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Pore-water pH, H2S, Cl-, SO42-, SiO2, NO2-, PO43-, NH4+, NO3-, major and trace element data from MUC cores taken during RV HEINCKE cruises HE575 and HE595 in the Helgoland Mud Area, German Bight

This dataset includes downcore measurements of pH values, H2S, Cl-, SO42-, SiO2, NO2-, PO43-, NH4+, NO3-, As, Ba, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, P, Si and Sr concentrations for sediment cores retrieved using multi-corer sampling during RV Heincke expeditions HE575 and HE595 in 2021 and 2022, respectively. The samples were collected in the framework of the Project APOC (Anthropogenic impacts on particulate organic carbon cycling in the North Sea). All measurements were performed in the laboratories of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, except pH values, which were determined onboard the research vessel.

Korrosionsempfindliche Dosimetermaterialien zur Überwachung der Umweltbedingungen an Kulturgütern

Die einzelnen Belastungsfaktoren von Kulturgütern können durch apparativ aufwendige und kostenintensive Einzelmessungen mit Hilfe der modernen Analytik genau bestimmt werden. Mit den sogenannten Glassensoren wurde am Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung (ISC) eine elegante und zerstörungsfreie Methode entwickelt, die ohne aufwendige Messungen der einzelnen Parameter die auftretenden Gesamtbelastungen über einen längeren Zeitraum hinweg registrieren kann. Die Verwendung von sensibilisierten Glasflächen als Dosimetermaterial wurde für den bisherigen Anwendungsbereich ausgeschöpft. Ziel dieses Vorhabens ist es, neue korrosionsempfindliche Materialien und Komponenten herzustellen und für den prinzipiellen Einsatz zur Überwachung der Umweltbedingungen an Kulturgütern zu prüfen. Zum einen sollen Granulate der bisherigen Glasmaterialien mit unterschiedlicher Körnung in eine NIR-transparente Trägermatrix aus SiO2-Aerogel eingebracht werden. Zum anderen bietet sich die Modifizierung der inneren Oberfläche von SiO2-Aerogelen an, die dann selbst als detektionsaktive Medien fungieren können. Ein weiterer Syntheseweg soll so gewählt werden, dass Aerogel- oder Xerogelschichten ohne überkritische Trocknung auf Glas als Trägermaterial hergestellt werden. In jedem Fall muss der korrosive Einfluss bestimmter Umweltfaktoren (Feuchte, Temperatur, Schadgase) in einem Expositionsprogramm in Klimakammern, zunächst durch Variation einzelner Parameter und schließlich durch deren Kombination systematisch charakterisiert werden. Nach Abschluss dieser Labortestphase können - bei Projektende - Expositionsprogramme in Museen verwirklicht werden.

Updated global compilation of coccolithophore calcification measurements from unperturbed water samples including ancillary data

This database expands the Poulton et al., 2018 (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.888182) database of pelagic calcium carbonate (CP) rate measurements from isotopic tracer uptake in incubated discrete water samples, as discussed in Daniels et al., 2018 (doi:10.5194/essd-10-1859-2018), and accompanies Marsh et al. (in prep.). The database now includes more CP (new data n = 400; complete database n = 3165), net primary production rate (PP) (new data n = 399; complete database n = 3150), total coccolithophore cell counts (new data n = 240; complete database n = 1512), and Emiliania huxleyi cell counts (new data n = 27; complete database n = 612). This expanded database maintains the record of data, including the principal investigator, expedition, OS region, doi reference (where available), collection date and year, sample ID, latitude, longitude, sampling and light depth, and method of measuring CP. We further expand the Poulton et al. (2018) data collection by including ancillary and environmental data, including: optical depth (OD, n = 3165), pHtotal (hereinafter referred to as pHT, n = 398), temperature (n = 1160), salinity (n = 1161), and the concentrations of chlorophyll a (n = 1363), NOx (NO3 or the sum of NO3 + NO2, n = 1161), silicic acid (Si(OH)4, n= 1156), phosphate (PO4, n = 1232), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC, n = 318), total alkalinity (TA, n = 307), bicarbonate ion concentration (n = 349), and carbonate ion concentration (n = 352). All data was matched to CP, sample bottle identifiers (Niskin bottle numbers), and/or sampling depth values. This global database (81 °N - 64 °S, 132 °E - 174 °W) now covers expeditions and upper ocean measurements (0 - 193 m) from 1989 to 2024. Global in-situ geolocated data spanning time is valuable for modelling, satellite algorithms, and capturing calcium carbonate production in the global ocean. This expanded database, including the environmental, nutrient, chlorophyll a, and carbonate chemistry data, also allows for analysis of factors influencing calcium carbonate production on a global scale. This data amalgamation contributes to understanding the biogeochemistry of the oceans, global carbon cycle, and ocean acidification.

