TRANSDRIFT (The Laptev Sea System)
Project funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: 01.03.2013 – 29.02.2017
Coordinator: Heidemarie Kassens, GEOMAR, Germany
Objectives of the TRANSDRIFT-Project are:
- to assess the influence of sea-ice and ocean dynamics in the Laptev Sea on the transpolar drift;
- to investigate changes in the arctic halocline, water mass formation, and transport mechanisms in the transpolar system;
- to study ecological consequences of changes in key regions of the transpolar drift;
- to investigate regional variations in the atmosphere - sea-ice - ocean system;
- to study the history of the transpolar system.
Contact: T. Soltwedel, J. Hölemann, R. Stein
BIOACID III (Biological Impacts of Ocean ACIDification)
Project funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: 01.10.2015 - 31.12.2017
Coordinator: Ulf Riebesell, GEOMAR, Germany
The overarching questions of BIOACID-Project are:
- What are the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and their habitats?
- What are the underlying mechanisms of responses and adaptations on the level of populations and communities?
- How are they modulated by other environmental stressors, and what are the consequences for marine ecosystems and ocean biogeochemical cycles?
Contact: A. Boetius, F. Wenzhöfer
