• Outreach

      the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Dr. Clara Hoppe investigates how Climate Change affects the Phytoplanton in the polar regions. Eine Frage des Lichts (AWI, 24.2.2015) Scientists of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute [...] single-celled algae species and an important source of food in the oceans. Dr Clara Hoppe of the Alfred Wegener Institute examines how changed living conditions as a result of climate change affect Arctic [...] conspecifics, securing a longer survial of the population as a whole, as scientists from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute claim in a recent study. Das Meer als Forschungsobjekt (Nordsee Zeitung, 6.7.2016)

    • When the North and South melted simultaneously: Bipolar seesaw out of balance

      opposing temperature behavior the „bipolar seesaw“. However, an international study, in which the Alfred Wegener Institute took part, now shows that in the past glaciers in the north and south retreated at

    • Research Vessel and Icebreaker Polarstern

      Vessel Polarstern is the most important resource for German polar research and the flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute. Commissioned on 9 December 1982, the Polarstern has since logged more than 1.963 million [...] scientific data from various projects are regularly recorded, saved and, if need be, forwarded. The Alfred Wegener Institute’s research stations wouldn’t be able to operate without the Polarstern; for example

    • Test_LA-ICP-MS

      subsurface reflections along a profile. Ground-penetrating radar survey at Kohnen station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • Awards

      IOP Trusted Reviewer Award 2025 Peter Köhler auf der Kottastraverse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific reviews of manuscripts can also be rated with stars. Five stars earn you a prize, the IOP [...] geo.thws.de/studienbereich/preisverleihungen/ Data Champions 2025 Data Champions 2025 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Accessible Science: Thanks to a team from the AWI Glaciology group it is now possible [...] line-like feature. Student Prize University of Bremen 2022 Steven Franke (Photo: Steven Franke, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In 2022 Dr. Steven Franke was awarded the Student Prize of the Friends of the University

    • AWI Guest House

      transfers from abroad; Description: Invoice number Price per Item: Invoice amount) N. Albert (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Foto: Grote Media GmbH

    • Dr. Lukas Miksch

      lukas.miksch@awi.de
      +49(471)4831-1326
      Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

    • Schedules

      Neumayer-Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Neumayer-Station-III Kohnen Station Arctic AWIPEV Aircraft Flight schedule Polar 5 'Polar 5' in Bremerhaven (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Flight planning [...] Schedules Ships Timetables Polarstern Auf zur Neumayer-Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific coordinator (Dr. Ingo Schewe) 2025 2026 longterm plan until 2027 Heincke Heincke-Expedition HE-408 [...] Kristina Baer, AWI) Scientific coordinator (Dr. Ingo Schewe) 2025 2026 Small vessels Mya II (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Florian Lange) Scient.Coordinator Uthörn : (Dr. Michael Klages) Scient.Coordinator

    • Alfred Wegener Institute and University of Bremen now able to continue securing endangered climate and environmental data

      The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the University of Bremen had already secured extensive data sets from the USA in 2025. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has now

    • International Staff and Guests

      Welcome to AWI Will you join us at the Alfred Wegener Institute, with an employment contract, as a scholarship holder, or as a guest scientist? We look forward to seeing you, and we want you to feel c