fulfil a key role in the control of global environmental processes; they are also subject to anthropogenic use. Though the strains on them are especially apparent in coastal regions and shelf seas, where

and methane for centuries. As such, it may not be possible to quickly solve the problem that anthropogenic climate change has created, especially when irreversible changes take place in the permafrost

change with anthropogenic warming. The adaptation of organisms to these cycles plays an important role in the functionality of ecosystems. With the warming of the Southern Ocean, due to anthropogenic climate

the German Arctic Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Arctic Arctic policy Climate change Anthropogenic climate change is affecting the Arctic to a greater extent and more rapidly than any other region

Another focus is dealing with anthropogenic influences in the marine environment and consequences on the organisms. Two main aspects are studied: measure of anthropogenic markers (e.g. xenobiotica, toxin

both as free-living cells or attached to particles, the formation and dynamics of particles in anthropogenic coastal regions as well as industrial applications are another hot topic of our group. Algae-bacteria

vertical mixing of carbon-rich deep waters into the surface layer and the downward mixing of anthropogenic CO 2 . Yet, despite the increasing stratification over recent decades, the Southern Ocean continued

climate conference. Learn more. AWI at the COP Twin crisis: Climate change and loss of biodiversity Anthropogenic climate change and the loss of biodiversity are often seen as two separate crises. However, neither

specified activity " (ISO18405, 3.1.1.2). Ambient sound is composed of natural abiotic and biotic and anthropogenic sounds. Natural abiotic ('geophonic') sounds include sound produced by wind, waves and ice movement [...] space and how does it relate to other environmental and ecological factors? How do natural and anthropogenic sounds contribute to the overall acoustic environment of an area? Which role does the character

functioning. The region, still considered as "pristine", is under increasing climate change and anthropogenic pressure. FjordFlux will obtain spatial information on the current environmental state by combining