landmass, sending up to 150 times the flow of all the world’s rivers clockwise around the frozen continent. It connects all the other oceans, and is thought to play a key role in regulating natural climate swings [...] Southern Ocean
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the planet’s most powerful and arguably most important. It is the only one to flow clear around the globe without getting diverted by any landmass [...] swings that have repeatedly swept the earth for millions of years. But much is still not known about how it works, including how it might now respond to human-induced climate change.

concern for the safety. Furtherm ore, the area of the scientific activities is increasing, inside the islands and on the sea, w hich requires a m ajor effort for the w eather forecaster to study the w eather [...] eather of other areas w e are not fam iliar. This im ply also the know ledge of w eather in-situ. The activities on the sea (sam pling of m arine flora and w ildlife) are increasing m ore and m ore in the last [...] ith resolutions of 10’s to 100’s of m eters. Forecasting is the greatest challenge and identified need. H igh quality observations are required to better understand the base state of the ice environm ent

Eva-Maria Brodte, AWI Physics of the Climate System Prof. Peter Lemke, AWI The Physics of the Climate System “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are [...] to contribute to the progress of knowledge of the great ocean while developing its potential for the good of the planet and human beings and on the other hand to arouse the interest of African populations [...] results which helped the regional government to better understand the biology of the species, and the dynamics of the natural bank. The information generated was of great value for the local government, which

internationally. All of this will be supported by a more strategic and dynamic integration of the Program and partners at the level of the RF E&E, of the Helmholtz Association as well as in the national, European [...] ocean system from the seafloor to the atmosphere. Atmosphere and Climate: The main objective of this Program was to gain a better understanding of the role of the atmosphere in the climate system. For this [...] Observatory of the Study of Arctic Climate MOSES Modular Observation Solutions for Earth Systems, an observing system of the Helmholtz Asso- ciation and a CTA of the RF E&E MoU Memorandum of Understanding

collected material to answer the raised questions about origin and development of this plateau and its role as an obstacle for the deep circulation in late Cretaceous times and the Tertiary. This successful [...] nces/geophysics/research-focus/gateways-of-the-southern-ocean.html www.awi.de/en/science/geosciences/geophysics/research-focus/gateways-of-the-southern-ocean.html www.awi.de/forschung/ [...] possible by the extraordinary support of Captain Meyer and his crew. On deck we got excellent help during deployment, securing and retrieval of our equipment, the engineers made sure that the vessel moved

and cakes in the library so that you can get a break. Introduction to the Helgoland time series The Biologische Anstalt Helgoland operates some of the oldest time series in the world. The phytoplankton [...] automatically. The scientific dive centre The AWI's scientific dive centre is one of the largest institutions of its kind in Europe. On BAH Open day you will have the opportunity to meet the scientific dive [...] analysed much more often that is the case in many other time series around the world. This facilitates a unique insight in the North Sea ecosystem but also means a lot of work on the ships as well as in our l

measurements of both, dissolved and particulate trace metals and vitamins will better elucidate the cycling of these micronutrients in the SO. In order to gain a better understanding of the physiological [...] Looking beyond Iron: Dynamics of vitamins, zinc and cobalt and their effect on phytoplankton community composition in a changing Southern Ocean In large areas of the worlds oceans iron (Fe) limits primary [...] Fe in different parts of the SO, short-term shipboard manipulation experiments with natural phytoplankton assemblages are planned onboard the Polarstern in the austral summers of 2016 and 2017. In addition

often described as the planet’s ‘green lungs’ because they produce tremendous amounts of oxygen. However, an even greater volume of the oxygen we breathe originates in the ocean. The algal communities living [...] Plankton: The foundation of life in the sea Biologist Prof. Dr Helmut Hillebrand, Professor at the University of Oldenburg and Director at HIFMB Oldenburg. HIFMB Biodiversity Ecological stability Ecosystem [...] there produce at least half of the gas that is vital for breathing and as such essential for human life. But climate change is altering the algal world in our seas: as a result of increasing water temperatures

representatives of the federal and state environmental authorities on the subject of munitions in the sea and the results of the research projects. His special interest is the transfer of knowledge from [...] Geography at the University of Bremen. Bet- ween 2005 and 2009 he was PhD student at Jacobs University and AWI and thought about the question: How can offshore windfarms be co-used for the cultivation of blue [...] munition in the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak. The aim of his research is to develop methods to detect health effects that organisms may suffer when they come into contact with or are exposed to the toxic compounds

little about the life of the world’s second-largest whale. That makes the findings of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the Johann [...] Antarctic Peninsula
During the era of commercial whaling, fin whales were hunted so intensively that only a small percentage of the population in the Southern Hemisphere survived, and even today, marine [...] where in the peak month of May, so many fin whale vocalizations can be heard that the individual calls merge into a veritable chorous of sound, as the research team now reports in the journal Royal Society