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Arctic Symposium
Together for a sustainable Arctic
Passing of the Presidency of the Arctic Council to Iceland
[07. June 2019]
In May 2019, the Chair of the Arctic Council was transferred from Finland to Iceland. To inform the German Arctic interested parties, the Arctic Office of the AWI, together with the Finnish and the Icelandic Embassy and the Foreign Office organized a symposium.
Aquaculture Research
Start of the project "AquaVitae"
Aquaculture on the spotlight in new EU funded project
[06. June 2019]
New types, processes and products that contribute to increasing production and improving sustainability in aquaculture value chains in the Atlantic: their introduction is the goal of the EU-funded project "AquaVitae".
EU Project
The Epic search for oldest ice in Antarctica is starting
Reconnaissance phase of EU Project Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice officially starts
[06. June 2019]
On 1 June 2019 the European Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice Core project started with the aim of drilling for and recovering ice from up to 1.5 Million years ago in Antarctica. The previous EPICA project recovered ice from 800,000 years ago. Now scientists want to go BEYOND that.
Taxonomy
Pressure from the deep sea
International deep-sea researchers formulate requirements for the conservation of biodiversity
[05. June 2019]
Deep-sea taxonomy: this was the theme of a workshop in which 27 scientists from 12 countries discussed the future direction of their field of specialization, including AWI scientist Melissa Käß.
Photo festival on the Baltic
Antje Boetius is the patron of the 2019 photo festival »horizonte zingst«
Environmental photo festival displays AWI imagery in an outdoor exhibition
[24. May 2019]
AWI director Antje Boetius supports the environmental photo festival »horizonte zingst«. From 25.5. Until the 2.6.2019, works from the polar regions of AWI photographer Esther Horvath will also be shown on the Baltic Sea.
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