Mesocosm experiment on the influence of heatwave on plankton

In the context of global change, marine organisms are subjected not only to gradual changes in abiotic parameters, but also to an increasing number of extreme events, such as heatwaves. However, we still know little about the influence of heatwaves on the structure of marine communities, and experimental studies are needed to test the impact of heatwaves alone, and in combination with other environmental drivers. Here, we conducted a mesocosm experiment and applied an integrated multiple driver design to assess the potential impact of heatwaves under ambient and future environmental conditions on natural coastal plankton communities. To represent future environmental conditions, temperature and pH were manipulated based on the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 proposed by the IPCC for 2100, and dissolved N:P ratios were increased to simulate the conditions expected in European coastal zones. Throughout the experiment, we measured abiotic conditions as well as the abundance of bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, and microzooplankton.

Schwerpunktprogramm (SPP) 1158: Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; Bereich Infrastruktur - Antarktisforschung mit vergleichenden Untersuchungen in arktischen Eisgebieten, Controls on and paleoceanographic utility of the valve size frequency distribution of the Southern Ocean diatom, Fragilariopsis kerguelensis

Unraveling the role of the Southern Ocean's biological pump in regulating climate would be enhanced by the development of paleoceanographic proxies specific to carbon or silica cycling. Observations that the average size of valves of the diatom, Fragilariopsis kerguelensis, varies seasonally, with latitude, and over glacial-interglacial cycles in the Southern Ocean suggest that the valve size frequency distribution in sediments could be used to reconstruct aspects of paleoproductivity and silica cycling. We aim to develop this proxy by using culture, field and sediment samples to determine the exact controls on valve size frequency distributions, the most important of which is likely to be the frequency of auxospore formation within the population. The controls on auxospore formation are as yet unknown and both mating experiments in culture as well as in situ iron fertilization experiments are likely to unravel the mechanisms determining auxospore formation under both controlled and field conditions. The valve size frequency distribution can then be used to indicate the intensity of the environmental and/or biological conditions triggering auxospore formation.

Innovationsraum: BioBall - PYROCEM - Innovative Nutzung unterschiedlicher Biomassen zur Herstellung von pyrolysierter Pflanzenkohle als Additiv für zement-gebundene Baumaterialien

SEM and EPMA data of minerals from Jacupiranga carbonatite, Brazil

The Jacupiranga carbonatite (Brazil) was investigated to better understand how modal proportions and mineral chemistry control the fO2 recorded by a natural carbonatite rock. Mineral compositions were determined using SEM-EDS, EPMA-WDS and Raman microspectroscopy building upon detailed petrography. Based on magnetite-ilmenite oxythermobarometry, rock-forming temperatures range from 505 to 732 °C, with a wide span of fO2 values (∆FMQ –1.21 to +4.56). In each sample, ilmenite grains and lamellae are distinguishable, with the latter recording higher temperature–fO2 conditions. Consistently, independently determined homogenization temperatures of apatite-hosted fluid inclusions show a similar range between 550 and 685 °C. From the wall-rock contact toward the carbonatite body, samples exhibit a decrease in the modal abundance of olivine, phlogopite, magnetite, ilmenite, and dolomite, alongside an increase in Mg-calcite. Over the same spatial gradient, temperature, fO2, and the magnesioferrite (in magnetite) and geikielite (in ilmenite) components decrease. During the antiskarn reaction, silica and mafic components (Mg, FeT, Al, and Ti) derived from the ultramafic wall-rock were incorporated into olivine, phlogopite, magnetite-ilmenite, and dolomite. Calcite-rich samples, which were less influenced by the wall-rock, preserved ephemeral alkali components of the carbonatite melts within burbankite. Apatite-hosted fluid inclusions represent coeval fluid modified by antiskarn reactions. Adjacent to equilibrium magnetite-ilmenite pairs, olivine and phlogopite exhibit high mg# (93–97 and 88–95, respectively). Despite the broad span of ∆FMQ values recorded by the oxide pairs, we found only a weak positive correlation between the recorded fO2 and mg#. Consequently, we suggest that the high mg# (>88–90) of carbonatitic olivine is primarily controlled by the low (<0.2) 〖K_D〗_(Fe^(2+)-Mg)^(olivine-carbonatite melt) (Fe2+/Mg exchange partition coefficient between olivine and the carbonatite melt) at crustal conditions. The exceptionally high mg# of olivine and phlogopite, compared to the adjacent dunite cumulates (mg# 84–88), combined with their negligible Ni and Cr contents, indicate an in situ antiskarn process. This study demonstrates that carbonatite systems can be characterized by dynamic redox conditions, spanning the range from Fe3O4 ̶ Fe2O3 to Fe2SiO4 ̶ Fe3O4 ̶ SiO2 during their evolution and emplacement.

