the Arctic Coastal Plain near Barrow (Alaska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.2: Northern part of the Mackenzie Delta (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.3: Flight pattern of Polar5 for measurements [...] (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.4: Vertical profiles of temperature (red) and methane concentration (blue) in the atmospheric boundary layer over Arctic permafrost wetland. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] from Arctic Wetlands (AirMeth) Fig.6: Polar5 flying at low lever over Arctic permafrost. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The atmospheric concentration of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, has a significant

used for sensitive and specific detection of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Bioassay-guided fractionation to chemically characterise secondary metabolites Analytical [...] tandem mass spectrometry) for the detection of organic trace compounds in marine samples. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) LC-MS/MS chromatogram of a planktonic field samples from the North Sea containing several

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Hollands / AWI, 2014) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Polar Meteorology Earth Observing Systems Remote sensing of the Cryosphere (© ESA / USGS / NASA / NSIDC) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Remote sensing [...] (© ESA / Envisat, 2006) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Drift and deformation of sea ice Polynias Terra Nova Bay Polynia (© NSIDC / Modis, 2013) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Observation of coastal [...] Landsat-8, 2012) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Mass loss of the antarctic ice shield Snow Accumulation Inland ice in Antarctica (© ESA / Envisat, 2008) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Retrieval of snow

Hollands / AWI, 2014) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Polar Meteorology Earth Observing Systems Remote sensing of the Cryosphere (© ESA / USGS / NASA / NSIDC) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Remote sensing [...] delta (© NASA / Landsat , 2000) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Charting the Arctic Tundra Polynias Terra Nova Bay Polynia (© NSIDC / Modis, 2013) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Observation of coastal polynias [...] Landsat-8, 2012) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Mass loss of the antarctic ice shield Snow Accumulation Inland ice in Antarctica (© ESA / Envisat, 2008) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Retrieval of snow

Model Simulations What are sea ice models used for? Example of a sea ice model (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) The Arctic areas - ocean even more than land - are difficult to reach, for several winter

analyses of images from Mann et al. (2004) . Screenshot SHERPA (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Segmented diatom valve (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

stable water isotope values of ice cores from Northern Greenland (Graphic: Stefanie Weißbach, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Human activities have serious impacts on the global environmental system and will,

informtion can be found on the REKLIM website . Circumpolar Map of Northerm Hemisphere (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) Project collaborators Lars Max Ralf Tiedemann Figure 1: Overview map of high-latitude

region and West Antarctic margin (modified from Kipf et al., Gondwana Research, 2014). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Geodynamic and tectonic processes played a dominant role in forming the present topographic