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  • Climate modelling

    include a digital twin of every atom in the ocean and atmosphere in the model – and the processing power of all the world’s supercomputers combined wouldn’t remotely be up to the task. Accordingly, models [...] refers to the long-term state of the atmosphere and ocean over decades, centuries or millennia. To gauge the climate, the statistics of the meteorological parameters also used to determine the weather are [...] Celsius, according to the IPCC the risk of exceeding certain tipping points in the climate system will be lower. This assessment was also the basis for the 1.5-degree target included in the Paris Agreement,

  • Archive for German Polar Research

    to the archive holdings. In addition, you receive information about the origin of the archival records, about the work of the submitting agency and about its history. However, this procedure of the archive [...] Polarforschung - AdP) About the Archive The AdP was founded in 2011 on the basis of the Bremen Archive Act and has since worked as the memory of the AWI and German polar and marine research. The archive appraises [...] use the archive? The use of the AdP is free of charge. However, charges are levied for the production of copies of any kind, which are laid down in a scale of fees (available only in German). The archive

  • Thomas Jung

    important glance into the future and at the same time one of the most central tools of climate research. The better these models reproduce the natural processes in the climate system, the more accurate and [...] Models: Images of the future Prof. Dr Thomas Jung, head of the Climate Dynamics section, spokesperson of the research programme "Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future" and Vice Director of the Alfred Wegener [...] participate in the international model comparison for the 6 th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the first time in the past three years. The results of these CMIP6 climate

  • Research Vessel and Icebreaker Polarstern

    in the world. The Polarstern operates an average of 305 days a year, typically cruising in the Antarctic from November to March and pursuing research in the Arctic during the summer months. In the process [...] Research ice breaker Polarstern An Icon of German Polar Research The Research Vessel Polarstern is the most important resource for German polar research and the flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute. Commissioned [...] allow the researchers to take measurements and gather data outside of the area influenced by the ship. For example, the helicopters are used for observing whales and deploying equipment like the EM-Bird

  • Polar underwater sounds - AWI OZA (Kopie 2)

    Spectrogram of 20060419-0814_PALAOA (Photo: OZA AWI) A silent ocean Southern Ocean with sea ice (Photo: AWI) The Southern Ocean is one of the last pristine areas of the world’s oceans. Only few fishing and [...] Examples of underwater sounds in the polar oceans Map of the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean with all recording positions marked in red. (Photo: OZA AWI) The sound snippets below illustrate some [...] frequently in the vicinity of Elephant Island, off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, where the 20 Hz pulse also often contains a higher frequency component around 89 Hz. Spectrogram of 20130705-

  • Climate Sciences

    such as the icebreaker Polarstern , observatories, aircrafts, and satellites to capture the evolving dynamics of the ocean, atmosphere, sea ice, and ice sheets. At the same time, we push the boundaries [...] critical insights into the past, present, and future of our planet. In cooperation with our colleagues in the Bio- and Geosciences, our research extends to investigating the impact of climate change on marine [...] these processes – especially in the rapidly changing polar regions where the changes have far-reaching implications, such as global sea level rise – is at the heart of our research. We strive to understand

  • Knowledge Transfer

    Yes! By using a climate model in a special way, where the winds are forced to follow the observed winds, we simulate the 'climate change signal of the day'. Every day and everywhere. Just a few days behind [...] things. This will give climate researchers the ability to directly share, compare, and evaluate their findings with each other. The data products of the sixth phase of CMIP (CMIP6, Eyring et al. 2016, GMD, [...] source of robust and reliable climate information in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report. The scenario subproject of CMIP6, ScenarioMIP, involved a total of about

  • Weddell Sea Marine Protected Area

    Marine Protected Area The Weddell Sea lies in the Atlantic sector of the Antarctic, to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is one of the few remaining marine regions in the world that are largely untouched [...] Protected Areas? With an area of 2.2 million square kilometres, the Weddell Sea MPA ( area west of the Prime Meridian ) would be the largest MPA in the world. The declared goal of the United Nations is to protect [...] exploration of the southern continent and its waters for all time. To define more precisely how the living resources of Antarctic waters could be used, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine

  • Outreach

    research topics or explore the conflict of interests of different Arctic stakeholders. Lesson Plan Permafrost in the Arctic Living in the wild North The Permafrost Risk The Ocean Race Summit Dr. Rebecca [...] and thematic perspectives. Different questions discuss the situation in the High North: What characterizes the Arctic environment? What changed in the Arctic over the last decades? What is permafrost? How [...] Outreach Lesson Plan "Permafrost in the Arctic" The lesson plan “Permafrost in the Arctic” explores the subject of degrading permafrost and its effects on men and environment from different spatial and

  • Environment Protection Seminar

    clicking on the flag symbol. At the end of the training, you will be asked 15 multiple-choice questions about the content of the training, which you have to answer correctly (see also information in the instruction [...] Training "Environmental Protection in Antarctica" The provisions of the German "Law for the Implementation of the Environmental Protection Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty" (see www.gesetze-im-internet [...] traveling to the Antarctic Treaty area (south of 60°S) with a German permit must have sufficient knowledge of environmental protection in Antarctica and the provisions of the law. For this reason, the Alfred