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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson visits Potsdam

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the AWI in Potsdam, Germany
[12. March 2024]  Yesterday, the Chairman of the Arctic Circle, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, visited the Arctic Office at the AWI site in Potsdam. He first visited the Radialsystem in Berlin and then met with staff of the Arctic Office to discuss the Arctic Circle Forum, which will take place on 7-8 May. Representatives of the German Foreign Office also attended the meeting.

Start of the EU project POMP

POMP group photo
[01. March 2024]  "Polar Ocean Mitigation Potential" (POMP) is a new EU project involving 16 partners, including the AWI. The aim of the research project is to investigate the effects of climate change on polar biodiversity and the CO2 absorption capacity of ecosystems in polar regions. The kick-off meeting took place from 27 to 29 February 2024 in Copenhagen to discuss future steps and to organise the workflows. The project is led by Aarhus University in Denmark and funded by the EU Horizon Programme. More information.

German-Monegasque Scientific Collaboration

Polar Symposium - From Arctic to Antarctic
[22. February 2024]  The Institut Océanographique de Monaco and the Centre Scientifique de Monaco have each signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the AWI to promote cooperation in polar and marine research. AWI Director Antje Boetius signed the agreements today in Monaco. The aim is to promote common interests in environmental and earth system research. Through cooperation in research, logistics and scientific events, both institutions aim to make the best use of their resources.

Neumayer descendants visit the AWI

Group photo with four people. Archives can be seen in the foreground.
[02. February 2024]  AWI archivist Dr. Christian Salewski had a special encounter this week: Camilla-Louise Past and Julius-Alexander Past, the great-great-great-niece and great-great-great-nephew of Georg von Neumayer, the German polar explorer and namesake of the Neumayer III Antarctic station, visited the AWI Bremerhaven. They brought with them a documentary legacy, including a large-format portrait of Georg von Neumayer and a draft of a poem "Lob der Mathematik" from around 1847. The documents will now become part of the holdings of the Archive for German Polar Research.

"Climate Talks" in Paris

[Translate to English:] Empfang – Deutsch-Französische Zusammenarbeit im Indopazifik – Palais Beauharnais, Paris
[19. January 2024]  AWI Director Antje Boetius took part in the event "New perspectives for Franco-German cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region" in Paris yesterday. Together with Gerald Haug, President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, and Olivier Poivre d'Arvor, Ambassador for Polar and Marine Affairs at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she discussed ways of expanding cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, which is becoming increasingly strategically important for both countries.

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