• Why are there no signs of Inland Antarctica warming up?

    surface has risen noticeably over the past decades. This warming is to a large extent due to the anthropogenic emissions of CO2 that amplify the natural greenhouse effect. Observations show, however, that

  • Global Carbon Budget released

    year’s Global Carbon Budget was released. For the purpose of the budget, researchers estimate the anthropogenic carbon budget for the planet as a whole; this includes the sources (emissions), the carbon sinks

  • Ocean sink for man-made CO2 measured

    atmosphere. Without this sink, the concentration of CO 2 in our atmosphere and the extent of anthropogenic climate change would be considerably higher.

  • Cruise_reportPS102.pdf

    likely associated with a mixture of Saharan dust and anthropogenic aerosol that are typical for offshore regions of North Africa for this season. Anthropogenic aerosol is likely associated with burning of biomass [...] operated at Polarstern to obtain measurements and to contrast atmospheric processes between the anthropogenic polluted northern hemisphere and the more undisturbed southern hemisphere. For the PS102 cruise [...] characterized separately from the marine boundary layer. Typical known free-tropospheric aerosols are anthropogenic emissions from North America, dust from the Saharan region or smoke from biomass burning in Central

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  • 6_7_cruise_report_PS95.pdf

    characterized separately from the marine boundary layer. Typical known free-tropospheric aerosols are anthropogenic emissions from North America, dust from the Saharan region or smoke from biomass burning in Central

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  • SoNoAT_2019_CourseContent.pdf

    activities. Part of the observed global warming during the past 100 years is attributed to these anthropogenic impacts. This course provides the evidence of climate variations on all time-scales, and presents [...] the distribution of pH along the A16 line in the Atlantic (Figure 2) and recent work examining anthropogenic induced changes in pH in the Atlantic (Woosley et al., 2016). Figure 6: Calculated distribution [...] a focus on ecology and physiology of fish, benthic invertebrates and zooplankton, as well as anthropogenic impacts on marine environments (environmental impact assessments) and habitat mapping. At the

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  • Identifying age measurements distorted by fossil fuel emissions

    and sample materials. The reduction of the carbon isotope 14C in the atmosphere accelerated by anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions and the associated distortion of the radiocarbon age of materials can

  • Climate targets for 2030: Avenues to a sustainable reduction in CO2 emissions

    Climate Change
    In the Paris Agreement of 2015, Germany and the global community agreed to limit anthropogenic global warming to less than 2°C. But that goal can only be reached if both national and international

  • Ocean_and_Climate_Change_12Oct2020.pdf

    mean for people Outline • Absorbs and transports heat • 90% excess heat • Absorbs CO2 • ~ 31% anthropogenic CO2 (Gruber et al. 2019, Science) 30% more acidic since industrial revolution How the ocean regulates [...] range) in 2100 IPCC Special Report Ocean and Cryosphere • Sea level is rising and it is due to anthropogenic forcing • Half of coastal wetlands have been lost over the last 100 years (combined effects of

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  • The Marine Soundscape and Anthropogenic Noise

    Ocean Acoustics
    Due to construction work in the sea, shipping, and gas and oil extraction, the oceans are becoming increasingly louder. A comprehensive international study has now shown that this n