• As trainee

    you have a definite interest in a special research topic? Then there are numerous ways at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) to gain practical experience, get to know different research disciplines and

  • Five years developing a pan-Arctic environmental observation system

    has been conducted within the Arctic PASSION EU project, coordinated by Michael Karcher of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). At the final symposium in Potsdam

  • Investigating unexplored ocean currents to the north of Greenland

    and northeast of Greenland, a research team led by physical oceanographer Torsten Kanzow of the Alfred Wegener Institute were able to collect unique data on ocean circulation in the area. A chain of six moorings

  • MOSAiC Expedition

    the data obtained will be valuable for generations to come. The mission was spearheaded by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), and presented unprecedented [...] unique species and assessing their extinction risk. The research led by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of East Anglia is now published in PLOS Biology, futher informations [...] press release. Arctic Circle Prize Antje Boetius and Markus Rex accept Arctic Circle Prize The Alfred Wegener Institute and the MOSAiC research expedition were awarded the Arctic Circle Prize on Saturday

  • Public guides tour at the Alfred Wegener Institute

  • Public guided tour at the Alfred Wegener Institute

  • AWI researcher Markus Rex receives 2025 NOMIS Award

    most prestigious and generously funded international scientific awards. The scientist from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) received particular recognition

  • Important phenomenon discovered in the Arctic

    An international study led by the University of Copenhagen and involving the Alfred Wegener Institute has discovered an important phenomenon under the Arctic sea ice that was previously thought to be

  • Krill in the Antarctic: Scientific data directly from krill fishing vessels

    central topic. Prior to this, an international research team headed by Bettina Meyer from the Alfred Wegener Institute presented the sustainable management concept in the scientific journal PNAS , which

  • The Southern Ocean’s low-salinity water locked away CO2 for decades, but ...

    ability has seen no significant decline in recent decades. In a recent study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have discovered what may be causing this. Low-salinity water in the upper ocean has