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Summit on clean energy
[09. June 2023]
The “Germany-Iceland Clean Energy Summit” will be held in Berlin on June 12th. The summit brings together government officials, businesses and civil society groups from Iceland and Germany to discuss how international cooperation can be increased to achieve climate goals. Besides the German federal minister for economics and climate protection Robert Habeck, AWI director Antje Boetius will also take part in a discussion. She will speak about the future challenges and opportunities that will arise related to the climate. More information
New building for seawater circuits
[07. June 2023]
Topping-out ceremony for the new AWI building for seawater circuits: The AWI has several distributed aquarium facilities in the Bremerhaven urban area. These will now be bundled together with a new building. The building, which will cover a good 1000 square meters, will contain three self-contained circulation systems, each with about 20 cubic meters of seawater. These reflect the Polar Sea, North Atlantic and North Sea habitats to be studied. Each circulation system can be individually tempered between -2 °C and +20 °C. Commissioning is planned for mid-2024.
International Symposium on Sea Ice
[07. June 2023]
More than 280 scientists from all over the world are meeting in Bremerhaven for the "International Symposium on Sea Ice". Their common goal is to exchange research methods and results on the topic of sea ice and snow in the Arctic and Antarctic. The conference will run until June 9. More info.
Antarctic Conference ATCM
[02. June 2023]
AWI Director Antje Boetius presented the international Antarctic program "Antarctica InSync" at this year's ATCM meeting in Helsinki: The project will study Antarctica year-round with international partners. The ATCM is the annual consultative meeting of the Antarctic Treaty States. At the conference, decisions are made by the treaty states for Antarctica, since this continent itself has no government.
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