• LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN

    Long-Term Ecological Research in the deep Arctic Ocean The marine Arctic has been an integral part of the history of our planet over the past 130 million years and contributes significantly to the present [...] state of the atmosphere depend to a significant extent on arctic marine processes. The past decades has seen remarkable changes in the Arctic, of which we do not know whether these represent temporary [...] and biotic parameters in a transition zone between the northern North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean, the Alfred Wegener Institute established the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory

  • Projects

    and Risks BMBF nuArctic: Towards a better understanding of the nutrient cycles in the ‘new’ Arctic Ocean and implications for future primary productivity and carbon export OceanICU : OceanICU is a Horizon [...] produce new data, information and understanding on the role of the Ocean in the global carbon cycle. ERC OceanPeak: The global ocean carbon cycle after peak emissions: Dynamics and process attribution [...] future ocean in the Earth system – quantifying coupled cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients for determining and achieving safe operating spaces with respect to tipping points Horizon 2020: OceanNETs :

  • Tara Polar Station

    unique and fragile ecosystems Observe Arctic fish stocks and the impact of the arrival of more temperate species Life in a frozen ocean: analogues to other ocean planets and bioprospecting with new potential [...] drift expeditions between 2025 and 2045. During these 20 years, 10 year-long drift studies in the Arctic Ocean are planned. The work is based on the collaboration of an international and interdisciplinary [...] Station was baptized in Lorient, France, in April 2025 and will realize the first drift in the Arctic Ocean starting in summer 2026. Before this, different test campaigns are planned, including a shorter

  • The Polarstern expedition PS92

    sail for a six week expedition to the Central Arctic Ocean initiated by “ART”. ART, in this case, does not stand for artistry but is the abbreviation for Arctic in Rapid Transition, an international research [...] research network established by early career scientists working in the Arctic.

  • Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology

    A main focus is to carry out multidisciplinary field studies and experimental work in the deep Arctic Ocean. In December 2008 a Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology of the Helmholtz [...] Marine Microbiology ( MPI-MM ) in deep-sea research, and to set up a new research focus on the deep Arctic Ocean. The Joint Research Group comprises the expertise of the MPI-MM in the area of marine microbiology [...] al projekts Find out more TECHNOLOGY Instruments and gears to facilitate research in the deep Arctic Ocean Find out more Section Head: Dr. Frank Wenzhöfer Lead MPI-MM branch: Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius Assistance

  • Melanie Bergmann

    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

  • CACOON

    to the Arctic coastal-marine environment. CACOON Background Arctic rivers annually carry around 13% of all dissolved organic carbon transported globally from land to ocean, despite the Arctic Ocean making [...] Changing Arctic Carbon cycle in the cOastal Ocean Near-shore - CACOON No other region has warmed as much or as rapidly in the past decades as the Arctic. A new project, CACOON , investigates how the ecosystems [...] 1% of the Earth’s ocean volume. Arctic shelf waters are therefore dominated by terrestrial carbon pools, so that shelf ecosystems are intimately linked to freshwater supplies. Arctic ecosystems also contain

  • Themes

    Topics All Biodiversity Ice Sea Climate Regions All Arctic Antarctic North Sea Biodiversity Climate Arctic Arctic Species in Climate Change The Arctic is a habitat for specialists. Species living in the [...] produced by climate change. Find out more Ice Climate Sea Arctic Antarctic Sea Ice Broad expanses of the Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean in the Antarctic are covered in sea ice. The ice plays a vital [...] actually benefiting from the developments. Find out more Sea Climate Arctic Antarctic North Sea Ocean Acidification Our planet’s oceans absorb tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide. Instead of causing atmospheric

  • Geophysics

    Research focuses on areas in the Arctic and sub-Arctic, the Arctic Ocean, the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. The studies include reconstructions of ice sheet dynamics, oceanic circulation and tectonic processes

  • Six to ten million years ago: Ice-free summers at the North Pole

    into the climate history of the Arctic Ocean. Using unique sediment samples from the Lomonosov Ridge, the researchers found that six to ten million years ago the central Arctic was completely ice-free during [...] winter, however, the ocean was covered by sea ice of variable extent, the scientists explain in the current issue of the journal Nature Communications. These new findings from the Arctic region provide new