rooms and the canteen, they offer an impressive view of the harbour, the Weser estuary, and the North Sea. Integrating ecological aspects in construction The institute was designed by Otto Steidle, one [...] latter, designed with a wraparound balcony, offers an expansive view of the Weser estuary and the North Sea. Drawing on classical architecture Arguably more than any other architect, Ungers faithfully implemented [...] Alfred Wegener Institute tests and develops new equipment for use in the polar regions and the deep sea. The new building is located along the marina; its elongated façade with clean-cut edges and dark brown

Knowledge transfer With the disappearance of the European oyster from the North Sea, general knowledge about this once important for society species has also been lost: Oyster fishery was still considered

and environmental variability inferred from terrigenous sediment records in China and the North Pacific/Bering Sea. Universität Potsdam and Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meere

are heard again in the recordings. Spectrogram of 20060419-0809_PALAOA (Photo: OZA AWI) Rubbing sea ice Sea ice (Photo: AWI) The underwater soundscape of the Southern Ocean is dominated by the sounds of [...] from recordings made at the edge of the ice shelf near 71°S 008°W by PALAOA, AWI’s listening station north of the German Antarctic Neumayer station and some other offshore recording locations, where autonomous [...] whale is the smallest baleen whale occurring in the Southern Ocean. It is regularly sighted near the sea ice edge but also occurs within the pack ice. The Antarctic minke whale produces a very unique sound

station ‘Samoylov Island’ is located in the Lena Delta in north-east Siberia (Russian Arctic). The delta stretches over 150 kilometers into the Laptev Sea and is one of Russia's largest nature reserves. This

can be carried out in this project Useless bycatch or a valuable raw material? Starfish from the North Sea (Photo: Picasa) Lead: Enno Fricke Contact: Mail to Enno (0)471 4831 2731 Duration: 1.10.24 bis 30

carried out as part of the MOSAiC expedition at 88° northern latitude and revealed that even this far north, microalgae can build up biomass through photosynthesis as early as the end of March. At this time [...] found in the Central Arctic Ocean Single individuals of Atlantic cod and squid occur much further north than previously expected. Scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with research [...] Central Arctic Ocean. They have now published three overview articles on the MOSAiC atmosphere, snow and sea ice, and ocean programs in the journal Elementa, highlighting the importance of examining all components

Kipfstuhl S., Freitag J., Sasgen I., Lohmann G. , Vinther B., T. Laepple : Modern temperatures in central-north Greenland warmest in past millennium (Nature, 2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05517-z Klages, J. P [...] Méheust, M., Ren, J., Chapligin, B., Meyer, H., Stein, R., Tiedemann, R. and Lohmann, G. (2018): North Pacific freshwater events linked to changes in glacial ocean circulation , Nature, 559, pp. 241-245 [...] Chen, J., Gong, X. , Jonkers, L., Knorr, G. and Thornalley, D. (2015): Icebergs not the trigger for North Atlantic cold events , Nature, 520, pp. 333-336, doi: 10.1038/nature14330 . Zhang, X. , Lohmann, G

oceans. Even in the most remote parts of the ocean, like the polar regions or the bottom of the deep sea, we can find large amounts of plastic debris that have accumulated over the past few decades. Tiny [...] traps: marine debris (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The debris is everywhere The debris found in our seas is a diverse mix composed of various materials, but the scientific findings paint a clear picture: [...] majority originates from shipping and fishing. However, litter is not just dumped directly into the sea; large amounts are carried there by rivers. This plastic debris is mostly packaging. Initially, packaging

Leverhulme Grant Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) (2021-2024) The main goal of the Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) project [...] reduced sea ice coverage, Arctic-derived moisture serves as a new, increasingly important northern hemispheric water source. Contributions of the different Arctic hydrological compartments (i.e. sea water [...] water, sea ice, snow, water vapor) surrounding RV Polarstern will be targeted to decipher major exchange processes between atmosphere, ocean, and sea ice. Contact: Moein Mellat, Hanno Meyer , Martin Werner