• Publications

    ultraslow mid-ocean ridge?, doi: 10.1002/grl.50329 Schlindwein et al., 2014: Seismicity of the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge system, doi: 10.1016/j.polar.2014.10.001 Schlindwein and Schmid, 2016: Mid-ocean-ridge seismicity [...] Corela et al., 2023: The effect of deep ocean currents on ocean- bottom seismometers records, doi: 10.5194/nhess-23-1433-2023 Czuba et al., 2011: Continent-ocean-transition across a trans-tensional margin [...] , 2016: Thickness of the oceanic crust, the lithosphere, and the mantle transition zone in the vicinity of the Tristan da Cunha hot spot estimated from ocean-bottom and ocean-island seismometer receiver

  • Members

    nutrients and carbonate chemistry parameters in the Fram Strait and the Central Arctic Ocean. To monitor such parameters in the ocean, it is common practice to analyze discrete water samples obtained e.g. by [...] productivity, strength of the biological carbon pump) are linked in the present-day and future Arctic ocean, as well as to which extent this relationship is driven by differences between functional groups [...] and where nutrients and CO 2 are distributed in the ocean, which has implications for primary and bacterial production and CO 2 uptake by the ocean. In order to understand how such biogeochemical cycles

  • Photosynthesis in near darkness

    under the snow and ice cover of the Arctic Ocean. The results of the study now published in the journal Nature Communications show that photosynthesis in the ocean is possible under much lower light conditions [...] low light levels. This is the result of an international study that investigated the development of Arctic microalgae at the end of the polar night. The measurements were carried out as part of the MOSAiC

  • Stable Isotopes Lab

    Grant Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) (2021-2024) The main goal of the Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) project is [...] this end, caves and permafrost exposure will be studied in East Siberia along a transect from the Arctic Ocean to the Lake Baikal. The objectives of the project are to: (i) Reconstruct (a) mean interglacial [...] to provide a comprehensive description of the present-day Arctic water cycle and related key exchange processes between the atmosphere, ocean, and sea ice, using both instrumental data and climate simulations

  • Past Climate Change

    Grant Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) (2021-2024) The main goal of the Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) project is [...] this end, caves and permafrost exposure will be studied in East Siberia along a transect from the Arctic Ocean to the Lake Baikal. The objectives of the project are to: (i) Reconstruct (a) mean interglacial [...] to provide a comprehensive description of the present-day Arctic water cycle and related key exchange processes between the atmosphere, ocean, and sea ice, using both instrumental data and climate simulations

  • MOSAiC expedition: one year in the Arctic Ocean

  • Cooperations

    largest marine research alliances. The DAM aims to strengthen the sustainable use of coasts, seas and oceans through research and transfer, data management and digitalisation, and by coordinating the infra [...] Survey United Kingdom University of Alaska Fairbanks United States Norwegian Polar Institute Norway Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) Russia University of Tromso (UiT) Norway IFREMER France Woods

  • Chronicle

    Polarstern returns from the “Trans-Arctic Survey of the Arctic in Transition” (TransArc) expedition, intended to record physical, biological and chemical changes in the Arctic Ocean. One highlight of the expedition: [...] 2012-10.2012 – During the Polarstern’s 27th stay in the Arctic and in the context of the “Sea ice - ocean - seafloor interactions in the changing Arctic” (IceAr) expedition, e.g. long-term changes in this [...] on yet another Arctic expedition – its 29th. The expedition, officially designated “Transitions in the Arctic Seasonal Sea Ice Zone” (TRANSSIZ), was planned by the international “Arctic in Rapid Transition”

  • FRAM-Geraete en

    change. The towed high resolution camera system OFOS (Ocean Floor Observing System) is used to index megafauna and plastic litter on the Arctic sea floor. ROV To observe the sea-ice system from below [...] Light is important for the surface energy budget and the biological activity in the ice & the upper ocean. Radiation stations determine the fraction of incident light which is reflected by the surface or [...] novelty in under-ice robotics. BioOptical Platform Sinking particles control CO2 transport to the deep ocean. AWI and MARUM researchers developed the BioOptical Platform BOP, which combines a camera system and

  • FRAM Data Integration

    biogeochemical processes within the Arctic Ocean, as well as how these are linked to the Atlantic Ocean. AWI scientists are developing the world’s first multi- resolution Ocean General Circulation Biogeochemical [...] built up. Data assimilation into coupled ecosystem- ocean-ice models will enable the identification of phytoplankton variability and trends of surface-ocean processes and their bio-physical coupling. Remote [...] Sensing (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Modelling To predict upcoming changes in global ocean circulation, ocean productivity, and the consequences for the global climate system, it is crucial to improve