seafloor habitats. Besides the investigation of natural dynamics, this includes the consideration of anthropogenic influences, requirements, and stressors. Current research projects Sequestration and storage of

bottom waters of the Weddell Sea, reveal a steady CO 2 increase of anthropogenic origin, as surface water charged with anthropogenic CO 2 is a major component in the formation of WSBW (Van Heuven et al [...] al. 2011). The findings reflect the deep-sea sequestration of anthropogenic CO 2 , thus contributing to diminishing the burden of excess CO 2 in the atmosphere. The largest increase of CO 2 is found in [...] in the surface layer (Van Heuven et al. 2014). Here, uptake of excess CO 2 , i.e. anthropogenic CO 2 , from the atmosphere has obviously occurred. Somewhat surprisingly, steady state tracer oxygen shows

the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). IPCC Climate Change Ocean acidification Anthropogenic climate change is altering the living conditions in the ocean more dramatically than in the past

W.-J. von Appen, 2016: Transient tracer distributions in the Fram Strait in 2012 and inferred anthropogenic carbon content and transport, Ocean Science, 12, 319–333; dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-12-319-2016

and heats the stratosphere. Thus changes in the atmospheric circulation and in the emission of anthropogenic substances that affect the abundance of ozone in the atmosphere have direct effects on the global

research focus is on observations of the upper troposphere and stratosphere. With little local anthropogenic influence, the PAO is ideal for comparisons with other tropical stations and to study the impact

sheet: Olaf Eisen (AWI), Alexandra Zuhr (University of Tübingen) Palaeo climate: Frank Lamy (AWI) Anthropogenic footprint: Ralf Ebinghaus (Hereon) Modelling: Torge Marin (GEOMAR), Martin Werner (AWI) APECS

in the Arctic, where she established a Pollution Observatory. She has edited the book ‘Marine Anthropogenic Litter’ and developed the online portal LITTERBASE. Melanie Bergmann is a member of various expert

and environmental states, as well as the recent reaction of the Earth system on natural and anthropogenic driven climate change. Scientists from Bremerhaven and Potsdam are investigating which processes

and maintained in these deep-sea organisms is still unclear, but important to understand, as anthropogenic activities can unknowingly disrupt critical environmental stimuli that set these rhythms. Microbial