Traces of immense prehistoric ice sheets: the climate history of the Arctic Ocean needs to be rewritten

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    Research Vessel Polarstern setting out for the Arctic - Focusing on changes in the ice cover, ocean currents and effects on the marine biota

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    The great makeover begins: AWI is building new long-term observatory for Arctic Ocean observations

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    Higher Water Temperatures and Reduced Ice Cover In the Arctic Ocean

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    The sea-ice is getting thinner – A closer look at the climate and ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean

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    JAGO and Polarstern, an unbeatable team on a coldwater coral expedition in Arctic ocean

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    Fire under the ice - International expedition discovers gigantic volcanic eruption in the Arctic Ocean

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    Continued warming of the Arctic Ocean - Northernmost position of the new research vessel Maria S Merian

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    Ocean: FRAM

    look beyond the moorings and the Hausgarten into the Norwegian Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The Fram Strait connects the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic. Unlike the shallow water conjunction to the Pacific [...] Arctic long-term observatory FRAM 5,000 metres seawater plus ice separate the seafloor from boisterous life in the upper water layers of the Arctic Ocean. Additionally there is a strong change between [...] deep and thus the main region for exchange of water between the Arctic and the global oceans. Due to its importance for the global ocean circulation the Fram Strait has long since been a focus area of

    Ice Ocean Dynamics

    the Eurasian shelf seas. Ocean waters with salinities below the average salinity of the Arctic Ocean also contribute positively to the fresh water balance of the Arctic Ocean. Such waters flow in from [...] er-Institut) Figure 1: Surface circulation of the Arctic Ocean (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Figure 2: Mid-depth circulation in the Arctic Ocean, which is fed from the Atlantic. 129 Iodine releases [...] blue line shows the total Arctic (liquid + sea ice) freshwater content (integrated in the area in blue on the map) (Graphic: T. Kovacz, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Arctic Ocean receives freshwater by run-off