And the eyes of muskoxen work like a combination of snow goggles and night vision gear. Yet the future of all these survivors is uncertain; over the past few decades, the living conditions in the Arctic [...] comes to surviving in the Arctic, it’s a whole new ball game. Arctic sea ice at sunrise (Photo: Stefan Hendricks) The Arctic Ocean Unlike at the southern tip of the planet, in the High North there is no [...] which form on the ice in the summer and freeze over in the autumn. In many regions of the Arctic, the melting sea ice will likely result in higher productivity among the ice algae in the short term. Yet

According to § 40 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act, the release of alien species in the wild requires the approval of the responsible authority. In the so-called mussel judgment of the Schleswig-Holstein [...] and after the release of a species. • Guidelines for the translocation of species within the framework of conservation measures, published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN/SSC [...] in the past, or may influence the success of reintroduction in the future. Accordingly, field trials were carried out in the sublittoral of the German Bight to in vestigate the growth and health of European

to the archive holdings. In addition, you receive information about the origin of the archival records, about the work of the submitting agency and about its history. However, this procedure of the archive [...] Polarforschung - AdP) About the Archive The AdP was founded in 2011 on the basis of the Bremen Archive Act and has since worked as the memory of the AWI and German polar and marine research. The archive appraises [...] use the archive? The use of the AdP is free of charge. However, charges are levied for the production of copies of any kind, which are laid down in a scale of fees (available only in German). The archive

economy or on the latest questions in polar and marine research, the students of MZE can develop their talents and earn expertise. This will make it easier for them to go their own way in world marked by change [...] Center Elbinseln at the Wilhelmsburg district school High school students of the ‘Stadtteilschule Wilhelmsburg’ during a holiday programme. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) What is the Maritime Center Elbinseln [...] Wilhelmsburg The district Wilhelmsburg is shaped by its island position, the Elbe and the neighbouring harbour, with all its economic and ecological influences. Pupils rediscover much of their direct

in the rest of the world in a climate model simulation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Correlation of centennial temperature variations in Brussels with temperature variations in the rest of the world [...] environmental conditions in the polar regions. Since the time span covered by direct observations is short, the analysis of long-term changes requires, on the one hand, the use of indirect proxy data extracted [...] as well as the analysis of global interactions, is a central research interest of the group. In this way, a better understanding of the polar continental areas and their interactions with the global Earth

Officer The office of the Animal Welfare Officer is part of the enforcement of the legal regulations on animal welfare at institutions where research is carried out on or with vertebrate animals. The Animal [...] Contact persons at AWI This page about the contact persons at the AWI is currently under construction and will be completed. Contact persons for the AGG Under the provisions of the General Equal Treatment Act [...] employees on the basis of Section 178 of the German Social Security Code (SGB IX) and provides them with advice and support. It is an elected, voluntary body. The SBV ensures that the employer fulfils the duties

include a digital twin of every atom in the ocean and atmosphere in the model – and the processing power of all the world’s supercomputers combined wouldn’t remotely be up to the task. Accordingly, models [...] in a matter of hours or days. In contrast, climate refers to the long-term state of the atmosphere and ocean over decades, centuries or millennia. To gauge the climate, the statistics of the meteorological [...] Celsius, according to the IPCC the risk of exceeding certain tipping points in the climate system will be lower. This assessment was also the basis for the 1.5-degree target included in the Paris Agreement,

things off the ground, for example the strengthening of the rights of indigenous communities and the close interlocking of biodiversity conservation and climate protection. The preservation of biodiversity [...] times faster than the rest of the world: the soils are beginning to thaw and release the stored carbon as greenhouse gases such as CO 2 and CH 4 . "The available data models agree that the permafrost region [...] strongly do the current and ongoing climate changes affect the snow and ice regions of our planet? The latest State of the Cryosphere Report 2024, published on 12 November, provides insights and warns of vastly

learning more about the ecosystem of the deep and how it reacts to human activities at the surface is indispensable. Antarctic sponge ground (Photo: Luisa Federwisch) The landscapes of the deep sea The deep sea [...] in 150 years of deep-sea research we have only managed to take a closer look at a small fraction of this ecosystem; in fact, we know more about the dark side of the moon than we do about the ocean depths [...] considers all waters beyond the reach of light from the surface to be part of the deep sea. This lightless deep sea encompasses ca. 88 percent of the global oceans and begins at a depth of 200 metres. Consequently

place in the Arctic and Antarctic. Depending on the season, the ice covers greater or lesser parts of the ocean. In the Northern Hemisphere, the ocean gradually freezes over in the course of the long Polar [...] near the end of winter. At this point, the Arctic Ocean is completely covered in ice from between the coasts of Canada, Alaska and Siberia to the eastern coast of Greenland. When the sun returns, the ice [...] the formation and melting of sea ice affect the atmosphere and the ocean, and with them, the climate, in a variety of ways. The ice reflects the majority of incoming sunlight back into space. In contrast