• Projects

    interglacial period when polar surface temperature and global sea level were higher than today. This project aims to quantify processes that lead to sea level rise during climate warming. This requires integrating [...] extremes as well as sea level change for the benefit of society. We are involded in the subtopics: Subtopic 2.1 Warming climates Subtopic 2.2 Variability and extremes Subtopic 2.3 Sea level change Subtopic [...] l Oscillation (AMO) significantly influences global climate patterns through its impact on North Atlantic Sea surface temperatures, yet the mechanisms driving its representation in climate models, particularly

  • Heinrich Award

    summer insolation forces meltwater discharge from the ice sheets into the polar seas which subsequently enhances formation of sea ice during the winter. In the second case, growth of continental ice enhances [...] Heinrich events and their signature in the North Atlantic. Dear Hartmut, we have largely benefited from your unexpected finding of ice rafted debris in the North Atlantic Ocean. It inspired many researchers [...] our section. Go to: Home Research focus Tools Projects Publications Teaching & Outreach Team Deep-sea sediment cores recovered from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean were examined in order to elucidate the

  • Holocene and Present

    research. Historical and reanalysis data help us to explore links between atmospheric circulation and sea surface temperature patterns that shape a substantial portion of nature variability like the El Nino [...] et al. ‘Revisiting climate impacts of an AMOC slowdown: Dependence on freshwater locations in the North Atlantic’, Science Advances , 10(47) (2024). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adr3243. Wirtz, K.W., Antunes, N. [...] 1038/s41467-024-54474-w. Hörhold, M., Münch, T., Weißbach, S. et al. Modern temperatures in central–north Greenland warmest in past millennium. Nature 613 , 503–507 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05517-z

  • Triaxus

    constant distance from the surface (e.g. underside of sea ice) or bottom. AWI has developed a “depressor” that allows operation in medium-severity sea ice conditions. It can also be deflected horizontally [...] with light to moderate sea ice cover. It was used for the first time during the Polarstern PS131 expedition and allowed the collection of valuable data in the marginal ice zone north of Svalbard. Further

  • Awards

    2023 (3rd place). The image is acquired with the MACS airborne system over Nioghalvfjedersbræ in North-East Greenland showing a supraglacial lake that has drained. The dark colors show sediments like dust [...] Richardson Medal for its academic and leadership activities in the design and production of future sea-level projections. The AWI ISMIP6 members are Thomas Kleiner and Angelika Humbert, who contributed

  • test sites

    Samoylov, Lena Delta, Sibiria On Samoylov Island in north-west Siberia, we operated three automatic stations (Samoylov Ground and Climate Station, Polygon Sea Station, open eddy covariance system) until 2021 [...] Trail Valley Creek, Mackenzie Delta, Canada Trail Valley Creek is located around 50 km North of Inuvik in the North-Western Territories in Canada. It is the testsite for the research project PermaSAR and [...] currently underway in test areas near Ny Alesund on Spitsbergen (Norway) and in Trail Valley Creek (north of Inuvik, Canada). In the past, projects have also been carried out on Samoylov Island in the Siberian

  • PS128CruiseReport_BzPM_0764_2022.pdf

    Expedition PS128 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Weddell Sea, Lazarew Sea, Riiser-Larsen Sea, Cosmonaut Sea and Cooperation Sea in 2022 Edited by Ralf Tiedemann and Juliane Müller with contributions [...] Expedition PS128 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Weddell Sea, Lazarew Sea, Riiser-Larsen Sea, Cosmonaut Sea, and Cooperation Sea in 2022, edited by Ralf Tiedemann and Juliane Müller with contributions [...] 1866-3192 The Expedition PS128 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Lazarew Sea, Riiser-Larsen Sea, Cosmonaut Sea, and Cooperation Sea in 2022 Edited by Ralf Tiedemann and Juliane Müller with contributions

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  • Projects

    properties of the atmosphere, sea-ice and the polar oceans, and feedbacks between these domains play an important role in global climate. At the same time, the seasonal evolution of sea-ice dominates biological [...] and analysis phase will take place between 2027 and 2030, with joint field campaigns on land, at sea and in the air.… Find out more GROCE The joint research project GROCE (short for Greenland Ice Sheet [...] Find out more FISP The loss of mass from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the associated rise in global sea levels are linked to reduced support from ice shelves and the subsequent acceleration of glaciers.

  • Northernmost hot springs of the earth discovered

    field on Earth here – only around 300 kilometers from the North Pole. This discovery suggests that research into hydrothermal activity in the deep sea needs to be rethought. The results were published in the [...] There is a greater variety of hydrothermal systems in the deep sea than previously assumed. This is the result of a recent study lead by MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and the Faculty

  • Circulation in the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas

    and the Nordic Seas The Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas are integral parts of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, and hence key regions for the global climate. The perennial sea ice cover makes [...] glacier which is the main outlet glacier onto the shelf east of Greenland. The Shelf Seas The Shelf Seas Shallow shelf seas occupy ~40% of the Arctic Ocean’s area. The shelves’ current systems convey the [...] shape the circulation and water masses of both the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas, which form the Arctic Mediterranean north of the Greenland Scotland Ridge. The reduction of the Arctic ice cover in the