At the first call of the German research icebreaker POLARSTERN in Australia, chief scientist Dr. Marcus Gutjahr from GEOMAR hands over to Professor Dr. Sebastian Krastel from Kiel University
01.02.2024/Kiel/Hobart. Three expeditions with the German research icebreaker POLARSTERN will improve the scientific understanding of feedbacks between ice, ocean and atmosphere in East Antarctica. The ice in this region stores water masses that could cause a sea level rise of dozens of metres over centuries of global warming. The two current expeditions are led by researchers from Kiel: Dr. Marcus Gutjahr from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel hands over to Professor Dr. Sebastian Krastel from Kiel University at the beginning of February. The expedition, which is now coming to an end, brought valuable new findings and data – but was also characterised by worrying observations.
The researchers are funded by the priority programme 1158 “Antarctic Research” of the German Research Foundation (DFG), among others.
Here you will find the press release of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Kiel University.
