• ARJEL

    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 drivers of ecosystem [...] the consequences of range shifts of Atlantic and Arctic jellyfish. A better understanding of jellies´ trophic role is crucial for the rapidly changing Arctic and surrounding shelf seas, responsible for 10% [...] topics currently addressed by ARJEL: How diverse are gelatinous zooplankton communities in the Arctic Ocean? Since gelatinous zooplankton are fragile and easily fragmented, there are some biases associated

  • Antje Boetius

    2 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 [...] Boetius’s 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 [...] 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 Futurium Policy advice

  • North pole soon to be ice free in summer

    Climate Research
    The Arctic Ocean in summer will very likely be ice free before 2050, at least temporally. The efficacy of climate-protection measures will determine how often and for how long. These

  • Aerosols & Clouds

    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 by their seasonal [...] expedition The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) was a major year-long campaign in the Central Arctic Sea ice, using the research icebreaker Polarstern . MOSAiC was [...] 400 scientists and experts from 20 nations, who studied a full annual cycle of the Arctic Atmosphere, Sea ice, Ocean, Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem. Further information and scientific publications can

  • HGF-Projects

    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 [...] installed in the gateway between the North Atlantic and the Central Arctic, representing a highly climate-sensitive and rapidly changing region of the Earth system. FRAM will implement existing and next-generation [...] next-generation sensors and observatory platforms, allowing synchronous observation of relevant ocean variables, as well as the study of physical, chemical and biological processes in the water column and at the

  • Projects

    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 Working Group on Plankton and [...] such as Pseudnitzschia sp. , or different species of the genus Alexandrium sp . FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic Marine Monitoring) The development of a standardized molecular observation strategy for marine eukaryotic [...] microbial observatory that aims to monitor and understand how ongoing environmental changes affect Arctic marine prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities and how these changes will alter their role

  • Stefanie Arndt

    snow isn’t just snow. There are clear differences if you compare, e.g., the Arctic and Antarctic. While the snow on the Arctic sea ice is completely melting over the course of the year, and so-called meltwater [...] effectively it insulates, and as such reduces the transfer of heat from the ocean to the atmosphere. However, the less warmth the ocean gives off, the thinner the sea ice remains. Therefore the snow not only [...] 23.09.2019 Scientists Prepare for Year-Long Expedition to Arctic Center Find out more > EOS | 06.09.2019 Light Permeates Seasonally Through Arctic Sea Ice Find out more > Dialogue & Lectures Lecture | 09

  • AWI researcher Markus Rex receives 2025 NOMIS Award

    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. The goal was to gain a better [...] 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 across [...] significant contributions to the global understanding of climate feedback mechanisms in the central Arctic.

  • Global time series resources

    rview.html Arctic Ocean Science Board : The Board supports large-scale multinational and interdisciplinary Arctic research projects. www.aosb.org Arctic ROOS : Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System [...] hic Information System (OBIS). www.iobis.org Ocean Colour Data Portal . oceanographicdata.org/REASoN_OceanColorDataPortal.html OceanSITES : A global network of deap sea reference stations [...] for the study of atmosphere-ocean interactions in the tropical Atlantic. www.pmel.noaa.gov/pirata/ POGO: Partnership for observation of the global ocean. www.ocean-partners.org/ PISCO : long-term

  • Projects

    atmosphere-ocean interactions Atmosphere-ocean interactions at high latitudes are thought to play a key role in past atmospheric CO2 variability by controlling the sea-ice field, upper ocean physical parameters [...] in the Arctic, Topic: ERC-2018-COG AGENSI, an ERC Horizon 2020 project led by Stijn de Schepper (Bergen University, Norway), takes an innovative approach to generate essential knowledge on Arctic sea ice [...] the Arctic and global climate state. If greenhouse gas emissions remain unchecked and further increase, summer sea ice loss may pass a critical threshold that could drastically transform the Arctic as we