play the conditions and the base of the ice for the speedy ice streams and did they change their behaviour in the past? Where can we find the oldest ice, with which we can reconstruct the climate of the [...] and ends with the composition of the subsurface below the ice, both of which govern flow behaviour of ice. In the end, we hope to make conclusions about how ice masses will change in the decades to come [...] million years ago? For all of these questions observations on site are essential. This begins with the determination of the ice thickness, continues with the inference of the crystal orientation fabric

visited them in winter. We’ll be north of the 80 th parallel the entire time, and for much of it, we’ll even be in the direct vicinity of the North Pole, above the 87 th parallel. That’s so far north that [...] for other parts of the world. For the first time, we’ll repeat his expedition with a large and well-equipped research vessel. From the heart of the Central Arctic, we’ll be using the world’s top measuring [...] itut) What will the different phases of the expedition look like? In the Central Arctic there’s only the ocean, which is covered by a sheet of ice. And it’s that force of nature – the ice sheet – that

under the ERA-Net.RUS funding scheme, with partners from the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN) and the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences [...] partner universities. The scientific team with the PhD students in its centre aims to advance the understanding of the variability of the Arctic Ocean and the cryosphere on time scales of decades to millennia [...] 2017 funded by the Helmholtz Association over a period of three years. The project comprises eight Helmholtz Research Centres and aims to improve the representation of the components of the Earth system

widen our perspective to the study of the Holocene. This geologic epoch represents the current interglacial after the end of the last glacial and the subsequent deglaciation. During the Holocene modern humans [...] continents, and in the cryosphere. The best way to ascertain the extent of past changes is through the inspection of historical time series of direct measurements or documentation of such environmental observations [...] prosperity of human populations. In order to properly address this question, we need quantitative information regarding the amplitude and rapidity of natural variations in the ocean, over the continents

and cold spells and the overall abundance of Gadus morhua in the Kongsfjorden system? the 2017 cohort • However, we found a significant effect of heat waves on the average growth of Gadus morhua in extreme [...] underwater sensor carrier system profiling between the ground (12m) and the surface. The A year-round operated shallow water observatory in front of the Old Pier in Ny Ålesund inaugurated in 2012. A FerryBox [...] maintenance of the Kongsfjorden Underwater Observatory Installation of setups and experiments What is measured? Daily routine measurements (incl. vertical profiles) • Continuous measurements of the main hy

climate change and climate protection. Against the background of possible tipping elements in the next world climate report of the IPCC, the work of the PermaRisk project was also reported here: www [...] d Prediction for the Usability of IceRoads" in Fairbanks (USA). The aim of the workshop was to establish contacts with potential future users, to inform about the current state of the possibilities and [...] March The second workshop of the PermaRisk project organized by Moritz Langer and hosted by the Geography Department of the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Main objectives of the workshop were the impacts

support of the construction company HC Hagemann Hamburg, Germany) to study the effects of artificial breakwaters on the shallow water fish and macro-invertebrate community. Since summer 2012, the MarGate [...] from everywhere of the world to control and manage even complex sensor units fully remotely. As basic hydrographical parameters from the area, the AWI operates multiple sensor systems for the main abiotic [...] RESTORE - Restoration of the stocks of the European oyster (Ostrea edulis) in the German North Sea. 2017 - ongoing ( NIOZ & AWI & Jericho NEXT / COSYNA ) ReMoBiB - Real time Monitoring of Bivalve Behavior.

facilitate the use of the Manual in the context of the GHS had been completed, the Committee considered that the reference to the "Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods" in the title of the Manual [...] is then cut off. The fusehead is then fixed onto the terminals of the firing plug by means of the brass contacts such that the tip of the fusehead is 13 mm above the surface of the firing plug. A 13 mm [...] length of thin wire tightly round the sheathing and rubber tubing. The leads are then fixed onto the terminals of the firing plug such that the tip of the fusehead is 13 mm above the surface of the firing

openly; the first part of PACES outlines the strategic significance of the programme and the major scientific milestones of each programme Topics. The second part provides 4 of 14 Minutes of the 32 nd meeting [...] respectively. 2 of 14 Minutes of the 32 nd meeting of the AWI Scientific Advisory Board 3.2. The meeting noted the document SAB 11(1)/3/2 on the current composition and membership of SAB, and the SAB members [...] incorporated in the new programme under the work packages in which they will be used, and also reflected in the description of the profile and competence of the partners in the second part of the new programme

carbon signal has levelled off, and the anthropogenic input of radiocarbon-free fossil CO2 into the atmosphere has become the dominant driver of the decrease of the 14C/C ratio in global atmospheric CO2 [...] with the atmosphere, namely the ocean and the terrestrial biosphere. According to Levin et al. (2010: Figure 7) the largest net uptake of bomb 14C by the world oceans occurred in the 1970s and was about [...] Δ14C-CO2 IN THE TROPOSPHERE Because the bulk of the fossil CO2 emissions are released in the NH, observed CO2 concentrations in the Northern are higher than in the Southern Hemisphere (Dlugokencky et al