Long-term observations in the Arctic and Southern Ocean

Polarstern in der Arktis / Polarstern in the Arctic

Arctic Ocean

The Arctic is an environment where global climate change is strongly manifested. The Arctic Amplification, represented by the atmospheric warming trend in the Arctic being about three times that of the global average, is also manifested in sea-ice and…
Sea ice observation from the bridge

Southern Ocean

The oceans are key elements of the global climate system, not at last due to their ability to extract and store heat and CO2 from the atmosphere.  Polar oceans are of particular