News 2021

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Aerial photo of the Store glacier, West Greenland (uummannaq fjord). Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute / Coen Hofstede

Feb 23, 2021

‘Missing Ice Problem’ Finally Solved

During glacial periods, the sea level falls, because vast quantities of water are stored in the massive inland glaciers. To date, however, computer models ...

An artist’s impression of a perspective from the glacial ocean interior, looking upward towards Iceland and the Faroe Islands, with Jan Mayen Island in the foreground and Greenland to the right. An ice shield from above restricts the narrow flow paths. Su

Feb 6, 2021

Arctic Ocean was covered by a shelf ice and filled with freshwater

The Arctic Ocean was covered by up to 900 m thick shelf ice and was filled entirely with freshwater at least twice in the last 150,000 years. This ...

A mini-ROV developed at MARUM by AG Bachmayer monitors the deployment of the observatory. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; S. Krupinski

Jan 14, 2021

Expedition with sonar lander

A team of scientists led by Dr. Miriam Römer from MARUM and the BGR Hannover is currently underway in the North Sea with the research vessel MARIA S. ...