regions of the Earth – for example, for use in the Antarctic and Arctic deep sea at a pressure of over 500 bar. Over a long period of time without service or maintenance, they have to be capable of [...] expeditions before beginning their voyage to the Antarctic or Arctic – Expedition Tomorrow . The story behind the centre’s namesake Support and technical staff have a proud history in German research [...] the great Alfred Wegener on his research expeditions to the Arctic. “...and make sure that one watch is set aside for Rasmus, who will be accompanying us.” Alfred Wegener, 6 October 1930 Rasmus

waters and its tidal interfaces are the cradle of life in the ocean: microalgae and seagrasses not only find ample nutrients to form underwater meadows and forests. In the intertidal, young herring, [...] Future Find out more > Allinfo | 27.06.2019 Climate research in the ocean: Wild ocean and warm water Find out more > Dialogue & Lectures Policy advice Waddensea Strategy for Climate change Ministry of Energy [...] World Ocean Assessment Report United Nations Expert group member (since 2016) Decommissioning of British Oil and Gas Member of Scientific Advisory

marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Biodiversity Arctic Ocean Life in the Polar Sea The sea-ice regions of the Arctic and Antarctic are among the most rapidly changing habitats on Earth. [...] International | 23.09.2019 A New Effort to Understand the Warming Arctic Find out more > Dialogue & Lectures Webinar | 28.05.2020 ARICE, The Ice and The Fish: An Arctic Expedition APECS, ARICE Science [...] Program (CBMP) of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) initiative of the Arctic Council National representative

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we see on the surface, there are also waves that form inside the ocean. They can grow as large as skyscrapers, travel thousands of kilometres and have a major impact on the transport of heat and nutrients. When they break, the surrounding ocean water is mixed. Oceanographer Dr Friederike Pollmann and her new Junior Researcher Group Artemics (Arctic internal wave energetics [...] Wegener Institute want to investigate how these waves work in the Arctic, how they are related to sea ice retreat and what this means for the future.

multidisciplinary field studies and experimental work in the deep Arctic Ocean. In December 2008 a Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology of the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck [...] deep-sea research, and to set up a new research focus on the deep Arctic Ocean. The Joint Research Group comprises the expertise of the MPI-MM in the area of marine microbiology, the development of new [...] TECHNOLOGY Instruments and gears to facilitate research in the deep Arctic Ocean Find out more Section Head: Dr. Frank Wenzhöfer Lead MPI-MM branch: Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius Assistance / Website: Annabel

Excellent Research Meltwater pools on the Arctic Ocean. The polar regions and oceans are central drivers of climate-related processes. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Oceans cover [...] they hold resources essential to humanity’s survival. Not only do oceans and their ecosystems fulfil a key role in the control of global environmental processes; they are also subject to anthropogenic use [...] are often concentrated, the vast and unpopulated regions in the Arctic and Antarctic are also transforming. Not only are the polar regions highly sensitive to climatic changes, they themselves are one

a massive, kilometre-thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest phases of the Ice Ages. A new study, now published in Science Advances , questions this idea. The research team found no evidence of such a permanent, pan-Arctic ice shelf. Instead, the Arctic Ocean appears to have been covered by seasonal sea ice, allowing open water—and life—to persist even [...] past 750,000 years. This discovery sheds new light on how the Arctic has responded to climate extremes in the past—and how it may evolve in the future.

is conducted in the inaccessible, ice-covered regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, making research aircraft indispensable. Currently the AWI relies on the research planes Polar 5 and Polar 6. The two [...] research aircraft of the Alfred Wegener Institute flies over the Arctic Ocean during an IceBird sea ice thickness campagne. (Photo: Esther Horvath) AWI researchers use the aircraft to better understand [...] interactions between the Earth’s crust, ice- and snow-covered areas, oceans and the atmosphere. Several times a year, Polar 5 and Polar 6 fly weeks-long expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic. They carry on

species to climate chance to predict their role in the future Arctic Ocean. Feeding biology and trophic interactions of key species Who feeds who“ is one of the major factors structuring communities. [...] we study the zooplankton abundance and community composition in Arctic waters to enhance our understanding of colonisation and expatriation processes. Projects BioAcid II: Biological Impacts of Ocean [...] Climate effects on planktonic food quality and trophic transfer in Arctic Marginal Ice Zones: ( www.mare-incognitum.no/index.php/cleopatra-ii ) Transdrift: The transpolar system of the Arctic Ocean: (