under the snow and ice cover of the Arctic Ocean. The results of the study now published in the "Arctic Drift" awarded Honored again: "A Year in the Ice: The Arctic Drift," the documentary on the MOSAiC [...] ." New dataset reveals biological “treasure trove” of Arctic Ocean A major new project will help benchmark biodiversity change in the Arctic Ocean and guide conservation efforts by identifying unique species [...] An entire year trapped in the Arctic ice MOSAiC - Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate It could be the largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time: In September

first aerial survey flights over the Arctic this year. The flights, which will extend far into the Central Arctic, will support the investigation of the atmosphere and sea ice, and supplement the MOSAiC [...] expedition’s extensive research agenda. Core research priorities include cloud formation over the Arctic Ocean and the question as to whether the sea ice observed during MOSAiC was generally thicker or thinner [...] Arctic
Following a five-month mandatory delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, on August 30th the two German polar research aircraft Polar 5 and Polar 6 will launch from Svalbard to conduct their first

Passively traversing the Arctic propelled solely by the natural power of the ice is the most environmentally friendly method of conduc- ting research with an icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. The Polarstern is [...] crew members will be taking part in the major Arctic project; not least to conduct research that will allow us to better predict future changes in the Arctic sea ice and the global climate. Naturally, the [...] Journey Bremerhaven – Arctic: 19 days times 54 tonnes diesel per day: 1,026 t (travelling in water and ice) Drift: 357 days times 15 tonnes diesel per day: 5,355 t Return journey Arctic– Bremerhaven: 14 days

Earth compartments. MOSES primarily targets four events: heat waves, hydrological extreme events , ocean eddies and the thawing of permafrost . Hydrological extreme events Recent global projections predict [...] the Northern Hemisphere’s land mass and a large portion of the Siberian and North American shelves. Arctic warming occurs at a much higher rate (by up to 8 to 10 times) compared to the rest of the world.

Labrador shelf was covered by a permanent but floating ice mass such as today’s ice cover of the Arctic Ocean. We finished our geological sampling work yesterday. Today and tomorrow are dedicated to collecting [...] the retreating ice stream. Instead, we aim at reconstructing the dynamic history of Labrador shelf ocean currents through the past few thousand years with these cores. At the end of the last glacial, when [...] large-scale environmental catastrophe, and it resulted in a significant disturbance of the established ocean current system on the Labrador shelf. On the long sediment cores, we will carry out different types

Observations in the Arctic Ocean The Arctic is an environment where global climate change is strongly manifested. The Arctic Amplification, represented by the atmospheric warming trend in the Arctic being about [...] Main Research Topics Physical Oceanography of the Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas are integral parts of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, and hence key regions for the [...] the global climate. The perennial sea ice cover makes the Arctic Ocean distinct from subarctic oceans – the presence of… Find out more PhytoOptics Analytical bio-optical techniques are applied to extract

forces to improve the capacities for marine-based research in the ice-covered Arctic Ocean. In the project “ARICE- Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium”, they aim at better coordinating the existing polar

Observatory in the Arctic Ocean Philipp Fischer et al. AWI Centre für Scientific Diving Photo: Gregory Tran The AWIPEV underwater observatory: a joint infrastructure of AWI and HEREON in an Arctic fjord system [...] MarTrec talk Philipp Fischer May 2024 "High-speed measurements in the Arctic: How to discriminate effects of marine heat waves and cold spells from „normal fluctuations“ in a polar shallow water ecosystem [...] Photo: Gregory Tran The AWIPEV underwater observatory: a joint infrastructure of AWI and HEREON in an Arctic fjord system (79°N) A year-round operated shallow water observatory in front of the Old Pier in Ny

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