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AWI Director honoured
The Cody Award recognizes outstanding scientific achievement in oceanography, ocean biosciences, and earth science. It is presented by Scripps Institution of Oceanography to a scientist who has made significant contributions to his or her field of science specialty. Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, now receives the award. The Cody Award, presented biennially, consists of a gold medal and $10,000.
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Climate targets for 2030: Avenues to a sustainable reduction in CO2 emissions
In the Paris Agreement of 2015, Germany and the global community agreed to limit anthropogenic global warming to less than 2°C. But that goal can only be reached if both national and international agreements are adhered to, effective immediately. Consequently, in the ad hoc statement “Climate targets for 2030: Avenues to a sustainable reduction in CO₂emissions”, the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina calls for an immediate transformation spurt and describes various climate protection measures that can quickly gain social acceptance and promote…
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Traces in the ice
How did events like the Black Death plague impact the economy of Medieval Europe? Particles of lead trapped deep in Arctic ice can tell us: Commercial and industrial processes have emitted lead into the atmosphere for thousands of years, from the mining and smelting of silver ores to make currency for ancient Rome to the burning of fossil fuels today. This lead pollution travels on wind currents through the atmosphere, eventually settling on places like the ice sheet in Greenland and other parts of the Arctic. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener…
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International Summer School
In the 18th Coastal Summer School 16 young scientists from nine nations visiting the North Sea island Helgoland for eleven days. The aim of the project is to deepen their knowledge of coastal phytoplankton research.
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AWI photographic works are exhibited in Italy
Everydayclimatechange: In the photo exhibition, from the 5.7 to 18.8, four AWI photos will be shown in Orbetello, Italy. The work documents the AWI climate research in the polar regions.
The Scent of the Ocean
Over the past few days, one could smell a scent of ocean, again. It is also interesting that as one get closer to the European shelf on board a ship, one notices that the water is no longer has the hue of the deep ocean blue or the shimmering turquoise of tropical waters. The waters are less clear and they have the same gleam as dark green glass.
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Young people share what they have learned with the world
This coming Saturday, 29 June 2019, 33 young scientists from around the globe will be celebrating their graduation at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Ten scholarship holders have come to the end of a 10-month programme, and 23 young people have completed an exciting month-long expedition.
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Antarctic season ends this weekend
After half a year in the Southern Hemisphere, the research icebreaker Polarstern will soon return to her homeport, Bremerhaven. Following a season of work focusing on sea ice, the icebreaker will now be prepared for her next challenge: the greatest Arctic research expedition of all time, which will begin this September.
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AWI receives audit berufundfamilie for the fifth time
Arranging work and family life is a high priority at all locations of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. This is also proven by the repeated awarding of the berufundfamilie Service GmbH audit certificate, which has now been presented for the fifth time in a row to Winfried Hebold-Heitz and Ines Foellscher from the family office.
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Working in the Ocean
It is Sunday today on the POLARSTERN. I was delighted with the crispy croissant and apricot jam, which I consumed for breakfast with a delicious cup of creamy coffee, this morning. Our research doesn´t stop on Sundays. Ship time for ocean research is too precious.
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