scales of phyoplankton activity (Graphic: Phytochange) Focus – The Arctic is warming faster than any other oceanic region of the planet and its sea-ice cover is declining faster than models predict. Due to [...] in sea-ice cover and stratification, the productivity in the Arctic Ocean may transition from being predominantly light-controlled to being more nutrient-controlled. Also, the phenomenon of ocean [...] observatory 'Hausgarten' in the Fram Strait, which connects the Arctic and the Atlantic Ocean. Different from the shallow Aleutian connection to the Pacific, this connection is 5569 meters deep, making

and sources of hydrothermalism at Gakkel Ridge of the Central Arctic. Such integrated studies of ultraslow oceanic spreading zones are rare, because the most extensive of these systems, the Arctic

:// www.youtube.com/channel/UCxseMj2r9jMDq-LjKzUOIVg/featured Arctic Ocean MSM93 expedition contribution to newsletter of German Science Foundation Transregio Arctic Amplification: www.ac3- [...] /tausendstel-millimeter-gross-aber-echte-giganten/85718382 Arctic Ocean MSM93 expedition highlighted in the German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” 6 Nov 2020: https :// www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/ [...] great-potential-for-comprehensive-monitoring-of-the-water-masses-in-the-ocean.html

‚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

deep sea has started to increase and today we know that the deep ocean on planet Earth hosts an enormous diverse deep-seabed life. Biodiversity in the deep sea depends among other parameters on water [...] rate of recent climate change challenges the resilience of Arctic life. The entire system is likely to be severely affected by changing ice and water conditions, varying primary production and food [...] transition zone between the northern North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean, and to determine the factors controlling deep-sea biodiversity, the Alfred Wegener Institute established the LTER (Long-Term

Focus Arctic Pulse Antarctica InSync MOSAiC Expedition UN Decade of Ocean Science UN Plastics Treaty UN Ocean Treaty UN Climate Change Conference [...] Circulation in the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas Southern Ocean - Overturning Circulation Ocean-Ice Shelf Interaction Southern Ocean climate interactions [...] Long-term observations in the Arctic Ocean Fram Strait Central Arctic Observing systems Long-Term Observations in the Southern Ocean Technology and Logistics Results

and AWI-ESM to analyze how wave-driven mixing in the warming Arctic affects the ocean state and dynamics and test whether there indeed is a positive feedback loop between sea ice melt on the one hand [...] other hand. Lastly, we will explore how these changes within the Arctic affect processes beyond, like deep-water formation and overturning in the (North) Atlantic Ocean. Friederike Pollmann | Ekaterina Bagaeva | Gabriela Amaral Wasielsky Arctic Gates The ARCTIC GATES project investigates whether reducing the export of sea ice through key Arctic gateways, particularly the

air-sea ice-ocean interaction. The improved representation of Arctic atmospheric processes in climate models is therefore a fundamental contribution [...] impact of the improved physical representation of polar air-sea ice-ocean interaction on the variability and changes of Arctic atmospheric circulation, Arctic sea ice and mid-latitude atmospheric circulation [...] of extreme events on navigability of Northern sea route over the Arctic Ocean, wildfires and changes in vegetation characteristics over Russia. Milestone M4.1 Implementation of improved ocean wave-ice

daily temperature measurements at our research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic, monitoring ocean currents at our deep-sea moorings in the Fram Strait and the Weddell Sea, and the data from our sea-ice buoys drifting through the Antarctic and Arctic Oceans, as well as the data supplied by various satellites, without which modern climate research would be practically impossible. Whether for the ocean, ice, atmosphere or land: our efforts provide reliable data that is absolutely essential for the validation of our climate models

fog, calm sea, ice free. Nothing reminds us that we are in the Arctic Ocean (but this may change soon when are steaming northwards end of this week!).