• Team

    AWI) Section retreat, Gut Ankelohe, February 2017 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Section retreat, Gut Ankelohe, June 2019 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Elodea

    2731 Duration: 1.26 – 12.26 Funding: Senator Waterweed often forms dense mats underwater (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In the summer of 2025, Elodea spp. was harvested to make parts of Lake Werdersee usable

  • UV workstations

    UV workstations UV hood workstations (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) The UV workstations are designed for clean operations providing protection against contamination. They are equipped

  • Hajo Eicken

    Sea ice: Microstructure and geophysical processes Dr Hajo Eicken, Scientific Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute. Sea ice snow Arctic glaciology Sea-ice geophysics is a central research field within

  • Teaching and Education

    cover letter and a short CV. Sampling of a frozen fragment of a sediment core for old DNA (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: Research Foci Staff Labs and Methods Teaching

  • Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems

    (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Correlation of multidecadal temperature variations in Brussels with temperature variations in the rest of the world in a climate model simulation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] pdf Illustration des Konzepts "Bi-Stabilität des borealen Waldes und glaziales Erbe". (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lake & Sea ice algae Lake & Sea ice algae Die saisonale Ausdehnung und die Eigenschaften [...] der taxonomischen und funktionellen Zusammensetzung von Eisalgen in Seen und Ozeanen. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) High-resolution reconstruction of regional climate changes in Antarctica High-resolution

  • Integrative Ecophysiology

    congratulate Sarah Kempf on the successful defense of her doctoral thesis! Christian Bock (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Head of section Dr. Christian Bock Deputies Dr. Felix Mark Team assistance Ursula Liebert

  • Major Recognition for Bremen Scientists

    the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research: Professor Olaf Eisen, also researcher at Alfred Wegener Institute, and Professor Kai Bischof received this award in recognition of their contributions

  • Report on new technique for water monitoring and research

    of the International Ocean Colour Coordination Group under the lead of Astrid Bracher from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

  • Arctic Dialoge in Potsdam: Finding solutions together as equals

    that climate change poses to us all. The event is organised by the German Arctic Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute.