terms of the makeup of the litter. While small pieces made up the majority of the litter (73 per cent) further north, medium to large litter accounted for 61 per cent at the station in the centre of the [...] tells us the trawlers are now following the Atlantic cod farther north.” OFOS photo of marine debris found at the bottom of the ocean in proximity of the AWI deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN in the Fram Stait [...] off the Mediterranean coast of France, and far out in the Atlantic. Surprisingly, the highest concentrations can be found in deep-sea trenches such as the Lisbon Canyon off the coast of Portugal or the Guilvinec

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subtropical ocean is expanding the tropics The observed anomaly of sea surface temperature during the last 5 years of the satellite age (2015-2019) in relation to the first 5 years of the satellite age (1982-1986) [...] [11 July 2018] The melting of glaciers on one side of the globe can trigger disintegration of glaciers on the other side of the globe, as has been presented in a recent paper by a team of AWI scientists [...] . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1714754115 . 2017 New findings on the past and future of sea ice cover in the Arctic Scientists

and scientific research, which form also the pillars of the Antarctic Treaty. 1 Sea ice provides valuable food At the end of the Antarctic winter, 75 percent of the Weddell Sea is covered with sea ice. Ice [...] also a danger, given the progressing climate change. If spawning success of the Antarctic silverfish decreases, the entire food web of the Weddell Sea would be threatened. 8 Home of the emperor penguins and [...] Although the krill and fish stocks in the Weddell Sea are not as high as in more northern areas of the Southern Ocean, their stocks are important for the survival of many marine mammals living in the Weddell

and use a ruler tape to obtain information about the height of the snow cover, the freeboard (the height of the ice surface above the local sea level), and the sea ice thickness. Researchers use this very [...] estimate the sea ice thickness and the volume of the snow cover along the ship's route. Temperature sensor A sensor chain is collecting data about the temperature and heat conductivity of the surrounding [...] Methods of the AWI sea ice physicists - an overview In action on an ice floe When will the Arctic ocean be ice free? Why did the sea ice cover of the Southern Ocean grow during the last years? And how

g. in the opal skeleton of diatoms). The special thing about this is that the geochemical fingerprint of both substances differs depending on the environmental conditions that prevailed when the diatoms [...] example, the air temperature that prevailed at the time of formation," says AWI climate researcher Dr Hanno Meyer. He heads the ISOLAB Stable Isotope Facility at the AWI Potsdam, where some of the world's most [...] Temperature data of the last 200,000 years The EPICA DML ice core had a length of 2.892 metres. In order to find out what temperature data is stored in the various ice layers of the core, the scientists took

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

thousands of researchers from Germany and around the world. In the process, the Polarstern has safely covered 1.8 million nautical miles – this corresponds to almost 86 circumnavigations of the earth at [...] essential and often limit the growth of microscopic algae, phytoplankton, in the Southern Ocean. In order to describe the sources of iron and other trace elements, a very special set of instrument are being [...] Nordenskjöld Glaciers as a source of meltwater and nutrients 10. December 2022 The ice masses of the Nordenskjöld Glacier in the Cumberland Bay East Fjord tower impressively as the researchers approach it on

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