• Drought risk in the Northern Hemisphere rises with intensified warming

      Climate Change
      Over the next few decades, anthropogenic climate change and the resultant changes in the global water cycle will produce a significant rise in drought frequency in the Northern Hemisphere

    • Bernadette Pogoda

      utilised seas, and in the past centuries it has undergone significant changes as a result of anthropogenic influences. The various uses have particularly affected the sea’s ecosystems: native species and

    • Projects

      timing in Antarctic krill. With parts of the Southern Ocean experiencing rapid warming caused by anthropogenic driven climate change, it is of fundamental interest to understand the involvement of endogenous

    • Implementation

      pelagic key species to investigate their performance and acclimation capacity with regards to (anthropogenic) environmental change and to understand the role of these species in biogeochemical cycles. We

    • Human imprints and final considerations

      today we will provide some information on the work of our colleagues here on board assessing anthropogenic impacts on the marine ecosystem on our way from Bremerhaven to Fram Strait (and back) and at

    • Habitat Modeling - AWI OZA

      on and use of habitat / improvement of abundance estimates evaluation of possible impacts of anthropogenic activities habitat_modeling.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • Underwater Soundscapes - AWI OZA

      specified activity " (ISO18405, 3.1.1.2). Ambient sound is composed of natural abiotic and biotic and anthropogenic sounds. Natural abiotic ('geophonic') sounds include sound produced by wind, waves and ice movement [...] space and how does it relate to other environmental and ecological factors? How do natural and anthropogenic sounds contribute to the overall acoustic environment of an area? Which role does the character

    • Helmut Hillebrand

      we can alter parameters like light, temperature and nutrients – all of which are affected by anthropogenic climate change in the real world – in a controlled way, which allows us to investigate their impact

    • Christian Buschbaum

      are currently changing more rapidly than at almost any time in Earth’s history. This is due to anthropogenic factors, which on the one hand have individual effects, but which are also mutually reinforcing

    • The Marine Soundscape and Anthropogenic Noise

      Ocean Acoustics
      Due to construction work in the sea, shipping, and gas and oil extraction, the oceans are becoming increasingly louder. A comprehensive international study has now shown that this n