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As part of the 150th anniversary of the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfunug (BAM), lectures on "Science with Impact" will be held throughout the year. On November 11 at 4:00 pm, AWI Director Antje Boetius will speak on this in her webinar "Global change microbiology - big questions about small life for our future". The event can be attended online for free.
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At this international and interdisciplinary forum for the scientific dialogue between researchers and society, sea ice physicist Stefanie Arndt and MOSAiC project leader Markus Rex from the Alfred Wegener Institute will speak on November 9 from 12:25 p.m. under the title "Breaking The Wall To Measuring Climate Change". The event will be streamed live from the Radialsystem in Berlin.

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At the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), the Alfred Wegener Institute will be present with various contributions: On November 6, AWI marine biologist and ecologist Jilda Caccavo will speak on "Marine Ecosystems Under Pressure" at the Cryosphere Pavilion for the Focus Day Polar Oceans starting at 11:00 am (CET). All contributions of the Cryosphere Pavilion can be followed live on the corresponding Youtube channel.
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Olivier Poivre d'Arvor, French Special Envoy for Polar Regions and Maritime Affairs, visited the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven for a joint exchange. Topics were amongst others the German-French Arctic research base AWIPEV in Ny Ålesund as well as EU cooperations and current research projects.

With a visit to the German Emigration Center Bremerhaven (DAH), Chancellor Angela Merkel said goodbye to the state of Bremen and the Bremen Senate on November 4. After signing the Golden Book of Bremerhaven and a guided tour of the Emigration Center, she met with representatives of the political and scientific life in Bremerhaven and Bremen, including AWI Director Antje Boetius.

At the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), the Alfred Wegener Institute will be present with various contributions: At the Focus Day Permafrost on November 4, AWI permafrost experts Hugues Lantuit, Paul Overduin and Jens Strauss will give presentations on seabed permafrost, permafrost emissions as well as infrastructure damage and coastal erosion caused by thawing permafrost starting at 11:00 am (CET). They will also be involved in the panel that will follow afterwards.
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After dropping considerably worldwide in 2020, this year fossil carbon dioxide emissions will likely reach the level before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the conclusion arrived at by the Global Carbon Project. Every year, experts assess how much CO2 was released into the atmosphere around the globe, and how much was absorbed by natural sinks. Dr Judith Hauck, a climate researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute, is also part of the team. The project has just released its preliminary report in the journal Earth System Science Data.

Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems are under increasing pressure from global climate change and direct human impacts. Decisive, immediate action on climate change mitigation is required at the global scale, as well as effective management at the local scale, to protect these ecosystems and their societal benefits worldwide.

At the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), the Alfred Wegener Institute is represented on site with various contributions: On November 3rd from 14:00-15:00 (CET) the panel discussion of the EU Polar Cluster will be moderated by AWI expert Nicole Biebow and Marcel Nicolaus, AWI expert on sea ice will give the keynote speech on the MOSAiC expedition on the same day at 18:30 (CET).
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From 1 to 12 November 2021, heads of state, organisations and researchers will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. Their primary goal is to assess and further develop national measures and targets in an effort to keep global warming well under two degrees Celsius. After all, the far-reaching effects of climate change can already be seen and felt. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute are in attendance, will take part in the various COP26 events, and will share their own experiences and findings from polar and marine…