Inorganic geochemistry of sedimentary rocks in the catchment of river Thuringian Saale during the last 600 Ma

A literature retrieval was performed for whole rock geochemical analyses of sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic rocks in the catchment of River Thuringian Saale for the past 600 Ma. Considering availability and coincidence with paleontological an facies data the following indicators seem suitable to detect environmental and climatic changes: biogenic P for Paleoproductivity, STI Index for weathering intensity, Ni/Co-ratio for redox conditions, relative enrichments of Co, Ba and Rb versus crustal values for volcanic activity at varying differentiation. The Mg/Ca-ratio as proxy for salinity is applicable in evaporites. The binary plot Nb/Y versus Zr/TiO2 indicates a presently eroded volcanic level of the Bohemian Massif as catchment area for the Middle Bunter, whereas higly differentiated volcanics provided source material for Neoproterozoic greywackes. A positive Eu-anomaly is limited to the Lower Bunter and implies mafic source rocks perhaps formerly located in the Bohemian Massif.

KOSMOS 2023 Helgoland mesocosm study on ocean alkalinity enhancement: dissolved inorganic nutrients, chlorophyll a and suspended particulate organic matter

We conducted a mesocosm study to investigate ecosystem responses to ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) in the temperate waters of the German North Sea on Helgoland in spring 2023. We simulated non-CO2-equilibrated OAE via calcium hydroxide through the addition of calcium chloride and sodium hydroxide. Twelve 6 m³ mesocosms were used to simulate two scenarios: in six mesocosms we established a gradient of added alkalinity from 0 to 1250 µmol/kg in increments of 250 µmol/kg, simulating immediate (imm) dilution of alkalised waters. For the second set of six mesocosms, alkalinity was added only to the top 1 m of each mesocosm, doubling the target added alkalinity. The top layer was mixed with the untreated bottom layer after 48 hours, simulating delayed dilution of alkalised waters (del) and ultimately leading to the same alkalinity gradient as the immediate dilution treatment. This data contains water column biogeochemical variables, including dissolved inorganic nutrient concentrations (µmol/L), chlorophyll a concentrations (µg/L) and suspended particulate matter (biogenic silica, particulate organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphate; µmol/L). Nutrients, particulate organic phosphate and biogenic silica were measured spectrophotometrically (Unicam UV 300, Thermo Spectronic, USA). High-performance liquid chromatography (Thermo Scientific HPLC Ultimate 3000) was performed for chlorophyll a determination and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen were measured using an elemental analyser (Flash EA, Thermo Fisher).

Elementkarte der Digitalen Lithogeochemischen Karte von Bayern 1:25.000 (dLGK25) - Siliziumdioxid (P90)

Die Elementkarte stellt die räumliche Verteilung der klassifizierten Gehalte des 90. Perzentils von Siliziumdioxid (in Gew.-%) innerhalb der 184 geochemischen Gesteinseinheiten in Bayern dar. In die Auswertung gehen dabei nur die Daten der ersten (von maximal drei) Lithologien einer geochemischen Gesteinseinheit ein. Für Informationen im Hinblick auf die Auswertung der Daten sowie auf die kartenmäßige Darstellung wird auf die Metadaten der digitalen Lithogeochemischen Karte 1:25 000 von Bayern (dLGK25) verwiesen.

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