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Project Kick Off
EU Horizon 2020 Project APPLICATE kicks off
Studying Arctic's Connections to Weather and Climate in Europe, Asia and North America
[14. November 2016]
An EU-financed project investigating ways to improve weather and climate prediction in the face of a rapidly changing Arctic officially started this month. Known as APPLICATE, the 8 million Euros project, financed by the EU HORIZON 2020 Research and Innovation programme, involves 16 partners from nine countries and will be carried out over a period of four years.
Expedition
Summer School "Climate and Ocean" on RV Polarstern
25 scholars from 20 countries are exploring the Atlantic from north to south
[10. November 2016]
On Saturday, November 12th, the research vessel Polarstern will set off for a one-month expedition towards Cape Town from Bremerhaven. On board there are 25 outstanding young scientists from the marine research, who together with twelve teachers explore the interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere.
Satellite Remote Sensing
New satellite technology promises great progress for glacier research
Researchers are developing a unique radar, which could allow a view of Earth’s ice sheets
[04. November 2016]
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute are developing with experts from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) a new satellite measurement method for the observation from space of the large ice masses of Greenland and the Antarctic. “Tandem-L” is the name of a new satellite radar system, which launched in the year 2022 could provide urgently needed data concerning the shrinkage of the ice sheets in both hemispheres. Concerning the construction of the radar and the launch of the satellite mission of the same name, the Science Council is to advise the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) at the end of November as part of a review procedure.
Polarstern Expedition
Oasis of life in the ice-covered central Arctic
Scientists are exploring oceanic ice worlds with new robots
[20. October 2016]
Under the ice of the Arctic, unknown habitats conceal an unexpected variety of living beings. On October 23rd, 46 scientists are expected to return to the home port in Bremerhaven from an Arctic expedition with the research vessel Polarstern. Over the past six weeks, they had explored life in ice, ocean and seabed with new robots and camera systems.
Weddell Sea
Germany is proposing a Marine Protected Area in Antartica
Scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute provide scientific basis
[16. October 2016]
The European Union has submitted a proposal, prepared by Germany, to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) for a marine protected area (MPA) in the Antarctic Weddell Sea. AWI scientists have compiled and analysed the scientific data on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
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