And how does altered biodiversity actually affect interactions between plants? Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute have tackled these questions and, in two recent studies, presented the answers they

research group , all group members benefit from affiliation with both the LMU Munich and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) . Our individual projects are detailed below.

1980 The distribution of data for the period 1980-2015 (approximately 290.000 profiles) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Since the early 20th century hydrographic measurements have been carried out in the

Bremen. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Vera Fofonova together with supervisor Sergey Danilov after her successful disputation in June 2014 at Jacobs University, Bremen. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Research

are available in the official ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) database of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. ePIC is an open-access repository of

change is altering the circulation patterns of the AMOC. In a recent study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute found that this change has led to asynchronous poleward shifts of the Atlantic subtropical

algae were cultured in the laboratory (Photo: J. Meier, Alfred Wegener Institut) The test organism Arthrospira platensis (Photo: S. Ende, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Our team ist growing too Dr. Abdelfatah Abomohra [...] de Rohstoffe , Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft The PhycoKult-team (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The test facility in Sehnde (Photo: INPUT Ingenieure GmbH) Die Anlage (Photo: INPUT

2026 Funding: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01 Is clover suitable for fish food? (Photo: M. Weiss, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This kingfish (Seriola lalandi) grew up with clover in its diet (Photo: M. Bögner,

shrimp from the mudflats (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Not a typical mudflat dweller - researcher stuck in the mud (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The brown shrimp Crangon cragnon [...] cragnon is a typical inhabitant of the mudflats. (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) A research traveller (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

– 2026 Project lead: Innova SRL Funding: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01 Das AWARE-Team (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research