with short CV). Lachslaus unter dem Mikroskop (Photo: G. Jähne, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project Lead: Kai Lorkowski Staff: Gregor Jähne, Dr. Desislava Bögner Contact: Mail to Kai , Gregor or Desislava

Prof. Dr Guido Grosse, Head of Permafrost Research Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Permafrost Greenhouse gases Climate change Permafrost is the technical term for permanently frozen soil, which

to North Atlantic Transect) We are pleased to announce that the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), with the support of Partnership for the Observation of the

to enable the sustainable development of the Arctic. Partners: 1 ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG Germany 2 STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET Sweden 3 STICHTING VU Netherlands

with green laser beam of the lidar instrument. (Photo: G. Tran / Alfred Wegener Institute) At the Atmosphere Observatory of the AWIPEV research base in Ny-Ålesund , Svalbard, we operate long-term observations [...] at Neumayer Station, Antarctica. (Photo: H. Schmithüsen / Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In Antarctica, atmospheric research is split into two observatories at the Neumayer Station. At the Meteorological [...] observations at AWIPEV-Base in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

Members Björn Rost (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Björn Rost - Being small and yet so mighty, phytoplankton are the true rulers over ecosystems, elemental cycles [...] maintain homeostasis in changing environments. Clara Hoppe (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Clara Hoppe - In the past two decades, a lot of research on phytoplankton responses to global change has been [...] of the water column biogeochemistry. Daniel Scholz (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Daniel Scholz - Within the FRAM project (Frontiers in Arctic Monitoring), my responsibilities are the development

of processes acting on the ice cover Ice Track Plot (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Example application of how IceTrack can support campaign planning: Here IceTrack was used to investigate drift [...] Sea: comparison between observed and simulated draft. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) A novel sea ice model framework, based on the single-column sea ice model Icepack ( CICE Consortium ) is currently [...] the forecasting system for the years 2018 and 2019. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The figure shows a forecast of the likelihood of encountering an ice concentration of 15 % or higher in the

track for the two research legs of the BeauPAIR cruise. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The REVISIT airborne campaign The REVISIT campaign (Repeated surveys of EnVIronmental Sites In Transition) provides [...] understand these transformations and their cascading impacts, the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), together with the German Research Centre for Geoscience (GFZ) and international partners, will conduct the [...] a wide range of satellite missions. REVISIT campaign (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

operations for Antarctic research Despite the hostile environs, the Alfred Wegener Institute operates a research station in the Antarctic where scientists can live and work year-round: the Neumayer Station [...] data for better understanding our planet. Accordingly, the Alfred Wegener Institute operates a research station in the Antarctic where scientists can live and work year-round. Since 2009 the Neumayer [...] within a closed loop, ensuring it is put to optimal use. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 1. Foundation : The station’s total weight of ca. 2,300 tonnes is distributed among 16 foundation plates. Hydraulic

Heidrun Matthes, Dr. Renate Treffeisen AWI PI: Dr. Annette Rinke, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45N, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, ++49 (0) 331 2882130, Annette.Rinke@awi.de AWI Co-PI: Dr. Dörthe Handorf, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45N, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, ++49 (0) 331 2882131