grains and aquatic organisms e.g. diatom valves and chironomids from lake sediment archives or permafrost deposits. Microfossil analyses are used to investigate spatial and temporal changes and environmental

Ready to be shipped: 400 kg of 62 individual core segments are cut and will be packed. Microbes in Permafrost under the magnifying glass: Ina and Ronnie Daanen present the topic at the „World Ice Art Championships

Climate change and the Southern Ocean Climate change and the North Sea Climate change and the ocean Permafrost Information on Governance Svalbard Germany in Arctic research The collaborative framework of AWI’s

l«:iess.p~e{ 1 .11. 0~. ao-tl- Klim ~ .is- .agase aus dem Permafrost Schier endlos ziehen sich Eis und Schnee über das Delta des Lena-Stroms hin, der hoch im Norden Sibiriens in die Lap­ tewsee und ins [...] s'cheint weit entfernt zu sein. Und doch wirken sich die weltwejt steigenden Temperaturen auch auf den Permafrost­ boden aus: Weil im sibirischen Boden un­ zählige Reste von Tieren und Pflanzen aus vergangenen

nations. Find out more Ice Climate Arctic Permafrost The cold regions of our planet are home to massive areas in which the ground is permeated by frost: permafrost soil. However, climate change is steadily [...] steadily reducing the scope and scale of the permafrost – with a host of grave consequences. Find out more Sea Arctic Antarctic North Sea Marine plastic debris Even in the most remote parts of the ocean, like

and Professor at the University of Bremen. Radiocarbon dating Paleoceanography Sediment transport Permafrost The seafloor is a gigantic repository. Every particle that is not consumed by marine animals, including [...] not only to reconstruct the Arctic’s climate history, but also to understand the role of thawing permafrost in past climate changes. Based on this knowledge, they can make more accurate predictions about

to analyse ancient sedimentary DNA (sedaDNA) from sediment cores (lakes or marine archives) or permafrost deposits. The lab is divided into two separate laboratory complexes handling modern and ancient [...] into pre-PCR and main rooms) Isolation of ancient DNA from ancient samples (e.g. lake sediment, permafrost) DNA library preparation of ancient DNA for shot-gun sequencing Lab equipment includes: Clean

emissions of the greenhouse gases methane and nitrogen so high outside the vegetation periods in permafrost regions? How do the carbon and nitrogen cycles and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions differ

in the Arctic are no longer just the domain of scientists. The shrinking sea ice and collapsing permafrost coasts are now also becoming topics on the agenda of international politics and industry. To be

Permafrost
Lakes in the northernmost latitudes are widely considered to be a significant source of the greenhouse gas methane. In order to improve currently available climate-change projection models