Further press releases from Helmholtz
26.10.2020
Irregular Appearances of Glacial and Interglacial Climate States
During the last 2.6 million years of Earth’s climate has alterd between glacial and interglacial states. As such, there have been times in which the transition between the two climate states appeared…
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19.10.2020
Depths of the Weddell Sea are warming five times faster than elsewhere
Over the past three decades, the depths of the Antarctic Weddell Sea have warmed five times faster than the rest of the ocean at depths exceeding 2,000 metres. This was the main finding of an article…
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15.10.2020
The future of krill
Krill is rapidly gaining popularity. The small shrimp-like organism from the Antarctic is used as fish food in aquaculture and increasingly in dietary supplements and healing ointments. Although the…
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12.10.2020
The grand finale to the expedition of a century
After more than a year in the Central Arctic, this Monday, 12 October, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned to her homeport in Bremerhaven. Accompanied by a ‘welcome committee’ of ships that…
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06.10.2020
Migration of contaminants to the Antarctic inland
Legacy and emerging organic pollutants detected in the Antarctic snow
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01.10.2020
Silizium zeigt Muskeln
Wissenschaftler von TU Hamburg und Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht entwickeln neue Materialkonzepte für Technik von morgen
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30.09.2020
UFZ Theoretical Physicist Prof. Dr. Sabine Attinger in portrait
Sabine Attinger develops models that can analyse complex environmental systems and predict how these systems will react, for example in response to climate change. In her portrait she describes what…
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25.09.2020
EU free trade agreement with South America not sustainable
An international group of researchers has concluded that an upcoming trade agreement between the EU and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (the Mercosur bloc) fails across sustainability…
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24.09.2020
UFZ Risk Researcher Dr. Christian Kuhlicke in portrait
Christian Kuhlicke's research focuses on how people adapt to extreme events, such as floods or droughts. He analyses the psychological, social and societal consequences of these events. In his…
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23.09.2020
Enhanced warming subtropical ocean is expanding the tropics
The severe droughts in the USA and Australia are the first sign that the tropics, and their warm temperatures, are apparently expanding in the wake of climate change. But until now, scientists have…
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22.09.2020
Aview from space
Workshop on satellite remote sensing in the Baltic Sea region with HZG and ESA
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17.09.2020
Model comparison: Experts calculate future ice loss and the extent to which Greenland and the Antarctic will contribute to sea-level rise
Ice-sheet models are an essential tool in making predictions regarding the future of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. Nevertheless, these models still have a number of weaknesses. In an…
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17.09.2020
Arctic sea ice shrinks to second-lowest summer extent since the beginning of satellite observation
This summer the sea-ice cover on the Arctic Ocean shrank to the second-smallest extent since the beginning of satellite observation in 1979. By mid-September it covered only 3.8 million square…
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16.09.2020
Siberia’s permafrost erosion has been worsening for years
The Arctic is warming faster than any other region on the planet. As a result, permafrost that is thousands of years old is now being lost to erosion. As measurements gathered on the Lena River by…
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11.09.2020
Special Award for ‘Digital Earth’ at the ‘Digital Leader Awards’
Helmholtz project receives award for innovative geo and environmental research
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31.08.2020
Baltic Earth Summer School 2020
Baltic Earth Summer School held online this year
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31.08.2020
MOSAiC aerial campaign: first aerial survey flights in the Arctic since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic
Following a five-month mandatory delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, on August 30th the two German polar research aircraft Polar 5 and Polar 6 will launch from Svalbard to conduct their first…
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20.08.2020
Greenland Ice Sheet Shows Losses in 2019
The Greenland Ice Sheet recorded a new record loss of mass in 2019. This was the finding of a team of international researchers after evaluating data from satellite observations and modelling data…
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19.08.2020
MOSAiC expedition reaches the North Pole
At 12:45 pm on 19 August 2020 the German research icebreaker Polarstern reached the North Pole. The ship followed a route to the north of Greenland – and through a region that, in the past, was…
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06.08.2020
Frequency of extreme droughts across Europe predicted to rise
The frequency of record-breaking two-year droughts, such as the 20182019 Central European drought, is expected to rise by the end of the century if projected greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced…
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06.08.2020
Forecasting low flow conditions for the Elbe and Rhine:
Using conventional methods, the water levels in German rivers can be predicted roughly six weeks in advance. That is why the drought in the summer of 2018, characterised by extremely low flow…
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04.08.2020
How the seafloor of the Antarctic Ocean is changing – and the climate is following suit
The glacial history of the Antarctic is currently one of the most important topics in climate research. Why? Because worsening climate change raises a key question: How did the ice masses of the…
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31.07.2020
Time to Say Goodbye
After exactly 300 days of drifting with the MOSAiC floe, the international team around Expedition Leader Markus Rex on Wednesday, 29 July 2020, started the dismantling of the research camp and…
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27.07.2020
New Organic Pollutant Detected in the Arctic Ocean for the First Time
HZG scientists examine the outward and return transport of pollutants
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27.07.2020
Sea-ice extent in the Arctic at a historical low
The Arctic sea-ice extent is the lowest it’s ever been in July since the beginning of satellite observation. The sea-ice retreat is especially pronounced off the Siberian coast, as a result of which…
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23.07.2020
Microplastics transport metallic pollutants: pursuing the Trojan horse
HZG scientists are developing methods for measuring metal in microplastics
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22.07.2020
Climate change is impacting the spread of invasive animal species
What factors influence the spread of invasive animal species in our oceans? This question was the focus for a team of experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine…
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21.07.2020
United for a Climate-safe Future
How can different interests of use and protection in coastal regions be reconciled?
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20.07.2020
Good news: European sea bass absorb virtually no microplastic in their muscle tissue
In a new laboratory study, experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) investigated how many microplastic particles would be absorbed in the muscle…
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14.07.2020
Graduation of scholars of oceanography on Helgoland
Ten scholars from just as many countries officially end the seventh year of the Nippon Foundation POGO Centre of Excellence at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine…
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