subtropical ocean is expanding the tropics The observed anomaly of sea surface temperature during the last 5 years of the satellite age (2015-2019) in relation to the first 5 years of the satellite age (1982-1986) [...] [11 July 2018] The melting of glaciers on one side of the globe can trigger disintegration of glaciers on the other side of the globe, as has been presented in a recent paper by a team of AWI scientists [...] . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1714754115 . 2017 New findings on the past and future of sea ice cover in the Arctic Scientists

UN Decade of Ocean Science Spotlight on the Ocean It’s a world full of riddles: though the ocean shapes the face of our ‘blue planet’, covering 70 percent of its surface, we still know far too little about [...] safety. In the context of the Decade, all of this knowhow is to be made available worldwide. And last but not least, the goal is to raise awareness for the economic, social and cultural value of the ocean; [...] network that investigates open research questions and develops solutions for the preservation and sustainable use of the ocean. Its motto: “The science we need for the ocean we want”. After all, intact ocean

filmed thousands of nests of icefish of the species Neopagetopsis ionah on the seabed. The density of the nests and the size of the entire breeding area suggest a total number of about 60 million icefish [...] breeding at the time of observation. These findings provide support for the establishment of a Marine Protected Area in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. A team led by Autun Purser from the Alfred [...] Fascinating discovery
Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world's largest fish breeding area known to date. A towed camera system ph

and best practices, the presentation of new technology and further innovation, and the advancement of international co-operation in the circumpolar regions of the world. The theme of the 16th ICRSS is Convergence [...] s in the polar environments. The symposium provides a platform for the exchange of current applied research and best practices, the presentation of new technology and further innovation, and the advancement [...] advancement of international cooperation in the circumpolar regions of the world. We look to build on the more than 100 participants and the record 50% attendance by students and early career researchers at

comparison to the area of permafrost? What is the extend of these elements of the cryosphere – also in relation to the country of Germany? The back of the wooden tiles are revealing the result and some [...] A survey at the beginning of the event showed that the topic was new to most participants but of great interest, and also that not all of them were located in the area of Berlin (one even in Luxembourg [...] them to relate to. With the help of the resources provided by the Ralf Dahrendorf Prize, we will overcome that distance by showing interested members of the general public the broad landmasses that are

play the conditions and the base of the ice for the speedy ice streams and did they change their behaviour in the past? Where can we find the oldest ice, with which we can reconstruct the climate of the [...] and ends with the composition of the subsurface below the ice, both of which govern flow behaviour of ice. In the end, we hope to make conclusions about how ice masses will change in the decades to come [...] million years ago? For all of these questions observations on site are essential. This begins with the determination of the ice thickness, continues with the inference of the crystal orientation fabric

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-

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

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The scientific diving programme at the University of Plymouth The scientific diving programme at the University of Plymouth Dr Keiron Fraser Associate Professor Marine Conservation Instrumentation HSE [...] Campaign for Nature – a partnership with the Wyss Foundation to try to protect half of the planet by 2050, use 2030 as a milestone towards this and have 30 % of the land and sea protected and properly managed [...] in the end of 2020 where National Governments have the opportunity to sign up to this commitment and we need the public voice to be pressuring politicians to commit. If you want to know more about how