Research

emulators and foundation models for: Sea ice, ocean, and climate systems. High-resolution downscaling for local climate insights. AI-based diagnostics for tracking ocean eddies and other key processes. AI-powered [...] Climate Change Investigating fundamental climate processes, including: Large-scale atmospheric and ocean circulation. Climate variability and long-term climate trends. The role of polar regions in shaping [...] simulations, and theory. Model Development FESOMx – The next-generation Finite volumE Element Sea Ice-Ocean Model, designed for: High performance (GPU-ready, Python-based, mixed-precision). Modular and scalable

RV Heincke expedition ends successfully

funded by JPI Oceans and will create new knowledge and improve our mechanistic understanding of the sources, transport, occurrence, and fate of small microplastics from European waters to the Arctic. The consortium

RACE

Changes in the circulation freshwater between Arctic Ocean and subpolar North Atlantic In RACE we study the variability of the freshwater storage in the Arctic Ocean and the subpolar North Atlantic. We use [...] observations and model simulations of the ocean and the sea ice to understand the underlying processes. Here you find the project website . Contact: Dr. Benjamin Rabe (Phys. Oceanography) Prof. Dr. Rüdiger

QUARCCS

key Arctic atmospheric and sea ice variables based on satellite and in-situ data sets (WP1) • Regional feedback mechanisms responsible for Arctic climate change (WP2) • Interaction between Arctic climate [...] routes (WP4) • Impact of Arctic sea ice and cyclones on biodiversity and productivity of the Arctic marine biota (WP5) WP1 will quantify the strength of climatic changes in the Arctic based on unique Russian [...] in-situ and satellite data for sea ice and ocean variables and atmospheric key parameters. WP2 will improve the regional feedbacks between the Arctic atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and snow in a regional coupled

Publications, Contributions & Outreach Activities - AWI OZA

The Perennial Acoustic Observatory in the Antarctic Ocean—Real-Time Eavesdropping on the Antarctic Underwater Soundscape. In: Listening in the Ocean, edited by W. W. L. Au and M. O. Lammers, pp. 207-219 [...] JL, Van Opzeeland 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 [...] 427-100.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 bei Vorbereitung

Publications

Danilov, N. Koldunov, C.Liu, V. Mueller, D. Sidorenko and T. Jung, 2024: Eddy activity in the Arctic Ocean projected to surge in a warming world . Nature Climate Change , 14 , 156–162, doi.org/10.1038 [...] 387 , 68–73, doi.org/10.1126/science.adq7280 . Wang, Q., S. Danilov, and T. Jung, 2024: Arctic freshwater anomaly transiting to the North Atlantic delayed within a buffer zone. Nature Geosci [...] Beech, N., T. Rackow, T. Semmler, S. Danilov, Q. Wang and T. Jung, 2022: Long-term evolution of ocean eddy activity in a warming world. Nature Climate Change , 9 , 910–917, doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01478-3

Publications

youtube.com/channel/UCxseMj2r9jMDq-LjKzUOIVg/featured Arctic Ocean MSM93 expedition contribution to newsletter of German Science Foundation Transregio Arctic Amplification: www.ac3-tr.de/download/ne [...] kugel-klimaforschung-mit-markus-rex/tausendstel-millimeter-gross-aber-echte-giganten/85718382 Arctic Ocean MSM93 expedition highlighted in the German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” 6 Nov 2020: https :// [...] Symposium 2022 in Bonn within the German radio programme Deutschlandfunk about her presentation on "Novel ocean color information from Sentinel-5P’s high spectral resolution" in the broadcast "Forschung aktuell"

Projects

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 and indicator [...] labs located along the German Baltic Sea. The overall objective is to develop a smart and flexible ocean observation strategy tailored to the specific observation needs of individual stakeholder groups.

Projects

Thorium in the Arctic Ocean The Transarc expeditions together with earlier Polarstern campaigns have yielded a unique time series of the chemical and physical properties of the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO). Only [...] anthropogenic carbon is taken up by the ocean, and glacial ocean carbon storage in the deep Southern Ocean is well established ( Brovkin et al., 2012 ). Changes in Southern Ocean carbon uptake and its export to [...] of mud EXC 2077: The Ocean Floor – Earth’s Uncharted Interface The ocean floor, which makes up 71% of the Earth’s solid surface, lies an average of 3,700 meters beneath the ocean surface. The difficulties

Projects

degradation and impacts of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in the oceans through case studies in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the Mediterranean. It is developing new methods for assessing the impact [...] tipping points and impacts on the functioning of local ecosystems and services. Disko Bay and the Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Bay, Greenland (Photo: Uwe John) Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education [...] functional adaptations of LOV-domain blue light photoreceptors in Antarctic versus temperate and Arctic diatoms. The project is carried out in cooperation with the AG Kroth, University of Konstanz . Antarctic