In order to map the distribution and composition of the benthos in water depths up to 500 m, a modern inspection-class ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle V8 Sii, Ocean Modules) was...

During the POLARSTERN PS101 cruise to the high Arctic during the Autumn of 2016, a TV multicorer (TVMUC) was deployed on numerous occasions (see cruise report for full breakdown...

This data set contains environmental variables (imposed cumulative precipitation, measurements of radiation, air relative humidity and air temperature), measurements of soil...

Predicting future thaw slump activity requires a sound understanding of the atmospheric drivers and geomorphic controls on mass wasting across a range of time scales. On...

Radionuclide concentrations were studied in sediment cores taken at the continental slope of the Philippine Sea off Mindanao Island in the equatorial Western Pacific. High...

This data collection contains species-specific aboveground plant biomass that was collected from the Trait Based Experiment in 2012. (Sown plant species, Weed plant biomass, the...

Bioavailable organic carbon in aquifer-recharge waters and sediments can fuel microbial reactions with implications for groundwater quality. A previous incubation experiment...

Bet hedging at reproduction is expected to evolve when mothers are exposed to unpredictable cues for future environmental conditions, whereas transgenerational plasticity (TGP)...

The isotopic composition of water in ice sheets is extensively used to infer past climate changes. In low-accumulation regions their interpretation is however challenged by...

The Amazon River transports large amounts of terrestrial organic carbon (OCterr) from the Andean and Amazon neotropical forests to the Atlantic Ocean. In order to compare the...

In 2001 we started as part of the EU FP5 project Greenveins monitoring of bird communities in the normal landscape of Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) dominated by agricultural use. We...

Long-term drainage and intensive agricultural use of peatlands make it unlikely that the original sink functions for nutrients and carbon as well as low-nutrient conditions can...

The active layer above the permafrost, which seasonally thaws during summer, is an important parameter for monitoring the state of permafrost. Its thickness is typically...

Arctic and alpine treelines worldwide differ in their reactions to climate change. A northward advance of or densification within the treeline ecotone will likely influence...

The South Shetland Islands are located at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula (AP). This region was subject to extreme warming trends in the atmospheric surface layer....

Planktic foraminifera were collected with 150 µm BONGO nets from the upper 200 m water depth at 20 stations across the Mediterranean Sea between 02 May and 02 June, 2013. The...

In the ocean, sinking of particulate organic mat- ter (POM) drives carbon export from the euphotic zone and supplies nutrition to mesopelagic communities, the feeding and...

Two coral reef sediments have been subjected to OA scenarios in the laboratory. Sediments from Magnetic Island (year 2014, 3 pCO2 treatments) were investigated under diffusive...

About 50 Gt of carbon is fixed photosynthetically by surface ocean phytoplankton communities every year. Part of this organic matter is reprocessed within the plankton community...

We derive the chlorophyll a concentration (Chla)for three main phytoplankton functional types (PFTs)-- diatoms, coccolithophores and cyanobacteria- by combining satellite...