Klaus Grosfeld Renate Treffeisen Sina Löschke
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ISBN: 978-3-9822680-2-6
One year, one floe – sea-ice research to the extreme
DriftStories
from the Central Arcti
The further sea-ice retreat will chiefly depend on the ocean temperatures and on wind patterns, which can either condense or disperse the sea ice. As the summer draws to a close, the surface of the ce
Sea ice cores from the MOSAiC expedition (2019-2020) are one of the treasures that were brought back to Bremerhaven at the end of the year-long Arctic drift in October 2020. Now, a group of scientists
73Focus temperature DriftStory 08
DriftStory 08
Miss Piggy is the name that the AWI’s atmospheric researchers
have given to this orange tethered balloon, which can rise
to heights of up to
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How alike the two pictures are: as AWI sea-ice physicist Dr Thomas Krumpen flies over
the scattered remains of what was once the MOSAiC floe and many of its neighbouring
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In spring, a variety of algal blooms colour the waters of the
Arctic Chukchi Sea. The inflow of cold, nutrient-rich water
from the Bering Sea provides the phytoplankton with idea
conditions f
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DriftStory 02
Satellite observation is the only way to effectively monitor the
Arctic sea ice on a broad scale. Yet this approach still has its fair s
The decline in summertime sea-ice in the Arctic is an important indicator for the progressive climate change and its effects on the polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Since the advent of contin
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