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Global Carbon Budget
Global carbon emissions projected to decline in 2015
In 2014 emissions grew by just 0.6 per cent
[09. December 2015]
This year emissions could decline by 0.6 per cent, according to researchers of the Global Carbon Project. The results appeared in the online journal Earth System Science Data.
Paris Climate Meeting
Turning the spotlight on the Arctic
COP21 side event on climate change induced effects in the Arctic
[02. December 2015]
The upcoming Saturday, 5th December 2015, the European Polar Board, the scientific project ICE-ARC and the consortium EU-PolarNet, which is managed by the Alfred Wegener Institute, host an official side event during this year’s UN climate conference. The focus of the event lies on how climate change affects the Arctic and which global consequences the changes in the High North draw with them.
Arctic Climate Change
Substantial funding for Transregional Collaborative Research Centre
The aim is to observe the climate changes in the Arctic with a multitude of methods over longer periods
[20. November 2015]
The German Research Foundation (DFG) supports the new Transregional Collaborative Research Centre “Arctic climate change”. The Alfred Wegener Institute is one of the research partners in the project.
Antarctic continent
Tribute to 3D-Printing
Lenticular printing will be included in the Hall of Fame of Cartography
[12. November 2015]
Our new map of the Antarctic continent and the seafloor of the Southern Ocean, which we have created with the TU Dresden’s Institute for Cartography, will be shown in the Hall of Fame of Cartography.
Auszeichnung
AWI researcher Nils Hutter will be honoured for his outstanding master’s thesis
Young investigator wins the OHB Prize of the Bremen University's Faculty 1
[06. November 2015]
AWI modeller Nils Hutter wrote one of the year's best Master's theses in the University of Bremen's Environmental Physics degree programme. In recognition of his academic performance, he will be awarded the 2015 OHB Prize by the University's Faculty 1 on 27 November 2015.
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