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,

to 50 centimetres long in order to determine the chemical conditions in the deep sea of ​​the Southern Ocean and on the East Antarctic shelf. On the one hand, this work enables us to assess whether a sediment [...] warm welcome at the icy end of the world 19. December 2023 On Sunday, we managed to successfully fly out the land geology team: We took the opportunity to visit Australian colleagues on the Antarctic Davis [...] climatic reconstructions. On the other hand, the chemical measurement of pore water composition helps us to better understand the material cycle of vital elements and trace metals in the ocean. © David Menzel

from which the actual depth can be deduced. In case of an offset, the winch systems are being readjusted. So that the uncoiled wire of the winch corresponds as exactly as possible to the depth. The picture [...] getting acquainted with the principles of hydro-acoustics, the participants of the sixth POLMAR training course are actively contributing to the precise surveying of yet another piece of seafloor and thus unlocking [...] secrets of the deep sea. The data collected during our cruise will also be used in the Nippon Foundation – GEBCO Seabed 2030 project, which is pursuing the ambitious plan of a complete mapping of the seafloor

important glance into the future and at the same time one of the most central tools of climate research. The better these models reproduce the natural processes in the climate system, the more accurate and [...] Models: Images of the future Prof. Dr Thomas Jung, head of the Climate Dynamics section, spokesperson of the research programme "Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future" and Vice Director of the Alfred Wegener [...] participate in the international model comparison for the 6 th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the first time in the past three years. The results of these CMIP6 climate

Marine Protected Area The Weddell Sea lies in the Atlantic sector of the Antarctic, to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is one of the few remaining marine regions in the world that are largely untouched [...] Protected Areas? With an area of 2.2 million square kilometres, the Weddell Sea MPA ( area west of the Prime Meridian ) would be the largest MPA in the world. The declared goal of the United Nations is to protect [...] exploration of the southern continent and its waters for all time. To define more precisely how the living resources of Antarctic waters could be used, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine

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

describing the external astronomical forcing of the climate system and the observed response, as represented by proxy evidence for paleoclimatic variations. The main components and processes of the climate [...] will be discussed. The general overview will be supplemented by a presentation of some of the latest research results and most important open questions within the related fields of paleoclimate research [...] (winter term) University of Bremen Practicals complement the lessons Contents: This lecture will give an overview about the climate system and its changes during the past, focussing on the last few million years

we’re talking about the effects of what’s referred to as the “Arctic amplification” of climate change: the Arctic is warming nearly three times as fast as other regions of the Earth. The environmental [...] project to the IPY. When the IPY ended in the late 2000s, the changes in the Arctic were particularly dramatic, and the research community had to consider the research topics in which parts of the IPY should [...] that will take place as part of the Year of Polar Prediction. But there are additional questions that can be investigated with the help of modelling efforts during the Year of Polar Prediction: how well

. Only a small part of it sticks out of the water, like the tip of an iceberg. By far the largest portion of the rock is submarine. The transitional zone between the island and the submarine is a rocky [...] Schmalenbach is tipping the contents of hundreds of small beakers over the railing of the “Aade” into the sea: hundreds of small lobsters which were raised in the laboratory. The onlook- ers in the unique Helgoland [...] signal of the algae on the rocky intertidal is recorded. Each pixel represents the colour spectrum of visi- ble light up to the infrared range. With the help of the characteristic reflection of the individual

comparison to the area of permafrost? What is the extend of these elements of the cryosphere – also in relation to the country of Germany? The back of the wooden tiles are revealing the result and some [...] A survey at the beginning of the event showed that the topic was new to most participants but of great interest, and also that not all of them were located in the area of Berlin (one even in Luxembourg [...] them to relate to. With the help of the resources provided by the Ralf Dahrendorf Prize, we will overcome that distance by showing interested members of the general public the broad landmasses that are