• CONTRASTS

    causes and consequences of sea ice melt in three contrasting sea-ice regimes as functions of atmospheric and oceanographic conditions: 1) seasonal sea ice, mostly originating from Russian shelf regions and [...] observed sea ice, ocean, and ecosystem changes in the Central Arctic Ocean during melt season. We will investigate the causes and consequences of differences in sea ice melt in three contrasting sea-ice e [...] ice zone 2) first- and second year sea ice from the central Arctic Ocean, drifting along the transpolar drift system, and 3) multi-year ice in the “last ice area” north of Greenland. The overall objective

  • Permafrost Resources

    from the North to the South Pole. The effects of global warming on the most remote regions of our planet is visualized in the Spiegel article "Die große Schmelze": From melting sea ice at the North Pole to [...] Siberia and North America, and from the loss of glaciers on Greenland and in high mountain ranges, to the increase in Antarctic sea ice. Impressive images illustrate the journey from the North to the South [...] degree videos in a gallery The videos are grouped in Youtube playlists: 360 degree videos drone videos North-West Canada 2021 In September 2021, a field campaign took place in the Mackenzie Delta region of the

  • Junior Groups

    Investigators Group “Southern Ocean & Antarctic Sea ice Evolution (SO-ASE)” is looking into the unexpected changes that have been seen in Antarctic sea ice over the last few decades and the need to reduce [...] Ecosystem – is to assess the consequences of the decline in silicic acid concentration in the inflow of North Atlantic water into the Eurasian Arctic for the Arctic marine ecosystem using an ecosystem biology [...] climate change Link to project webpage ARJEL To better understand the role of jellyfish in Arctic seas, the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group ARJEL (ARctic JELlifish) will combine the latest technologies

  • Projects

    on particulate organic carbon cycling in the North Sea The collaborative project "Anthropogenic impacts on particulate organic carbon cycling in the North Sea" ( APOC ) is funded by the German Federal Ministry [...] carbon sequestration in the North Sea and how this ecosystem service is affected by global climate change and anthropogenic pressures. The sediment budget of the North Sea is strongly influenced by bo [...] sediments of the Baltic Sea, assess their OC accumulation rate and OC storage capacity, parameterise OC sedimentation and remineralisation and extrapolate the rates in the Baltic Sea. Funding Bundesamt für

  • Training Capacity Exchange

    after 10 years we provide two brochures. Now the programme has moved to Canada. Located in the North Sea, the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence at AWI had been conducted on the offshore island of Helgoland

  • Cruise_reportPS102.pdf

    Sunday (Nov. 13) while we steamed the southwestern North Sea. A sea state of 2.5 m was forced. After the passage of the cold front winds veered north and freshened up to Bft 6 for short times. The high [...] content of sea water is calculated as the vertical integration of temperature multiplied by the sea water density and specific heat capacity. Thus, heat contents (H) of sea water along the North South Atlantic [...] Stipendiaten des NoSoAT16 (North South Atlantic Transect) Programms vor Beginn des Trainings an Bord der Polarstern (Foto: Eva Brodte, AWI). Cover: Scholars of the NoSoAT16 (North South Atlantic Transect)

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  • Southern Ocean - Overturning Circulation

    rotating gyres of the Ross and Weddell Seas. Heat losses to the atmosphere, interactions with the adjacent ice shelves, and salt enrichment by brine ejected from freezing sea ice result in very dense water masses [...] mean wind field. The deep water masses upwelling in the Antarctic Divergence, sucked in from their North Atlantic source regions, are partly driven northward near the surface towards the northern flank of [...] masses which run down the continental slope towards the deep sea floor. The newly formed and well ventilated bottom water underrides, steered by bottom topography, the ACC to fill the deep basins of the

  • ARCGATE

    Ocean and its neighboring oceans. The unique geometry of the Arctic—surrounded by the land masses of North America, Greenland and Siberia—has encouraged researchers to make a joint effort to enclose the Arctic [...] calculated to better understand the Arctic Ocean’s role on the carbonate system. Figure 2: Net oceanic and sea ice FW transport (m3s-1) time series. The transport estimate during 2004-2010 will be quantified under [...] Fram Strait, respectively; the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen, Norway for the Barents Sea Opening (BSO); and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in the US and Arctic and Antarctic Research

  • Biological effects of marine organisms

    also been polluting our oceans since the industrialization of the world. Coastal seas such as the North and Baltic Seas in particular have been and continue to be exposed to countless chemical inputs. [...] a particular focus is on the effects of toxic munition compounds on the marine environment of our seas. Team Dr. Matthias Brenner M.Sc. Romina Schuster Projects CONAMR-C MUNIMAP REMARCO CONMAR RecorD We

  • Organigramm_Logistik_AWI-en.pdf

    provision: Markus Brand (Heligo.) Max Schwanitz (Bremerh.) Diving operations management: (Heligoland, North Sea, Arctic) Markus Brand Max Schwanitz Miriam Lienkämper Scientific projects, Heligoland & AWIPEV: [...] Project directorate: Detlef Wilde Technical project lead: Jan Meier Other Expeditions Land expeditions north: Dirk Mengedoht Verena Mohaupt Land expeditions south: Christine Wesche Other ship expeditions: Derk

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