changes as captured by anthropogenic tracers Contact: Michael Karcher The Arctic Ocean surface circulation is characterized by the [...] mark specific water masses on their paths through the Arctic. Such a tracer is 129 Iodine, an anthropogenic radionuclide which is dumped as waste into the Irish Sea and the North Sea by nuclear reprocessing

symposium, May 14-18 2012 in Levi, Finland was Polar regions in transformation; climatic change and anthropogenic pressures. ICRSS-2012 group photo (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 13th ICRSS 2014 (Reykjavík [...] symposium, 8-12 September 2014 in Reykjavík was Polar regions in transformation; climatic change and anthropogenic pressures. ICRSS-2014 Gulfoss (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 14th ICRSS 2016 (Homer, Alaska [...] September 2018 in Potsdam, Germany, was Polar Regions in Transformation - Climatic Change and Anthropogenic Pressures .

Wegener Institut) Arctic permafrost landscapes change rapidly under the influence of natural and anthropogenic disturbances. My research focuses on the dynamics of disturbances, their landscape-scale impacts

and thus miss a long-term perspective that is, however, crucial for distinguishing natural and anthropogenic triggers for climate change. The present interglacial period, the Holocene and the preceding