Gerrit Lohmann, ERC Synergy Grant i2B, November 2024 - October 2030.
The research division Geo Science is also involved in this project. Into the Blue: Resolving Past Arctic Greenhouse Climates. What are the global impacts of an ice- free Arctic? Taking a look into time periods warmer-than-present (i.e. Pleistocene interglacials, the Pliocene, and the Miocene, possible long-term future) when the Arctic lost its white landscape and had a blue, ice-free ocean.

Felix Pithan, ERC Starting Grant A3M-transform, October 2023 - September 2028.
A3M-transfor is understanding Arctic amplification through air-mass transformations and aims to understand stronger Arctic than lower-latitude climate change by following relatively warm and moist air masses that are advected into the Arctic, where they cool and dry. We use air-mass following balloons to observe these air-mass transformations, high-resolution models to understand the impact of individual processes on water and energy budgets and analysis of climate models to better understand the global change signal.


 

Alexander Haumann, since 2023.
SOS-iClimate (Southern Ocean Salinity-Isotopic Fingerprints and Impacts on Global Climate) seeks an answer to the question how melting Antarctic ice masses alter the ocean salinity and circulation and if these changes will amplify or dampen global warming in the future. Ocean tracers serve as a fingerprint of the impact of rapidly melting ice masses on the ocean’s salinity and will be used to constrain a climate model.

Stefanie Arndt, since 2023.
SNOWflAke (Learning from local snow properties for large-scale Antarctic ice pack volume) aims to study the response of snow cover on Antarctic sea ice to changing atmospheric conditions and its impact on sea ice mass balance. Through observations and model development, this research will enhance our understanding of the processes affecting Antarctic sea ice in the Southern Ocean's climate system.

Renate Treffeisen and Klaus Grosfeld, 2023.
klimafit - wissen.wollen.wandeln
National Award - Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German UNESCO Commission. The klimafit core team includes:
at AWI: Dr. Renate Treffeisen, Dr. Klaus Grosfeld, at the WWF Germany: Bettina Münch-Epple, Nadja Kulikowa, at the University of Hamburg: Prof. Dr. Beate Ratter und Dr. Martin Döring. 

Luisa von Albedyll is awarded with the BRIESE-Prize for Marine Research 2022 for her doctoral thesis in 2023. The jury recognizes her outstanding research, which contributes significantly to the understanding of dynamic processes that influence the thickness of polar sea ice.

Luisa von Albedyll is awarded with the Wladimir Köppen Prize 2022 for her excellent doctoral thesis in 2024.

Transferprize
Dr. Monica Ionita-Scholz, 2022. Video of the Prize winner
Dr. Klaus Grosfeld and Dr. Renate Treffeisen, 2020. Video from #klimafit

Science Communication Award
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Arndt, 2023. Video of the Prize winner

Silent Hero Preis
Stephanie Carstensen, 2023.  Video of the Prize winner

Doctoral Award
Dr. Luisa von Albedyll, 2022. Video of the Prize winner