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AWI Scientists are listed as Highly Cited Researchers
Two researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute are in the annual ranking of the "Highly Cited Researchers": marine biologist Hans-Otto Pörtner (l.) and Christian Hamm, head of Bionic Lightweight Design.
Representatives of the University of La Rochelle at the AWI
Today, a delegation from the French University of La Rochelle visits the Alfred Wegener Institute to discuss current and future projects.
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Which types of jellyfish are there in the Arctic Ocean today – and which will still be there tomorrow?
In 2019, Charlotte Havermans will form a new four- to five-member research group, which will use cutting-edge technologies to create a jellyfish inventory for the Arctic Ocean. The group will receive financial support from the Helmholtz Association and the Alfred Wegener Institute.
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Ocean acidification stimulates mass development of toxic algae
If carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and thereby in the ocean continue to rise, this could favour the mass development of toxic algae, with far-reaching consequences for the pelagic food web. This was discovered during a long-term experiment off the Canary Islands conducted by an international group of scientists with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute. The results have now been published in the international journal Nature Climate Change.
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Argentinian Ambassador visits the AWI
On Friday the Argentinian Ambassador S.E. Edgardo Malaroda visited the Alfred Wegener Institute together with the Embassy Secretary Martin Suaya.
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Massive meteorite impact crater discovered
An international research team has discovered a 31-km wide meteorite impact crater buried beneath the ice-sheet in northern Greenland. This is the first time that a crater of any size has been found under one of Earth’s continental ice sheets. The research aircraft Polar 6 from the Alfred Wegener Instittue verified the discovery with radar measurements. The research is described in a new study just published in the internationally recognized journal Science Advance.
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Otto Schmidt Laboratory
The Advisory Board of the Otto Schmidt Laboratory (OSL) meets in St. Petersburg, the, i.a. with Dr. Aleksander Makarov (Director AARI), Prof. dr. Antje Boetius (Director AWI) and the new OSL Director Vasiliy Povazhnyi.
Astronauts against Ozeanographers
„What is the next frontier – Space or Ocean?“ Zu dieser Frage ist AWI-Direktorin Antje Boetius zu einer Diskussion beim Ocean Frontier Institut angetreten.
Research icebreaker Polarstern begins the Antarctic season
Due to retarded work on the Polarstern the departure is delayed - On Sunday, 11 November 2018, the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its homeport of Bremerhaven, bound for Cape Town, South Africa. This will mark the beginning of its Antarctic season, in which oceanographic fieldwork in the Weddell Sea, a resupply mission to the Neumayer Station III, and explorations of the Larsen C ice shelf region and the South Shetland Islands are on the agenda. The ship is expected to return to Bremerhaven in June 2019.
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Far fewer lakes below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet than previously believed
In the course of an extensive Antarctic expedition, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research recently investigated several lakes beneath Recovery Glacier that had been previously detected by satellite remote sensing. The experts found very few substantial bodies of water, which is a surprising result: up to that point, the scientific community had assumed that overflowing lakes below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet were the reason that ice masses began sliding and forming ice streams to begin with. This…
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