• Palaeogenetics Lab

    Go Imaging System (BioRad) Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific Head Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh Scienti [...] 2020 (Photo: K Stoof-Leichsenring) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Sampling room. Palaeogenetics lab 2020 (Photo: K Stoof-Leichsenring) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Technology The laboratories are

  • CHARTER

    CHARTER (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Funding period: 1.8.2020 - 31.7.2024 CHARTER is an ambitious effort to advance adaptive capacity of Arctic communities to climatic and biodiversity changes. This [...] Funding CHARTER is funded by the EU research programme Horizon 2020 . Contact Dr. Heidrun Matthes Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Sciences Climate Sciences | Atmospheric Physics

  • Team

    meeting in Ankelohe 2016 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Group meeting in Ankelohe 2014 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Group meeting in Ankelohe 2011 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • 125 years of oceanographic research on Helgoland

    become the Biological Institute Helgoland (Biologische Anstalt Helgoland / BAH), which joined the Alfred Wegener Institute in 1998. Generations of scientists have conducted research on the ecology of coastal [...] standing in the area of European oceanographic research. To mark this milestone anniversary, the Alfred Wegener Institute’s BAH will be hosting an open house: on 19 May (on Helgoland) and 20 May (on Sylt)

  • Micropaleontology Lab

    chironomids Pollen laboratory Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific Head Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh Scienti

  • Aerobics

    Aerobics Mehr in Kürze (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Head of Group Dr. Felix Mark Team Isabel Ketelsen

  • ACLOUD/AFLUX

    measurement region over Fram Strait during ACLOUD. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar 6 after touch-down in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact Dr. Christof Lüpkes [...] aircraft operation illustration the coordination activities at Polarstern and Ny Alesund (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ACLOUD and AFLUX are 2 joint aircraft campaigns of different German universities and [...] momentum in and below clouds. ACLOUD employed two research aircraft, Polar 5 & 6, operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute. During about 20 research flights with each aircraft properties of cloud and aerosol

  • Organisation

    Organisation of the Alfred Wegener Institute Management Statutes Purchase Department Organisation chart Booster club Staff Units Communications and Media Relations

  • Research Vessel and cutter

    The fleet of the Alfred Wegener Institute RV Polarstern RV Mya II RV Heincke MB Aade FS Uthörn Old Uthörn

  • Partner

    internationally-respected multi-disciplinary research institutions. The partner institutions are: Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung (Germany) Centre National de la Recherché [...] Monitoring and Assessment Programme Secretariat World Ocean Council EU-PolarNet Participants (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut)