Spitsbergen). (Photo: Max Schwanitz) The northernmost permanent arctic research station of the AWI (AWIPEV Station - till 2005 Koldewey-Station) is located in the small village Ny Ålesund (West Spitsbergen [...] and rocky habitats with a wide variety of endemic underwater Arctic flora and fauna. The AWIPEV dive base is operated for about 6 month per year upon request by scientific projects which need diver [...] ) The research vessel Polarstern operates in the southern and arctic ocean. As an icebreaker RV Polarstern enables to enter ice covered polar areas and to conduct diving supported underwater research

Polarstern The Research Vessel Polarstern has been underway in the Arctic and Antarctic for 40 years, giving experts from around the globe the opportunity to safely and effectively conduct research in two [...] preserving the ecological equilibrium of the polar regions and oceans for future generations. The requirements profile reflects the lessons learned over the Polarstern’s nearly 40 years of service. The

patterns, including those in Europe? What observations in the Arctic and Antarctic are most urgently needed to improve our understanding, models, and predictions of the atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean [...] day! Consider a summer day somewhere in Europe with an Atlantic ocean breeze, and compare it to a day influenced by winds blowing from the continent. The latter will tend to be more strongly affected [...] change, simply because the continents warm more strongly than the oceans. Can we be more specific? Yes! By using a climate model in a special way, where the winds are forced to follow the observed winds,

targets four events: heat waves, hydrological extreme events , ocean eddies and the thawing of permafrost . Hydrological extreme events Recent global projections predict a 10-20 % increase in the [...] and a large portion of the Siberian and North American shelves. Arctic warming occurs at a much higher rate (by up to 8 to 10 times) compared to the rest of the world. Warming permafrost thaws and degrades

as temporary dive bases at the polar research station AWIPEV (Arctic - Spitsbergen), Dallman (Antarctic) and Neumayer III (Antarctic). With currently 12 certified "Dive Mission Leaders", the AWI CSD [...] in Europe and conducts professional underwater research in all oceans of the world. The main goals of the AWI Center for Scientific Diving are: To conduct, promote and support diver related underwater

fitness and interactions with other organisms. In the open ocean, pelagic animals like zooplankton perform vertical migrations that actively shape the realized environmental cycles that they [...] Calanus finmarchicus during the summer solstice in the high Arctic L Hüppe, L Payton, K Last, D Wilcockson, E Ershova, B Meyer Biology Letters 16: 20200257 (2020) doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0257 [...] Rhythmic Transcriptome in Calanus finmarchicus during the High Arctic Summer Solstice Period L Payton, L Hüppe, C Noirot, C Hoede, KS Last, D Wilcockson, E Ershova, S Valière, B Meyer iScience 24: 101927

Sea. The overall objective is to develop a smart and flexible ocean observation strategy tailored to the specific observation needs of individual stakeholder groups. Observation and prediction methods [...] diversity of the entire plankton community of the Fram Strait (Arctic) is assessed. This data is then applied to forecast future scenarios of Arctic planktonic biodiversity. Recommendations to policy

returned to their home countries, while the others moved on to the Arctic, the Antarctic, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands or Ireland, and some stayed in Germany at the AWI or other marine research [...] Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO), and State Secretary Mario Brandenburg of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Three former participants of the [...] future - as researchers and as people who are committed to our oceans in times of climate change. Pedro Montoro (alumni) I am Pedro Montoro, originally from Cuba and attended the NF-POGO Centre of

change? How is climate change affecting fishing in the Southern Ocean? To FAQ element How can fish survive in the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean? Due to its high salinity, the Southern Ocean’s [...] native to the Southern Ocean, only the Antarctic fur seal and southern elephant seal breed on land; the crabeater seal, Ross seal, leopard seal and Weddell seal [...] of meltwater, containing a wealth of fine sediments, into the ocean. Although this fertilises the ocean with iron, which is important for algal growth and chronically in short supply in the region,

Szesciorka, A (2026, Februar 23). From Concept to Collaboration: The Arctic Acoustic Observing Network. Arctic Observing Summit (AOS), Aarhus, Denmark. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18748965 Hanf-Dressler, [...] IC, Van Parijs SM, Jones J (2016). Pinniped Sounds in the Polar Oceans. In: Listening in the Ocean, edited by W. W. L. Au and M. O. Lammers, pp. 257-308, Springer New York, New York, NY. DOI: https:// [...] -9ffcd427-100.html , broadcasted in DLF and Bremen 2 June 2022: Ocean Future LAB - co-creative workshop on resilient future scenarios for our oceans April-November 2022: Wissenschaftliche Begleitung