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

melt events on stable oxygen isotope records from the Arctic. Due to rising temperatures over recent decades, the frequency of melt events in Arctic regions has increased. However, current models describing [...] Resolution in the harbour of Fremantle before International Ocean Discovery Program Exp. 356 (Photo: Jeroen Groeneveld) Reconstructing past ocean water conditions using geochemistry in foraminifera I am a [...] e structure of climate change) and the RECORDER research unit of the cluster of excellence: “The Ocean Floor – Earth’s Uncharted Interface”. It is joint effort of the Earth System Diagnostics group of

On 29 May 2025, the Polarstern research vessel set sail from Bremerhaven for the Arctic. The destination of the 95 expedition participants, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, is the AWI Hausgarten, a [...] y situated between Svalbard and Greenland. There they will investigate how the ecosystems of the Arctic deep sea are reacting to changing environmental conditions as a result of rapid climate change. The [...] June, will focus on benthic and plankton communities in the open water and physical changes in the ocean.

ecology with the global climate through plankton productivity and particle sedimentation to the deep ocean, a process known as the Biological Pump, and the diversity and ecophysiology of key polar organisms [...] biology and ecology We explore the biology of polar plankton, its role in the ecology of the Polar Oceans as well as its efficiency in stimulating the biological pump which is, in fact, mitigating the greenhouse [...] Research groups: Ecophysiology of pelagic key species Phytoplankton ecology & particle flux in the Arctic Arktic zooplankton Particle dynamics Marine Chronobiology Biodiversity Image analysis as well as

Projects AFIN: Antarctic Fast Ice Network Changing Arctic Ocean SIN'XS-Sea Ice thickness INtercomparison eXerciSe Arctic Passion Tara Polar Station ESA: Climate Change Initiative MOSAiC S3MPC-Sentinel-3 [...] -3 Altimetry Mission Performance ArcSolution SNOWflAke IceBird Transdrift: Arctic Ice-Ocean-Interaction CONTRASTS

is to characterize the key processes that determine the observed sea ice, ocean, and ecosystem changes in the Central Arctic Ocean during meltseason. The process studies and continuous observations of CONTRASTS [...] (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Regime 1: Future Arctic (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus) Regime 2: Present Arctic (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus) Regime 3: Past Arctic (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus) Objectives The overall objective [...] is to characterize the key processes that determine the observed sea ice, ocean, and ecosystem changes in the Central Arctic Ocean during melt season. We will investigate the causes and consequences of

changing ocean in climate change, the Arctic Ocean. This research is continued as part of my PhD project, where I am investigating new arising habitats and carbon pathways in the future Arctic Ocean. Tanvi [...] in physics and ocean technology to pursue a PhD in Indian ocean carbon dynamics to analyse the changes in atmospheric CO 2 and associated ocean carbon chemistry in the North Indian Ocean using observation-based [...] examined the decadal variability of the carbon cycle in the Indian Ocean region. For the Ph.D. I am doing Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement in deep and bottom water formation regions

European coastline. The project belongs to the EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters, and is a member of the Lighthouse for the Arctic and Atlantic Basin. Innovative solutions for marine restoration will [...] will be demonstrated in five different environments across a latitudinal gradient, from the high-Arctic Svalbard at 79°N to the Madeira archipelago at 33°N. CLIMAREST will be developed on a latitudinal gradient

Thorium in the Arctic Ocean The Transarc expeditions together with earlier Polarstern campaigns have yielded a unique time series of the chemical and physical properties of the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO). Only [...] anthropogenic carbon is taken up by the ocean, and glacial ocean carbon storage in the deep Southern Ocean is well established ( Brovkin et al., 2012 ). Changes in Southern Ocean carbon uptake and its export to [...] of mud EXC 2077: The Ocean Floor – Earth’s Uncharted Interface The ocean floor, which makes up 71% of the Earth’s solid surface, lies an average of 3,700 meters beneath the ocean surface. The difficulties

UN Ocean Conference 2025 The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC 2025) will take place from June 9 to June 13, 2025, in Nice, France. As the third edition of the United Nations Ocean Conference, it will be jointly [...] UNOC German Komitee of the UN Ocean Decade Antarctica InSync AWI @ UNOC 2025 Women of Arctic Science AWI photographer Esther Horvath will give a lecture on “Women of Arctic Science” at the UNOC on June [...] to accelerate and mobilize efforts to protect and sustainably manage the oceans, seas, and marine resources. It will gather ocean experts from political, scientific, civil society, and business sectors