Germany_27_EvoWAIS_PS158
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Germany_27_EvoWAIS_PS158

Polarstern
Germany
Start~31 Dec 2026
End~30 Mar 2027
SectorAmundsen Sea
BerthAvailable

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GOALS: � Revealing both the timing of and environmental conditions just before, during, and after initial AIS formation at E/O boundary, i.e. transition from green- to icehouse conditions � Identifying ice-proximal conditions during initial WAIS growth and during the mid-Miocene climatic optimum � Constraining potential WAIS collapses during Plio- and Pleistocene super-interglacials in the key region for both understanding WAIS stability and defining tipping points � Applying multi-proxy data from those critical time slices of AIS history as reliable target values for testing, validating, and improving numerical palaeo-ice sheet and climate models

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