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Awards Ceremony
Antje Boetius receives the Leibniz Ring
Hannover Press Club commends the AWI Director’s contributions
[26. October 2019]
A great honour for Prof Antje Boetius: the deep-sea researcher and Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research was selected for the “LeibnizRingHannover 2019”, a prize bestowed by the Hannover Press Club.
Scientific Publication
Tiny fossils reveal 25,000 years of carbon history in the Southern Ocean
Exploring regional differences in the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) between the atmosphere and ocean surface
[21. October 2019]
A reconstruction of 25,000 years of South Ocean carbon chemistry, using micro-fossils buried in sediments, shows sub-Antarctic waters have played a key role in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Chemical changes measured in micro-fossil shells, as well as sediments, showed that different regions of the Southern Ocean varied in terms of their circulation, chemistry and biological productivity during the last glacial-interglacial cycle.
CCAMLR Annual Meeting
Negotiations on an MPA in the Weddell Sea
International Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources will meet in Hobart
[18. October 2019]
At this year’s annual meeting, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) will continue its negotiations regarding the establishment of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute were instrumental in preparing the application for the European Union (EU), which was submitted in 2016. In addition to the EU and its Member States, Norway has since joined as a co-supporter.
MOSAiC expedition
Distributed Network successfully deployed
Complex system of buoys and measurement instruments is drifting in the environs of Polarstern
[16. October 2019]
One central task during the first phase of MOSAiC has been completed. An international team of scientists successfully deployed the so-called Distributed Network. This is the complex system of buoys and measurement instruments that is now drifting in the environs of Polarstern.
Panel Discussion
Art for the Protection of the Seas
Antje Boetius speaks as part of the art project WE ARE OCEAN
[09. October 2019]
AWI Director Antje Boetius was part of a panel discussion in the context of the art project WE ARE OCEAN in Berlin on 2 October. Together with Sebastian Unger (IASS Potsdam), she spoke about climate change and sea level rise.
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