sink, hereby transporting large quantities of carbon to the ocean’s depths. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute recently observed this phenomenon for the first time in the Arctic. As a result of

Survey, British Antarctic Survey, British Antarctic Survey, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Alfred-Wegener-Institut (2014) Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Coastal [...] Rothera Airstrip (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar 5 at Rothera. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Twin-Otter (BAS) viewed from Polar 5 near Rothera. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) View from Polar [...] Polar 5. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Nygard, T. , Vihma, T. , Birnbaum, G. , Hartmann, J. , Lachlan-Cope, T. , Ladkin, R. , Lüpkes, C. and Weiss, A. (2016) Validation of eight atmospheric reanalyses in

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stable water isotope values of ice cores from Northern Greenland (Graphic: Stefanie Weißbach, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Human activities have serious impacts on the global environmental system and will,

informtion can be found on the REKLIM website . Circumpolar Map of Northerm Hemisphere (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) Project collaborators Lars Max Ralf Tiedemann Figure 1: Overview map of high-latitude

content (integrated in the area in blue on the map) freFresh water content cha (Graphic: T. Kovacs, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Arctic Ocean receives freshwater by run-off from Asia north of the Himalaya. Large

Methane Airborne measurements of atmospheric methane Methane signal over a lake. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Methane (CH4) is an important greenhouse gas. Though its concentration in the atmosphere

produce base data sets for habitat studies. Larsen A, B, and C ice shelves, Weddell Sea (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) Contact Dr. Boris Dorschel Prof. Dr. Wilfried Jokat Cooperation partners Geology, AWI

region and West Antarctic margin (modified from Kipf et al., Gondwana Research, 2014). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Geodynamic and tectonic processes played a dominant role in forming the present topographic

been successfully applied to North Atlantic/Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Model (NAOSIM) developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). We are currently working to apply the systems to Finite-volumE Sea ice-Ocean [...] simulation without data assimilation, red: model simulation with data assimilation. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Spatial pattern of sea ice extent in September, from 1990 to 2010 (every 5 years). [...] simulation without data assimilation, black: model simulation with data assimilation. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Spatial pattern of sea ice motion in August 2006: Left panel: model simulation without