• Stefanie Arndt

    snow isn’t just snow. There are clear differences if you compare, e.g., the Arctic and Antarctic. While the snow on the Arctic sea ice is completely melting over the course of the year, and so-called meltwater [...] effectively it insulates, and as such reduces the transfer of heat from the ocean to the atmosphere. However, the less warmth the ocean gives off, the thinner the sea ice remains. Therefore the snow not only [...] 23.09.2019 Scientists Prepare for Year-Long Expedition to Arctic Center Find out more > EOS | 06.09.2019 Light Permeates Seasonally Through Arctic Sea Ice Find out more > Dialogue & Lectures Lecture | 09

  • Hauke Flores

    Flores, marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Biodiversity Arctic Ocean Life in the Polar Sea The sea-ice regions of the Arctic and Antarctic are among the most rapidly changing habitats on Earth [...] Understand the Warming Arctic Find out more > Dialogue & Lectures Webinar | 28.05.2020 ARICE, The Ice and The Fish: An Arctic Expedition APECS, ARICE Science Lecture | 31.01.2020 Arctic Sea Ice Ecology MOSAiC [...] Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) initiative of the Arctic Council National representative

  • Karen Wiltshire

    Wiltshire, Scientists for Future Find out more > Allinfo | 27.06.2019 Climate research in the ocean: Wild ocean and warm water Find out more > Dialogue & Lectures Policy advice Waddensea Strategy for Climate [...] lstein Scientific advisor Ocean Future G7 Scientific Advisor (2015-2018) Intergovenmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Plankton Change Group member (since 2017) World Ocean Assessment Report United Nations [...] at the centre of the action. Coastal waters and its tidal interfaces are the cradle of life in the ocean: microalgae and seagrasses not only find ample nutrients to form underwater meadows and forests. In

  • Architecture

    function reliably in the most remote regions of the Earth – for example, for use in the Antarctic and Arctic deep sea at a pressure of over 500 bar. Over a long period of time without service or maintenance [...] bay, where they can be packed for expeditions before beginning their voyage to the Antarctic or Arctic – Expedition Tomorrow . The story behind the centre’s namesake Support and technical staff have a [...] chose to dedicate his life to supporting the great Alfred Wegener on his research expeditions to the Arctic. “...and make sure that one watch is set aside for Rasmus, who will be accompanying us.” Alfred Wegener

  • Air: Meteorology

    shoreline of Kongsfjord at the west coast of Spitsbergen, where ocean currents carry warm water from the North Atlantic Ocean. That means, the ocean warms the climate in Spitsbergen, which is why in summer the [...] Spitzbergen has risen by 1.3 °C. A warming of the Arctic, which becomes apparent especially in winter. The main climate influence in Ny-Ålesund is the Arctic Ozean. The scientific village is located right [...] -Institut are collecting these weather data with the help of meteorological observatories in the Arctic and Antarctic. Their data is coded after each measurement and transmitted to other research stations

  • AWIPEV Arctic Research Base

    AWIPEV Arctic Research Base Research Without Borders in the Arctic The Svalbard archipelago is located east of Greenland in the Arctic Ocean. The archipelago is home to Ny-Ålesund, one of the northernmost [...] 120 people from all over the world live together here. The small town is a hotspot of international Arctic research - eleven countries operate stations and research laboratories here. France and Germany maintain [...] from both countries have been conducting joint research on the effects of climate change in the Arctic as part of the Ny-Ålesund Research Station coordinated by Norway. The main task of the AWIPEV research

  • Sea Ice Thickness - Mass Balance

    greenhouse gas loading scenarios. The mass balance of Arctic sea ice is therefore determined not only by changes in the energy balance of the coupled ice-ocean-atmosphere system but also by the increasing influence [...] influence of dynamic effects. One aspect of the mass balance of Arctic sea ice are changes of ice volume export rates through major gates of the Arctic, such as Fram Strait. The Sea Ice Physics group investigates [...] Sea Ice Thickness - Mass Balance The Arctic sea ice extent and thickness have undergone dramatic changes in the past decades: The summer sea ice extent is declining at an annual rate of approximately 12

  • Iceflux

    flux in polar oceans In both Polar Regions, areas covered by sea ice are shrinking due to climate warming. What are the consequences of sea ice decline in the Arctic and the Antarctic Ocean? Answering this [...] and nature conservation in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans under environmental change. The research project investigates ice-covered deep-sea ecosystems in the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice zones. Iceflux

  • Knowledge Transfer

    Europe? What observations in the Arctic and Antarctic are most urgently needed to improve our understanding, models, and predictions of the atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean? Storylines and Climate Services [...] day – and it is not the same each day! Consider a summer day somewhere in Europe with an Atlantic ocean breeze, and compare it to a day influenced by winds blowing from the continent. The latter will tend [...] more strongly affected by climate change, simply because the continents warm more strongly than the oceans. Can we be more specific? Yes! By using a climate model in a special way, where the winds are forced

  • Permafrost Resources

    the Canadian Arctic” is a project of the research group PermaRisk , which is led by Moritz Langer , and was published in 2020. Digital stories invite you to travel to the Canadian Arctic. Visual impressions [...] system. The background is the IPCC Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere (SROCC) , which was published in 2019. Hugues Lantuit: Collapsing Arctic coastlines | Horizons 2019 Presentation This presentation [...] these four pages. Julia Boike, Alfred Wegener Institute, Permafrost, Arctic Circle 2015 Presentation This presentation was held at the Arctic Circle Conference in October 2015. Julia Boike talks about the