Press release

Press release

Press release

Press release

Press release

better understand the risks and opportunities resulting from geo-engineering, (ii) ocean acidification and (iii) atmosphere-ocean-ice interaction, as both AWI and IFM-GEOMAR have expertise in this field. The [...] Mauritzen (Oslo, Norway) oceans role in climate, Arctic ocean and its global connections, meridional overturning circulation Dr. Steve Rintoul (Hobart, Australia) Southern Ocean processes, incl. CO2 Ice [...] e.g.: (i) the atmosphere-ocean-ice interaction; (ii) "biodiversity", in the meaning of unexplored marine ecosystems, food webs and environments, such as the deep polar oceans; (iii) research into the risks

implementation of sustained observations in both the Arctic and Southern oceans and the development of a truly novel finite-element ocean model. AWI is in the unique position to make the long-term commitments [...] has generated novel insights into the role of the biological pump in climate control. AWI ocean acidification research is world class, as also reflected by top-ranking publications, and innovative experimental [...] permafrost and carbon turnover in the coastal, shelf and deep sea environment WP 6: Ocean warming and acidification: organisms and their changing role in marine ecosystems Topic 2: Coastal change WP 1:

atmosphere and ocean circulation that may affect the uptake of CO2 by the Southern Ocean. The ocean- shelf-ice interactions in a warming world, the release of freshwater and its impact on ocean circulation [...] carbon budgets. Climate change affecting marine ecosystems includes current trends of ocean warming and of ocean acidification due to CO2 accumulation rates 100 times higher than in glacial to interglacial periods [...] While the Southern Ocean plays an important role in the global climate system, it is vice versa likely affected by anthropogenic impacts such as global warming and ocean acidification. Complex physical