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,

Deep Sea The deep sea is the largest ecosystem on our planet: roughly 65 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by this underwater world. Yet [...] dark side of the moon than we do about the ocean depths. Yet the deep sea is not a habitat fully separated from the surface; it is already undergoing [...] kilometres above the seafloor and can be found in all (of) the world’s oceans. With a total length of more than 60,000 kilometres, they constitute the

German Polar Research (Archiv für deutsche Polarforschung - AdP) About the Archive The AdP was founded in 2011 on the basis of the Bremen Archive Act and has since worked as the memory of the AWI and [...] information about the origin of the archival records, about the work of the submitting agency and about its history. However, this procedure of the [...] to answer any questions you may have about the content of the holdings. Prepared for your visit in this way, you can then order the desired archival

lose almost no heat. And the eyes of muskoxen work like a combination of snow goggles and night vision gear. Yet the future of all these survivors is uncertain; [...] availability have changed with them. When it comes to surviving in the Arctic, it’s a whole new ball game. Arctic sea ice at sunrise (Photo: Stefan Hendricks) The Arctic Ocean Unlike at the southern tip [...] farther north. To FAQ element What will these new species mean for the ecology of the Arctic? The newcomers from southern waters are changing food webs in the High North: new predators, prey and competitors

drilling deep into the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. Why are they important? Because information on the past composition of the atmosphere is [...] transported to Bremerhaven. Once there, the ice is stored and tested at what is likely one of the coldest workplaces in the world. Bundled up in thick clothing, the researchers [...] hundreds of thousands of years ago. In this regard, the water’s oxygen isotopy can help. Since the ratio of different heavy isotopes of the same

at the end of the southern summer, huge numbers of dead zooplankton sink to the seafloor, where benthic organisms eat their remains. Currently about 14,000 faunal species are known for the seafloor of the Weddell Sea. Some parts of the sea are as biodiverse as tropical coral reefs [...] area west of the Prime Meridian ) would be the largest MPA in the world. The declared goal of the United Nations is to protect ten percent of the

Horst Grunenberg posed this question to Helmut Schmidt, the German Chancellor at that time, he laid the foundation for the success story of the research icebreaker [...] vessel in the world to circumnavigate the North Pole. At the same time scientists study the bottom of the Arctic Sea. Author: Christian Salewski [...] 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

Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In 2015 Prof. Lynne D. Talley , Scripps Institution of Oceanography elaborated the " Role of the Southern Ocean in the Global Overturning Circulation ". About a hundred colleagues from [...] in particular climate transitions, with a focus on the role of the oceans. He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and [...] the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) developing one of the world’s leading global weather forecast model. Before

climates today but which came about because of the different (genetic) characteristics of the northern tree refugia – a legacy of the preceding glacial stage. Once [...] with temperature variations in the rest of the world in a climate model simulation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Correlation of multidecadal temperature variations in Brussels with temperature variations in the rest of the world in a climate model simulation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Correlation of centennial temperature variations in

Clancy 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 [...] ingredients For an optimal use of the resulting crab biomass, knowledge of the contents but also the pollutants of the crabs is crucial. For this purpose, juvenile [...] 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