• DOM

    et al., 1999; Benner et al., 2004). Most of the Arctic outflow and, as a consequence, the total carbon mobilized into the Arctic Ocean, leave the Arctic basin via the Fram Srait, following [...] FDOM humic-like signal seems to be the dominant signal in the Arctic DOM-pool. Since CDOM and FDOM are strongly correlated in the Arctic Ocean and FDOM provides more qualitative information of DOM ( [...] 117, C11005, doi: 10.1029/2012JC008011. Fichot, C.G. et al. Pan-Arctic distributions of continental runoff in the Arctic Ocean. Sci. Rep. 3, 1053; DOI:10.1038/srep01053 (2013). Gonçalves-Araujo R.,

  • PPR_Arctic

    PhD Thesis Alexandra Cherkasheva 2009-2014 Arctic phytoplankton today deserve special attention as they are already living in waters with most prominent climate change effect, which [...] recommended to use remote sensing data alone, as the satellite ocean color algorithms are known to perform poorly at polar latitudes even if developed explicitly for the Arctic waters. Gaps in satellite [...] Oceanic primary production: I. Adaptation of a spectral light-photosynthesis model in view of application to satellite chlorophyll observations

  • Further Publications

    and Stein, R., 2015: Holocene environmental variability in the Arctic Gateway . In: "Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC)". M. Schulz and A. Paul (eds.), Springer, Germany [...] 642-32235-8 Xu, X., M. Werner, M. Butzin, and G. Lohmann, 2013: Oceanic d18O Variation and its Relation to Salinity in the MPI-OM Ocean Model . In: "Earth System Science: Bridging the Gaps between [...] /978-3-642-32235-8 Bora, S., S. Danilov, and G. Lohmann, 2013: Ocean Adjustment to High-Latitude Density Perturbations . In: "Earth System Science: Bridging the Gaps between Disciplines Perspectives

  • The Arctic Ocean was covered by a shelf ice and filled with freshwater

    Geosciences
    The Arctic Ocean was covered by up to 900 m thick shelf ice and was filled entirely with freshwater at least twice in the last 150,000 years. [...] of marine deposits, the scientists could demonstrate that the Arctic Ocean as well as the Nordic Seas did not contain sea-salt in at least two glacial periods. Instead, these oceans were filled with

  • Ilka Peeken

    . Plastic particles are broken down in the ocean by sunlight, temperature fluctuations, mechanical abrasion and wave action into small fragments known as microplastics. These tiny [...] (Video) | 25.04.2018 Plastic pollution: record levels found in Arctic sea ice Find out more > BBC | 24.04.2018 Record concentration of microplastics found in Arctic Find out more > Dialogue & Lectures Policy advice Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Programme (AMAP) Member of the Expert Group on Microplastic Monitoring in the Arctic

  • Thomas Krumpen

    Sea ice Application of satellite data Arctic Ocean IceBird For the past several years, the sea ice in the Arctic has melted more and more intensively during the summer months. [...] we at AWI are exploring the thickness and surface conditions of Arctic sea ice. We measure both properties in several key regions of the Arctic Ocean with autonomous buoys, on helicopter and aircraft [...] of the most important reference data set on the development of Arctic sea-ice cover worldwide. Those surveys indicate that the thickness of sea ice leaving the Arctic Ocean towards the North Atlantic

  • InnoLab for Arctic Research

    MOSAiC - Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate ). From fall 2019 to fall 2020, the German research icebreaker POLARSTERN drifted frozen through the Arctic Ocean. The data [...] and in the adjacent Arctic Ocean. The coast plays a special role as a transition link. Observation networks, floods of big data and sample density are constantly [...] and the role of atmospheric processes in interactions with land-ocean links in the Arctic climate system. The methodological applications are also used in practice-oriented university teaching and in

  • Gesine Mollenhauer

    including dead marine microorganisms, material transported to the oceans by rivers –the particles that trickle down are deposited layer by layer at depth. Ultimately, a unique archive is created, one that [...] aims of the various analyses is to determine how much carbon the ocean removed from the atmosphere and stored in its depths in the past. The permanently frozen soils of the Arctic store tremendous amounts [...] 440 KB Media Science Daily | 10.09.2018 Coastal erosion in the Arctic intensifies global warming Find out more > Dialogue & Lectures Policy advice

  • Palaeo-ice sheet dynamics

    cornerstones. We conduct marine geological research in the Arctic and Antarctic to more precisely define the inadequately known advance and retreat behavior of the Antarctic ice sheet in the [...] history of global ice sheets and evaluating their influence on ocean circulation and sea level variations. As a result, models for future ice sheet behavior are then to be tested, validated and ultimately

  • PETA-CARB in the Media

    Children ask questions" on the subject of "Climate change in the Arctic" , some PETA CARB members can be seen and heard. 2018-10-20 Based on an interview with PETA-CARB researcher Guido Grosse the newspaper [...] "WissensWerte" by rbb INFORadio about permafrost research in Arctic. 2015-11-27 On Arctic Dispatch News there is an article about our yedoma erosion study: "Speedily eroding North Slope river bluff offers window into ice age past" 2015-11-07 On Arctic Dispatch News there is another article about a North Slope tundra fire, a study Guido contributed to: "Study: Big North Slope tundra