Export on the Connectivity of Bacterial Communities in the Central Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology 9. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01035 Hoffmann, K., Hassenrück, C., Salman-Carvalho, V., Holtappels, M [...] Buoyancy Regulation and Fate of Ice Algal Aggregates in the Central Arctic Ocean. PLOS One 9(9): e107452. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107452 Jacob, M., Soltwedel, T., Boetius, A., Ramette, A. (2013): Biogeography [...] at regional scale in the deep Fram Strait (LTER HAUSGARTEN, Arctic), PLOS One 8:9, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072779 Further Links: ERC-Project ABYSS

Svalbard region? Svalbard is a key region of climate change in the Arctic. On the one hand it is close to the Atlantic water inflow to the Central Arctic Ocean, and on the other hand it is located along [...] stations in the Ny-Ålesund Atmosphere Flagship Program , and with Arctic wide observations in the International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA) . Major activities are related to various [...] and StratoClim . Spitsbergen: Hotspot of climate change in the Arctic. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

Gelatinous zooplankton from the Fram Strait region, Arctic Ocean (Photo: Mario Hoppmann/AWI) Gelatinous zooplankton, comprising cnidarians, ctenophores and tunicates, are known to be major [...] ARJEL: How diverse are gelatinous zooplankton communities in the Arctic Ocean? Since gelatinous zooplankton are fragile and easily fragmented, there are some biases associated with net and trawl sampling [...] studies with the secondary user projects “ICE-Jelly” on the Arctic campaign PS131 and “SO-Jelly” in the Southern Ocean during PS134. Finally, we also carry out trophic studies investigating the role

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The Arctic Ocean in summer will very likely be ice free before 2050, at least temporally. The efficacy of climate-protection measures will

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

research focuses on the impacts of climate change on the Earth’s oceans and polar regions, especially in connection with Arctic amplification, as well as changes in the biological pump and marine microbial [...] MB Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius Director of Alfred, jpg | 1 MB Media Arctic Circle (Video) | 15.05.2024 Arctic Circle 2024 – Panel “Arctic Climate” Find out more > Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung | 04.07.2024 Report [...] and Antje Boetius Tyler Prize Lecture | 08.04.2023 The changing arctic - Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius (AWI) Senckenberg Dialogue | 23.10.2020 MOSAiC – the largest Arctic expedition of our time

FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring) HGF infrastructur programme Duration: 01.08.2014 - 31.07.2021 Coordination: Antje Boetius, AWI, Bremerhaven The FRAM Ocean Observing System will be installed in the gateway between the North Atlantic and the Central Arctic, representing a highly [...] für Luft- und Raumfahrt , DLR), the GEOMAR – Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) and the AWI. Contact: F. Wenzhöfer

southward, where they absorb heat and moisture over the open ocean. This perspective explains two different types of atmospheric conditions observed in winter during Arctic expeditions like MOSAiC: [...] change in the Arctic. On the one hand it is close to the Atlantic water inflow to the Central Arctic Ocean, and on the other hand it is located along [...] coordination of the station. Antarctic To be filled! Text is missing Arctic Ocean (Central Arctic) FS Polarstern MOSAiC (Photo: M. Gutsche) The polar oceans in the Arctic and around Antarctica, characterized

different species of the genus Alexandrium sp . FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic Marine Monitoring) The development of a standardized molecular observation strategy for marine eukaryotic microbes is tightly linked [...] monitor and understand how ongoing environmental changes affect Arctic marine prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities and how these changes will alter their role in global element cycling. Within [...] investigates biogeochemical parameters in the water column of the Arctic Ocean on a regular basis to better understand the impact of a variable environment on ecological processes in the Arctic ocean. ICES

MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) expedition between the autumns of 2019 and 2020. For a year, the research ship drifted through the Arctic, frozen in ice. [...] gain a better understanding of the complex interaction between the ocean, the ice, the atmosphere and the ecosystem. Through the MOSAiC expedition, hundreds of scientists representing institutions from [...] global understanding of climate feedback mechanisms in the central Arctic.