set sail from Tromsø, Norway, embarking on an expedition to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next two months, an international research team will analyse the feedback effects between global warming and sea ice retreat in the Arctic Ocean. The investigations will focus on the differences in the melting of various sea ice types – representing the Arctic of the

were cautiously optimistic. However, as is often the case in the Arctic, circumstances took a different path. Upon arrival, the team was welcomed with thick clouds and strong winds - conditions that barely [...] the good feeling that all scheduled tasks were done and that the arctic winter 2017/2018 can come… Max Schwanitz, September 2017 _________________________ Stopover of our time-travel into the future ocean [...] expedition in the frame of our time-travel into the future ocean with conditions predicted by the recent IPCC report for the oceans at the end of the century. It was the last trip within the

In the last few decades, the Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ice is at its most prominent. One of the [...] Atlantic water that flows from Europe’s Norwegian Sea into the Arctic Ocean, passing through the Barents Sea and the Fram Strait in the process. However, not all the Atlantic water flowing into the

German Arctic Office The Arctic has become a key area where changes may raise complex sociopolitical issues of global importance. The development [...] interdisciplinary scientific research the northern polar region and the Arctic Ocean - from the seabed to the atmosphere to the ecosystem and the Earth's history. Policy Advice The German Arctic Office serves [...] politics and industry with consitent information from the global Arctic research community. Forums and Events The German Arctic Office initiates and organizes national Arctic meetings and events in

coastline. The project belongs to the EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters, and is a member of the Lighthouse for the Arctic and Atlantic Basin. Innovative solutions for marine restoration will [...] different environments across a latitudinal gradient, from the high-Arctic Svalbard at 79°N to the Madeira archipelago at 33°N. CLIMAREST will be developed on a latitudinal gradient representative of different

‚FESOM-REcoM‘ and investigated its role in the fastest changing ocean in climate change, the Arctic Ocean. This research is continued as part of my PhD project, where I am investigating new arising habitats and carbon pathways in the future Arctic Ocean. Tanvi Nagwekar (PhD Student) I have a bachelor with Physics major and a master degree in Atmospheric Sciences. For my master [...] and provide a robust quantification of the coastal and open ocean carbon sink. Dr. Miriam Seifert (Postdoc) With a Master’s degree in marine biology and several field trips to the Arctic, I entered

CONTRASTS (PS149) Contrasts of sea ice regimes in the Arctic Ocean during melt season The Polarstern expedition CONTRASTS (2 July to 1 September 2025, also named PS149, ArcWatch-3) investigates [...] characterize the key processes that determine the observed sea ice, ocean, and ecosystem changes in the Central Arctic Ocean during meltseason. The process studies and continuous observations of CONTRASTS [...] characterize the key processes that determine the observed sea ice, ocean, and ecosystem changes in the Central Arctic Ocean during melt season. We will investigate the causes and consequences of differences

Projects AFIN: Antarctic Fast Ice Network Changing Arctic Ocean SIN'XS-Sea Ice thickness INtercomparison eXerciSe Arctic Passion Tara Polar Station ESA: Climate Change Initiative MOSAiC [...] Mission Performance ArcSolution SNOWflAke IceBird Transdrift: Arctic Ice-Ocean-Interaction CONTRASTS

the Polarstern research vessel set sail from Bremerhaven for the Arctic. The destination of the 95 expedition participants, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, is the AWI Hausgarten, a long-term observatory [...] Greenland. There they will investigate how the ecosystems of the Arctic deep sea are reacting to changing environmental conditions as a result of rapid climate change. The month-long expedition, which is [...] plankton communities in the open water and physical changes in the ocean.

2045. During these 20 years, 10 year-long drift studies in the Arctic Ocean are planned. The work is based on the collaboration of an international and interdisciplinary consortium of more than 30 [...] J. Schmale, M. Flores, K. Law et al. Microbial life in Arctic sea ice M. Vancoppenolle, J. Deming, S. Rysgaard et al. Epi/meso-pelagic life in an ice covered ocean M. Geoffroy, I. Polyakov, M. [...] sea ice and pollution on unique and fragile ecosystems Observe Arctic fish stocks and the impact of the arrival of more temperate species Life in a frozen ocean: analogues to other ocean planets and