opening of Southern Ocean gateways, pointing towards a progressive strengthening of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current as the major cause for [...] decline of Cretaceous Supergreenhouse and through the Paleocene? Specific questions to address include: What was the thermal history of the [...] the opening of Southern Ocean gateways influence Late Cretaceous and Paleocene climate? Did early opening of the Drake Passage cause

you will have the opportunity to meet the scientific dive team in BAH Building B, to ask questions about all aspects of scientific diving and to learn [...] research but also for teaching. On open day you can learn more about what this important job entails. In a touch pool you can also get to know some of the species typical for the Helgoland rocky shore [...] communities using classical approaches will be linked to the presentation of current research themes and the state of the art technologies used to study the microbial ecology around Helgoland.

of the Canadian Beaufort Sea, we know little about the distribution of submarine permafrost for most of the shallow Arctic Shelf, over 80% of which lies offshore of Eastern Siberia. Degradation rates of the ice-bearing permafrost following inundation have been estimated [...] atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration. We need to know more about the current distribution and state of permafrost beneath the ocean, about what cause sit thaw, where and how quickly. This group

to experience a unique exhibition ranging from the history of the North Sea to the future of marine research. Among other things, the focus will be on an 80,000-litre aquarium showing Helgoland's underwater world. The project is financed with around 20 million euros from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the state of Schleswig-Holstein [...] into the world of the North Sea and its exploration. Exhibition design and planning (Photo: studio klv Berlin) Design draft for the new

Chloe Boehm Background The Southern Ocean, generally taken to be the ocean south of 60◦S, is of critical importance for global climate. Connecting three major [...] which contains 60 m of potential global sea level rise—a major threat to societies around the world. Changes in the Southern Ocean may also impact the climate [...] between the Southern Ocean, its overlying atmosphere, the AIS and Antarctic sea ice and the response of these components to external forcing,

processes and the resulting environmental changes are needed to answer those questions. The study of structure of the crust and the upper mantle of [...] What do we know about the development of North Atlantic Deepwater and its precursors? Follow this link Gateways of the Southern Ocean What was the effect of the opening of the gateways of the Southern Ocean? Lakes as climate archives Old lake-level terraces at the current shore (Photo:

Plankton: The foundation of life in the sea Biologist Prof. Dr Helmut Hillebrand, Professor at the University of Oldenburg and Director at HIFMB [...] human life. But climate change is altering the algal world in our seas: as a result of increasing water temperatures, cold-loving species are migrating towards the Poles, to the [...] predictions concerning the complex interactions in plankton communities and to learn more about the fate of these algal communities that are vital for our

) represents ~10% of the world’s oceans but hosts about 50% of the world’s stocks of seals. These large, abundant predators serve as powerful indicators of ecosystems and climate-driven change. The region of the Filchner Outflow System in the southern Weddell Sea is considered “hot spot” [...] and hydrographic features, we aim to comprehensively investigate the Filchner Outflow System (FOS). Here the outflow of ice shelf water of the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf interacts with warm deep water of

Underwater acoustics
Four different types of killer whales live in the Southern Ocean. They are known to differ in feeding ecology and appearance. However, little is known about the distribution and behaviour of these different killer whale ecotypes. To answer these questions, scientists monitor the whales’ [...] underwater sound recorders. However, so far nobody knew, which calls the different ecotypes are using.

UN Decade of Ocean Science Spotlight on the Ocean It’s a world full of riddles: though the ocean shapes the face of our ‘blue planet’, covering 70 [...] diverse experts in a network that investigates open research questions and develops solutions for the preservation and sustainable use of the ocean. Its motto: “The science we need for the ocean we [...] for the economic, social and cultural value of the ocean; the world of water is to become a source of fascination and inspiration for as many