climatic and oceanographic changes in the southern Indian Ocean Located in a key region in the southern Indian Ocean the complex topography of the Kerguelen Plateau, one of [...] 2020, comprised seismic reflection studies and geological sampling of the Kerguelen Plateau in the southern part of the Indian Ocean. The Kerguelen Plateau rises up 2000 m above the surrounding seafloor [...] and the Scotia Sea, the gateway between South America and Antarctica, enabled the exchange of water masses between the southern Pacific and

of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INMRAS). The AWI share is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education [...] are investigated. The exceedance of critical temperature thresholds in the Southern Ocean can lead to an irreversible collapse of the West-Antarctic Ice [...] by World Meteorological Organization’s World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) as a key component of the Polar Prediction Project (PPP). YOPP

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,

Kongsfjorden (79° N), Svalbard, the worlds northernmost cabled Underwater Observatory close to Ny Ålesund had its first major revision. Since the installation of the [...] . Only about four weeks later, mid of March 2017 the second dive-mission was scheduled. Meanwhile the daylight was back on 79°N but, unfortunately [...] expedition in the frame of our time-travel into the future ocean with conditions predicted by the recent IPCC report for the oceans at the end of the

indicate that, in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere alike, the borders of the ocean gyres and their boundary currents are moving closer to the poles, [...] 6,000 years ago a tipping point was reached relatively suddenly. This was the key finding of a study by group of researchers led by geologists from the Alfred [...] ). (Graphic: Johannes Sutter) [05 February 2016] A future warming of the Southern Ocean caused by rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere may severely disrupt the stability of the West

offshore conditions. Conducting a diver supported long-term study on the effects of artificial constructions for coastal protection measures (tetrapods) on the biota under real conditions. The area is about [...] managed by its registered user (= sensor owner) from everywhere of the world to control and manage even complex sensor units fully remotely. As basic hydrographical parameters from the area, the AWI [...] ReMoBiB - Real time Monitoring of Bivalve Behavior. Download a short presentation of the project. 2016 - ongoing ( MARUM /Intercoast & AWI) CONCRETE - The ecology of

of natural variations in the ocean, over the continents, and in the cryosphere. The best way to ascertain the extent of past changes is through the inspection of historical time series of direct measurements or documentation of such environmental observations. Unfortunately, the [...] sea surface temperature patterns that shape a substantial portion of nature variability like the El Nino Southern Oscillation. One objective of such studies is to understand the teleconnections (i.e.

conduct of their employer, their superiors, other employees or third parties on the basis of race, ethnic origin, gender, religion or world view [...] : agg.beschwerdestelle @ awi.de More information. Animal Welfare The office of the Animal Welfare Officer is part of the enforcement of the legal regulations on animal welfare at institutions where [...] the interests of severely disabled and equivalent employees on the basis of Section 178 of the German Social Security Code (SGB IX) and

water (usually in the form of ice) or silicon dioxide (e.g. in the opal skeleton of diatoms). The special thing about this is that the geochemical fingerprint [...] Isotope Facility at the AWI Potsdam, where some of the world's most important temperature reconstructions of climate history have been carried out: for [...] Stable Isotope Facility at the AWI Potsdam is one of only eight scientific centres of its kind in the world. A scanning electon microscopy image of purified diatom

all of us. Human activities are altering the composition of the atmosphere, and understanding how this connects to the changes we observe – and where it might lead – is one of the most pressing questions of our time. Earth's climate has shifted before, under conditions not unlike those emerging today. If we [...] temperature at a moment in the past. Another example is the isotopic composition of boron, which reflects the pH of ancient seawater – a measure of ocean acidity