into the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. Why are they important? Because information on the past composition of the atmosphere is stored in the ice. Over the decades, layer after layer of snow [...] content, the staff can determine when there were past volcanic eruptions. Another question is how the temperature developed in e.g. the Antarctic hundreds of thousands of years ago. In this regard, the water’s [...] and head of the ice-core drilling group in Bremerhaven. Since they can’t simply turn back the clock, the scientists rely on laborious measuring methods to test the ice cores. These rods of glacier ice

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

and study the local influences of the sea, the ice and the atmosphere on the Weddell Sea and global processes. August - October 2008 – RV Polarstern is the first research vessel in the world to circumnavigate [...] care is still fit for the trip to the 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 for a year [...] During the Polarstern’s 29th Antarctic expedition, the researchers on board investigate the status of the Antarctic ecosystem after the polar winter, as well as the causes of differences in the development

early stages of the infection) show signs of the disease, but still can transmit the virus. The precautions and measures to be taken in areas with no signs of HPAI and without previous reports of HPAI outbreaks [...] Depending on the assessment of the information / report provided, the HPAI Task Force will give you advice on the continuation of your fieldwork. The HPAI Task Force might also ask you to continue with the observations [...] testing of these samples require prior approval and advice by the HPAI Task Force. To prevent the spread of the virus and reduce the risk of transmissions and infections, no sick or dead birds and marine mammals

studies in biology at the University of Bremen and then returned to the AWI and especially to the labs. Here, the supervision of our microalgal stock culture collection, the realization of lab experiments on [...] content are also part of the spectrum of my tasks in the group, besides the preparation of expeditions and ordering logistics. "What will happen tomorrow?" is an important question for me, not just regarding [...] faster than the global average. The influx of warm Atlantic water and the rapid melting of glaciers, releasing sediments and freshwater, make Svalbard a unique place to study the effects of climate change

rising and the Wadden Sea ecosystems are changing rapidly (Figure 1). At the Wadden Sea station of Sylt we have one of the most detailed and species rich marine time series in the world. The so-called Sylt [...] years, much of the work on the LTER has focused on key species and their role in habitat stability and species function. The demise of and introduction of species especially in the context of resilience [...] and taxonomical biodiversity of the North Sea, as well as the computation of flows of energy and nutrients through the system also via models. We aim to integrate the different data sets using modelling

and cold spells and the overall abundance of Gadus morhua in the Kongsfjorden system? the 2017 cohort • However, we found a significant effect of heat waves on the average growth of Gadus morhua in extreme [...] underwater sensor carrier system profiling between the ground (12m) and the surface. The A year-round operated shallow water observatory in front of the Old Pier in Ny Ålesund inaugurated in 2012. A FerryBox [...] maintenance of the Kongsfjorden Underwater Observatory Installation of setups and experiments What is measured? Daily routine measurements (incl. vertical profiles) • Continuous measurements of the main hy

concept for the use of the caught mitten crabs. One goal is to develop a long-term financing concept for the expansion and permanent operation of the traps. Another topic will be the development of the necessary [...] feed on other crustaceans as well. In addition to the growth rate of the animals, we also focus on the digestibility of the feed. The prototype of the trap has been in Belgium since 2019 (Photo: Alfre [...] Successful control of invasive mitten crabs with an innovative trap concept The mitten crab is on the IUCN's list of the world's 100 most dangerous invasive species. In Germany, the crab is found in large

Sargassum. The following presentation and interpretation of the results matches the order of the questionnaire. The small number of participants does not allow for representative insights about the local community [...] good, the other half of the group assessed the quality as bad or rather bad. Yet, the vast majority agreed that the quality of the coastal environment is not improving over time, indicating that the participants [...] worried about the future development of the coastal environment. Most of the participants indicated that they use the coastal environment for recreational activities and described the coast and the sea as

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