MB Media Euronews (Video) | 02.06.2023 Cleaning up the oceans: Is it too little, too late? Find out more > Eye on the Arctic | 25.04.2023 Arctic ice algae highly polluted with microplastics, poses food [...] are available to the general public. Melanie Bergmann (AWI): Litter and Microplastics Invade the Arctic Ocean (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact Melanie Bergmann +49(471)4831-1739 E-Mail CV Social Media [...] Google Scholar Photo Download Biologin Dr. Melanie Bergmann. jpg | 3 MB Melanie Bergmann counts Arctic Ocean plastic, jpg | 363 KB Melanie Bergmann analyses marine litter in, jpg | 3 MB Melanie Bergmann

mixing in the warming Arctic. The current, relatively weak mixing processes in the interior Arctic Ocean are the life insurance for its sea ice: The waters entering the Arctic Ocean from the Atlantic are [...] to shed light on the various feedback processes between Arctic internal waves and sea ice and the ramifications for ocean dynamics in the Arctic and beyond. Climate models do not resolve the small and [...] d in a physics-based way in the Arctic. We will close this research gap and thereby contribute to improving climate projections. News How waves stir up the Arctic Ocean - new Emmy Noether Group… Waves

Land to Ocean: How Coastal Habitats in the Arctic Respond" (FLO CHAR) focuses on the biogeochemical effects of climate change on the most rapidly evolving ecosystem on Earth, the shallow Arctic coastal [...] the Arctic is dramatically altering terrestrial and marine environments and will have cascading influences on all ecosystems and infrastructure on which local communities rely. Particularly Arctic coastal [...] sit at the interface between the warming land and ocean. At the same time coastal and near-shore zones are the most understudied regions of the Arctic marine realm. One critical area that has been affected

the Arctic lost its white landscape and had a blue, ice-free ocean. Alexander Haumann , ERC Starting Grant VERTEXSO , January 2023 - Dcember 2027. VERTEXSO (VERTical EXchange in the Southern Ocean) studies [...] Artemics (Arctic internal wave energetics and mixing and their interdependence with sea ice in changing climate conditions) aims to elucidate the role of internal gravity waves in the warming Arctic Ocean. We [...] the North Atlantic Ocean but also in remote areas such as the Pacific Ocean and the Antarctic. Heinrich, H.: Origin and consequences of cyclic ice rafting in the northeast Atlantic Ocean during the past 130

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.

The scarcely explored region to the north of Greenland was the area of study in the last of three Arctic expeditions undertaken by the Polarstern since the end of May 2025. In the largely untraveled waters [...] oceanographer Torsten Kanzow of the Alfred Wegener Institute were able to collect unique data on ocean circulation in the area. A chain of six moorings was also deployed to conduct autonomous measurements

Markus Rex led the MOSAiC-Expedition , the largest Arctic research expedition of our time, during which the research vessel “Polarstern” was frozen in the Arctic ice for a year to study the effects of climate [...] climate change. Scientists from 20 nations collected valuable data about the Arctic, which is crucial for understanding the future climate change. In the SR3 podcast “Aus dem Leben”, Markus Rex reports on his [...] findings of this unique mission. The data obtained provides important insights into the dynamics of the Arctic climate and its global impact. SR3 Podcast: Die größte Arktis-Mission aller Zeiten Christian Haas

processes between the atmosphere and the ocean. The observed sea ice changes affect the climate and ecosystem, extending to our latitudes. The decline of Arctic sea ice in area and volume is one of the [...] Observer | 28.07.2020 Sea ice extent in the Arctic reaches historical low in July Find out more > Carbon Brief | 18.11.2019 Inside MOSAiC: How a year-long Arctic expedition is helping climate science Find [...] future, we will focus more on studying the physical snow and ice properties in interaction with the ocean and atmosphere, but also study linkages to the ecosystem. We will continue expanding our measurements

melting more and more frozen ground in the Arctic. This dissolved matter contains large amounts of organic carbon which is flowing into the central Arctic ocean. In a new study, scientists led by Alfred [...] matter accumulates in the central Arctic Ocean. Using chemical fingerprints, they were able to assess how fast it degrades, thus releasing additional CO2 to the ocean. These findings are an important basis [...] basis to project how inputs from land affect Arctic marine ecosystems and the ability of the ocean to store CO2 in a warming climate. The results are published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

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