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For the first time, the city will host events on algae research and innovations: the SeaStrains Workshop and the 11th International Seaweed Conference EU “Seagriculture”

As part of the IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) Executive Council meeting, the "Roger Revelle Memorial Lecture" was held in Paris. As this year's dignitary, AWI scientist Hans-Otto Pörtner delivered the lecture, who was recognized for his leading role in climate science and his contribution to climate negotiations and IPCC reports. The Roger Revelle Lecture has been held since 1991 and recognizes inspiring researchers in the ocean sciences.

The Arctic as a hotspot of climate change has become a topic of growing geopolitical and commercial interest over the past several years. What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic – the effects of changes taking place near the North Pole can be felt around the globe. This also extends to the political and economic level: the retreating ice offers unprecedented access to the region for tourism, trade and natural resource exploration, raising new geopolitical and geostrategic questions, while also necessitating action and cooperation. The…

On 14 June 2022, the General Assembly of UNICEF Germany took place, at which the German Committee, as a volunteer body, elected two new members to the Board, AWI Director Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius and Dr. Christine Bortenlänger. The committee was again able to achieve large donations in 2021 and thus support UNICEF programmes worldwide. Among other things, the money was used to support India in its fight against the Corona pandemic and UNICEF was able to establish further aid structures in crisis areas.

Man kann im Logbuch schreiben, dass es sich um einen offiziellen Besuch der Argentinier für Gespräche zur gemeinsamen Zusammenarbeit sowie künftigen internationalen Kooperationen handelt.

At the award ceremony for the Weser-Elbe Business Prize on 9 June, AWI Director Antje Boetius will give a lecture on the topic of "Protecting the climate and oceans - a human mission". The prize is awarded every three years and recognizes outstanding entrepreneurial achievements in the entire Weser-Elbe region; a jury made up of politicians, business leaders and scientists decides on the award. After the award ceremony in 2021 was postponed due to Corona, the event will take place again this year in Bremerhaven's Stadttheater.

From 8 to 10 June, re:publica 22 will take place in Berlin, a festival for the digital society under the motto "Any Way the Wind Blows". AWI Director Antje Boetius will be directly involved in two sessions. At the panel discussion #derschwarmkommt, she will present – together with Frank Schätzing and Frank Doelger – the project around the ZDF thriller series "Der Schwarm". The second session is a lecture on the topic "Ocean Nexus - Decade of Decision".

On 7 June at 18:15, in the fifth lecture of the lecture series "Humans and Nature" of the Johannes Guttenberg Endowed Professorship, AWI Director Antje Boetius will meet her guest Johannes Krause, biochemist and MPI Director. Krause will speak on the topic of "The Genes of Humans" and the diversity of human cultures. Afterwards, he and Antje Boetius will discuss the question of whether we are on the brink of awakening or failure in our relationship to the interaction with the web of life. The event will be broadcast live online.

The features of the ocean floor help determine how water masses and ocean currents move and how they affect our climate. Biodiversity is also influenced by seafloor landforms. Accordingly, having as precise information on the seafloor topography as possible is indispensable for oceanographic and climate research. With the second version of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO v2), an international group of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute recently presented the best and most detailed seafloor map of the Southern…

The Research Vessel Polarstern has been underway in the Arctic and Antarctic for 40 years now, giving experts from around the globe the opportunity to safely and effectively conduct research in two of the most extreme regions on our planet. It was instrumental in the Federal Republic of Germany assuming a leading role in polar and marine research shortly after becoming a consultative member of the Antarctic Treaty. To ensure this research is also possible in the future, and at the highest scientific and technological level, the Federal Ministry of…