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Short notices
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Social impacts of thawing permafrost
17. January 2025The thawing of permafrost poses various endangerments to the Arctic environment and the livelihoods of people. An international team examined the social risks for Arctic regions and identified five key risks related to infrastructure, transport and supply, water quality, food security and health. Press release of the University of Vienna
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Analysis: Methane emissions from leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines
16. January 2025At the end of September 2022, almost half a million tonnes of methane were released into the atmosphere due to damage to the Nord Stream pipelines. This is the largest amount of the greenhouse gas methane released in a single event. This conclusion comes from analysis by the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Nearly 70 scientists from 30 research organisations collaborated on the analysis, among them a scientist from the Alfred Wegener Institute. More information
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ES&T Best Paper Award 2023
19. December 2024The "ES&T Best Paper Award 2023" is a prestigious award presented annually by the journal Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T). The award recognises outstanding scientific papers that make a significant contribution to research in the field of environmental science and technology. This year, a study on plastic pollution, in which Sebastian Primpke from the AWI was involved, was selected as one of the award winners.
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KomSO kick-off meeting
09. December 2024KomSO - a new cooperation under the Federal Environment Ministry's Natural Climate Protection Action Programme (ANK): The kick-off meeting took place from 5 to 6 December 2024 at the HWK in Delmenhorst. The project is funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and coordinated by Sabine Kasten from the AWI. The aim is to investigate the carbon storage capacity of marine sediments in the German Baltic Sea in order to identify areas with particularly high climate protection potential. More information.
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New DGP Managing Director
25. November 2024Frank Wilhelms, head of the Glaciology section and the Ice Core Group at the AWI, was unanimously elected as the new Managing Director of the German Society for Polar Research (DGP) at the general assembly. The DGP supports research in the polar regions through projects and the exchange of information and resources among scientists. The board would like to thank Ralf Tiedemann, who held the position from 2010 to 2024.
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Thin ice at the Deutsches Museum
22. November 2024The special exhibition on the MOSAiC expedition has moved on from Berlin to Munich: under the motto “Join us on a climate expedition!”, the exhibition invites visitors to the Deutsches Museum Verkerhtszentrum to step aboard the Polarstern and recreate an expedition. From polar clothing and sledges to many measuring instruments, many original items from the “MOSAiC” Arctic expedition are on display. “Thin Ice” is primarily aimed at children and can be seen from now until November 9, 2025. More information.
