the Arctic Ocean and their environmental, socio-economic and governance related implications" 10:40 – 11:10 coffee break Morning session II: 11:10 – 11:40 Claire Granier "Air quality in the Arctic region" [...] region" 11:40 – 12:00 Lars-Eric Heimburger “Mercury in the Arctic Ocean” 12:00 – 12:20 Eric Bernard "Response of a small arctic hydrosystem facing climate changes - Example of Austre Lovén glacier - Spitsbergen [...] Programme Workshop “Gateway to the Arctic” 17th – 19th October, Bremerhaven 17th October: Travel and arrival at Bremerhaven AWI Building D, AWI Hörsaal, Am Alten Hafen 26 17:00 – 17:15 Karin Lochte Welcome

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in a complex Earth System Model. For example changes in oceanic gateways such as the Pacific-Atlantic connection and the Atlantic-Indian Ocean gateway via the Mediterranean are thought to represent critical [...] 1002/2016PA003055 . Stärz, M., W. Jokat, G. Knorr, and G. Lohmann, 2017: Threshold in North Atlantic-Arctic Ocean circulation controlled by the subsidence of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge , Nature Communications [...] between classic hypotheses for glaciations that involve e.g. tectonic changes and associated changes in ocean circulation or declining atmospheric CO 2 in combination with the Earth’s orbital configuration. The