several moorings with physical and biogeochemical sensors distributed over a certain area (e.g. in the Fram Strait or in the Weddell Sea) over a period of several years or even decades. This has been done at

Thomas Rackow | Tido Semmler Follow ESM on Twitter @project_esm More information about this project FRAM FRontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring Our ability to understand the complex interactions of biological [...] and interdisciplinary observation infrastructures. The main purpose of the open-ocean infrastructure FRAM is permanent presence at sea, from surface to depth, for the provision of near real-time data on Earth [...] system dynamics, climate variability and ecosystem change. The Climate Dynamics section supports the FRAM infrastructure program with high-resolution ocean and sea-ice simulations. Vibe Schourup-Kristensen

(2026): Linkages of phytoplankton community composition to temperature and sea ice properties in Fram Strait. GEOMAR Biogeochemistry Seminar, Kiel, Germany, 13 January 2026. 2025 Bracher A . (2025) Possible

alkenones, etc.) to reconstruct surface-water characteristics in the (sub-) polar North Atlantic (Fram Strait, Greenland Sea, Baffin Bay) and their changes through late Quaternary times. Of special interest

Structure (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Workpackages WP1 Variability of sea-ice thickness in the Fram Strait and ice formation processes in the source regions Compilation of sea-ice thickness information [...] sea ice on biodiversity and productivity Abundance and composition of zooplankton communities in the Fram Strait and Arctic Ocean Correlation of zooplankton population with sea-ice conditions (source, age [...] Dinter, W. von Appen, I. Morten, I. Salter, (2018), Properties of sediment trap catchment areas in Fram Strait: Results from Langrangian modeling and remote sensing, Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, doi:10

average, though 5,669 metres at its deepest point. Its only deep-sea connection to other oceans lies in Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard. The Arctic Ocean is also characterised by record low temperatures: [...] element Apart from fish, have other newcomers from the south found their way to the Arctic? In fact, Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard has become a preferred travel route for new residents of the

L. , Bretagnon M., Bracher A. , 2022. Phytoplankton functional types observation from space in the Fram Strait (2002-2020). ESA Ocean Carbon from Space Workshop, Online event, 14 – 18 February 2022. Poster

in ice, water column and sediment-surface samples, and in marine and lake sediment cores from the Fram Strait, Northwest Pacific, and Siberia (Samoylov, Central Yakutia). Research focus: High-latitude

10.1525/elementa.2023.00016 Dahlke, S. , Solbès, A. and Maturilli, M. (2022) Cold Air Outbreaks in Fram Strait: Climatology, Trends, and Observations During an Extreme Season in 2020 , Journal of Geophysical

Survey Areas BS - Beaufort Sea BaS - Barents Sea CAO - Central Arctic Ocean CS - Chukchi Sea FS - Fram Strait GS - Greenland Sea LaS - Laptev Sea LiS - Lincoln Sea IceBird Impressions IceBird-Impressions