• Inorganics in organics

    in the polar ocean View from Rpthera Point, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Photo: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In vast areas of the ocean, particularly in the Southern Ocean, marine primary [...] of marine ligands, their chemical structures and turnover pathways are essentially unknown. Ocean acidification, increased glacial melting and changes in aerosol deposition are likely to impact concentration [...] micronutrients in seawater and will focus on biological production and degradation of ligands in polar oceans, their molecular composition, chemical properties and responses to changing environmental conditions

  • Hans-Otto Pörtner

    IPCC Climate Change Ocean acidification Anthropogenic climate change is altering the living conditions in the ocean more dramatically than in the past 50 to 300 million years. The oceans are becoming warmer [...] which chemically react with constituents of seawater, making the oceans more acidic. But that’s not all: for various reasons, warming oceans store less oxygen. In other words, they gradually lose their lifeblood [...] in the seas simultaneously reduces the number of safe havens remaining to them. Increasing ocean acidification puts organisms under additional pressure. Further, these three climate impacts are mutually

  • ECOTRACE

    of Southern Ocean phytoplankton to global change, in particular to ocean acidification. The availability of trace metals and light are considered key factors in controlling Southern Ocean phytoplankton [...] Polarstern expedition ANT XXVII-2. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Southern Ocean phytoplankton are major drivers of global carbon cycling accounting for 20% of the global annual primary [...] information is available on how these environmental factors (trace metals, CO2, light) affect Southern Ocean phytoplankton. In particular research on interactive effects of these factors is still missing. The

  • Projects / Cooperations

    sea-ice and ocean dynamics in the Laptev Sea and to investigate the ecological consequences of environmental changes in key regions of the transpolar drift, and to study effects of ocean acidification on marine [...] communities as well as to develop next-generation sensors for in situ measurements and to conduct acidification experiments at the deep seafloor. In the frame of the „European Strategy Forum on Research In

  • Beyond iron: vitamins, zinc and cobalt

    in a changing Southern Ocean In large areas of the worlds oceans iron (Fe) limits primary production thus affecting the global carbon cycle. One such area is the Southern Ocean (SO). In addition to Fe [...] primary production with iron in the Southern Ocean. We will also address the question how Zn/Co/B12 co-limitation with iron is modulated by ocean acidification. To confirm Zn/Co/B12-limitation or co-limitation [...] trace metals and explore how these relationship may change with increasing CO2 and resulting ocean acidification. This multifaceted approach between laboratory experiments and field studies will shed light

  • Physiology of early life stages

    different habitats (e.g.: in the water column and on the bottom). Ocean warming, ocean acidification and decreasing oxygen in the world's oceans in the wake of rapid climate change pose a challenge to all life

  • Judith Hauck

    CO 2 . A smaller ocean carbon sink can also be the outcome when climate changes affect major ocean currents, or when, due to changes in the marine environment (warming, acidification, nutrient and light [...] warming ocean simply can’t absorb as much as a cold one. In addition, the constant absorption of carbon dioxide affects the chemical balance of seawater. This phenomenon, referred to as ocean acidification [...] environmental scientist Dr. Judith, jpg | 14 MB Media Dialogue & Lectures Lectures | 06.11.2019 #Oceans4future? The ocean in the Global Carbon Budget Helmholtz Horizons Policy advice since 2018 Global Carbon Budget

  • BMBF Projects

    atmosphere - sea-ice - ocean system; to study the history of the transpolar system. Contact: T. Soltwedel, J. Hölemann, R. Stein BIOACID III (Biological Impacts of Ocean ACIDification) Project funded by the [...] GEOMAR, Germany The overarching questions of BIOACID -Project are: What are the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and their habitats? What are the underlying mechanisms of responses and [...] GEOMAR, Germany Objectives of the TRANSDRIFT -Project are: to assess the influence of sea-ice and ocean dynamics in the Laptev Sea on the transpolar drift; to investigate changes in the arctic halocline

  • Across the Weddell Sea

    vulnerable to ocean acidification. The increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to an increased absorption of CO2 in the cold waters of the polar oceans and enhances the acidification there

  • One-two punch against corals: how stress factors interact

    Ocean acidification
    A new study in the prestigious journal Science Advances shows that stress from rising water temperatures reduces ability of corals to adapt to ocean acidification.