e. phytoplankton, zooplankton, mussels, and viruses). At present, we concentrate mainly on the North Sea, with its diverse habitats focusing especially on how different bacterial groups and populations [...] xenobiotica, toxin genes, and mobile genetic elements) in a coastal gradient from rivers to the open sea and the impact of plastic waste in the marine environment (macro-, micro- and nanoplastics). Research

satellite remote sensing products to quantify Antarctic sea ice mass balance. Further information: www.norceresearch.no/en/projects/sea-ice-mass-balance-assessment-southern-ocean-so-simba MASIS [...] Rowan & Theo were at EGU 29.03.2025 >>> Alex H. & Rowan lead the Heincke Student Expedition to the North Sea with students from Munich, Düsseldorf & Bremen 15.01.2025 >>> Alex H. visted Abu Dhabi for a Dialogue [...] budget. This important role arises from the vast exchange of water between the deep ocean and the sea surface that is unprecedented in the global ocean elsewhere. Over past decades, the Southern Ocean

and involving the Alfred Wegener Institute has discovered an important phenomenon under the Arctic sea ice that was previously thought to be impossible: So-called non-cyanobacteria can also fix nitrogen [...] conditions, which in turn could have an impact on the food web and the carbon budget in the cold north, as the researchers now report in the journal Communications Earth and Environment .

ice-dynamic modelling and key elements of Antarctic mass balance, which form a core part of ST 2.3 Sea Level Change and contribute to D2.14: Established present state and improved paleo-dynamic history [...] Sachau, T., Stoll, N., Weikusat, I., Zhang Y., Bons P. D. (in revision). Folded ice reveals: the North East Greenland Ice Stream was formed only 2000 years ago. In review for: Nature Communications. Franke [...] a Changing Climate (SROCC) and the new IPCC’s WG1 6th Assessment Report address rapidly increasing sea-level contribution from the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The lack of ice thickness data at the margin of the

mixing, and sea ice melt are connected and will develop a physics-based representation of these connections for consistent climate modeling. Lettie Roach , since 2024. SouthernOcean and Antarctic Sea ice Evolution [...] Evolution (SO-ASE) focuses on understanding the drivers of sea surface temperature (SST) and sea ice changes from the satellite era to a warmer world. SO-ASE aims to unravel the fundamental physics of i [...] ice pack volume) aims to study the response of snow cover on Antarctic sea ice to changing atmospheric conditions and its impact on sea ice mass balance. Through observations and model development, this research

transition zone between the northern North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean, and to determine the factors controlling Arctic deep-sea biodiversity. • Permanent presence at sea, from surface to depth, for the [...] The Weddell Sea features a rich and diverse ecosystem, complex sea-ice dynamics and intense ocean circulation. The physical and biogeochemical processes that prevail in the central Weddell Sea and the water [...] transition zone between the northern North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean, and to determine the factors controlling Arctic deep-sea biodiversity. • Permanent presence at sea, from surface to depth, for the

to collect water samples from directly beneath the sea ice. Hidden in each droplet are tiny fragments of DNA, shed by organisms living under the sea ice. It acts like a biological fingerprint and is known [...] extreme ice conditions all year round, little is known about the marine fauna of the Last Ice Area in north-eastern Greenland. We would like to change that. This year, a small team from the Marine Zoology group

after 10 years we provide two brochures. Now the programme has moved to Canada. Located in the North Sea, the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence at AWI had been conducted on the offshore island of Helgoland

Schnittfahrt 18 19 19 AWI 19 GPF 22-2_033 19 North Sea 19 Uni Hamburg 19 . 19 . 19 . 19 . 19 . 19 KIRSTEIN/PETERS 19 20 20 Probefahrt 20 Bremerhaven 20 . 20 North Sea 20 PINEDA METZ 20 . 20 . 20 . 20 German [...] b 10 GPF 20-2_040 10 . 10 . 10 . 10 North Atlantic 10 BADEWIEN 10 GPF 2024/023 10 GPF 2024/026 10 11 11 HE653.2 11 BRENNER - AWI 11 Bremerhaven 11 . 11 . 11 North Sea 11 Svalbard 11 ICBM 11 Bremerhaven [...] 14 Bremerhaven 14 . 14 . 14 . 14 EduObs 14 BUCK 14 15 15 Bremerhaven 15 PlankDynGerBi 15 MGFNorthSea-II 15 HE661 15 Bremerhaven 15 . 15 . 15 . 15 . 15 GPF 24-1_018 15 16 16 Bremerhaven 16 GIEBEL 16 ROHDE

Investigators Group “Southern Ocean & Antarctic Sea ice Evolution (SO-ASE)” is looking into the unexpected changes that have been seen in Antarctic sea ice over the last few decades and the need to reduce [...] Ecosystem – is to assess the consequences of the decline in silicic acid concentration in the inflow of North Atlantic water into the Eurasian Arctic for the Arctic marine ecosystem using an ecosystem biology [...] climate change Link to project webpage ARJEL To better understand the role of jellyfish in Arctic seas, the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group ARJEL (ARctic JELlifish) will combine the latest technologies