Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In 2015 Prof. Lynne D. Talley , Scripps Institution of Oceanography elaborated the " Role of the Southern Ocean in the Global Overturning Circulation ". About a hundred colleagues from [...] in particular climate transitions, with a focus on the role of the oceans. He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and [...] the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) developing one of the world’s leading global weather forecast model. Before

Horst Grunenberg posed this question to Helmut Schmidt, the German Chancellor at that time, he laid the foundation for the success story of the research icebreaker [...] vessel in the world to circumnavigate the North Pole. At the same time scientists study the bottom of the Arctic Sea. Author: Christian Salewski [...] ice. Birthday spends the research icebreaker in the vastness of Antarctica. The public can visit the ship in June, before it traveled the southern hemisphere

at the end of the southern summer, huge numbers of dead zooplankton sink to the seafloor, where benthic organisms eat their remains. Currently about 14,000 faunal species are known for the seafloor of the Weddell Sea. Some parts of the sea are as biodiverse as tropical coral reefs [...] area west of the Prime Meridian ) would be the largest MPA in the world. The declared goal of the United Nations is to protect ten percent of the

drilling deep into the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. Why are they important? Because information on the past composition of the atmosphere is [...] transported to Bremerhaven. Once there, the ice is stored and tested at what is likely one of the coldest workplaces in the world. Bundled up in thick clothing, the researchers [...] hundreds of thousands of years ago. In this regard, the water’s oxygen isotopy can help. Since the ratio of different heavy isotopes of the same

lose almost no heat. And the eyes of muskoxen work like a combination of snow goggles and night vision gear. Yet the future of all these survivors is uncertain; [...] availability have changed with them. When it comes to surviving in the Arctic, it’s a whole new ball game. Arctic sea ice at sunrise (Photo: Stefan Hendricks) The Arctic Ocean Unlike at the southern tip [...] farther north. To FAQ element What will these new species mean for the ecology of the Arctic? The newcomers from southern waters are changing food webs in the High North: new predators, prey and competitors

German Polar Research (Archiv für deutsche 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 [...] information about the origin of the archival records, about the work of the submitting agency and about its history. However, this procedure of the [...] to answer any questions you may have about the content of the holdings. Prepared for your visit in this way, you can then order the desired archival

Deep Sea The deep sea is the largest ecosystem on our planet: roughly 65 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by this underwater world. Yet [...] dark side of the moon than we do about the ocean depths. Yet the deep sea is not a habitat fully separated from the surface; it is already undergoing [...] kilometres above the seafloor and can be found in all (of) the world’s oceans. With a total length of more than 60,000 kilometres, they constitute the

of possible tipping elements in the next world climate report of the IPCC, the work of the PermaRisk project was also reported here: [...] about the current state of the possibilities and limitations of Modelling of IceRoads and to understand the needs of the different user [...] regard to a later application development. Participants included the Bureau of Land Management, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation and the University of Alaska,

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 thematic perspectives. Different questions discuss the situation in the High North: What characterizes the Arctic environment? What changed in the Arctic over the last [...] students investigate current permafrost 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

World War, a large amount of chemical weapons and ammunition was dumped in the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak Strait. Also conventional weapons and munitions lie on the seafloor in different areas of the Baltic Sea as a legacy of the wars. These munitions contain a wide range of hazardous substances [...] Azadinium and its reaction to changing environmental conditions. The studies form the basis for a comprehensive risk assessment of the flowering of these species and the associated risk of mussel