Diversity: Specific support at AWI

Family Office The Family Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) offers a variety of options to support employees with family responsibilities, particularly regarding childcare and caregiving for [...] Equal Opportunities Officer The Women's Representative and Equal Opportunities Officer at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) plays a central role in promoting gender equality and advocates for the interests [...] for Severely Disabled Employees The Representative Body for Severely Disabled Employees at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) provides comprehensive support for employees with disabilities. Its tasks and

SPUSO

Aerosol Activites Messplattformen (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Laura Köhler) Aerosols and trace gases play a crucial role in the climate system, especially in the sensitive polar regions. In order

BDSALgreenH2

) where the expected salt content can be tolerated. IBC-Bioreaktor Systeme (Photo: A. Beyer, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Stephan Ende Contact: Mail an Stephan (0) 471 4831 2813 Duration: 1.9.2024 – [...] Metropolregion Bremen-Oldenburg im Nordwesten e. V. Silo-Bioreaktor System (Photo: A. Beyer, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Partner

Proposals

Advisory Board User Advisory Board Smaller vessels Expeditions with the smaller vessels of the Alfred Wegener Institute require shorter periods of planning. We do, though, recommend to submit proposals in [...] internal application procedure can be found here . Neumayer Station III, Ekström Ice Shelf (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / U. Cieluch) Arctic Land Expeditions (Svalbard, Greenland, Canada, Alaska) - ARC-Land

Bluehouse

Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute developed the content concept of the exhibition together with the municipality of Helgoland and the agency "studio klv". The Alfred Wegener Institute conducts [...] olstein and the municipality of Helgoland. The concept of the exhibition was realised by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which is also responsible for [...] serves as a foundation for their projects. In future, BLUEHOUSE HELGOLAND will be operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, supported by the municipality of Helgoland. However, all those involved still have

Chemistry & Ozone

faster in calculating the 24h-tendency of ozone compared to the full chemistry model. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The SWIFT model is a fast scheme for simulating the chemistry of stratospheric ozone [...] Gathen Launch of an ozonesonde at the AWIPEV research base on Svalbard. (Photo: Jürgen Graeser (Alfred-Wegener-Institut))

Aerosols & Clouds

AWIPEV Atmosphere Observatory with green laser beam of the lidar instrument. (Photo: G. Tran / Alfred Wegener Institute) At the Atmosphere Observatory of the AWIPEV research base in Ny-Ålesund , Svalbard [...] mast and BSRN radiation instruments at Neumayer Station, Antarctica. (Photo: H. Schmithüsen / Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In Antarctica, atmospheric research is split into two observatories at the Neumayer [...] Regions Svalbard, Arctic Atmosphere Observatory of AWIPEV-Base in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Svalbard is a key region of climate change in the Arctic. On the one hand it is close

Events

the Research Division Archive Alfred Wegener Lecture Every two years, the Climate Science Reseach Division of the Alfred Wegener Institute invites to the “Alfred Wegener Lecture in Climate Science”. The [...] and society. Peter Dueben (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Friday Seminar The lecture series “Friday Seminar” comprises scientific lectures by guests of the Alfred Wegener Institute as well as by AWI employees [...] participate online. A new lecture can be registered at any time on AWI-Nextcloud . Location: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar- and Marine Research Building G, Klußmannstr. 3, 27570

Awards and honors

Albedyll is awarded with the Wladimir Köppen Prize 2022 for her excellent doctoral thesis in 2024. Alfred-Wegener Awards Transferprize Dr. Monica Ionita-Scholz , 2022. Video of the Prize winner Dr. Klaus Grosfeld

MeerWissen Project ORIENTATE

the island and which extended to a depth of more than 30m. ORIENTATE is a cooperation of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung and the University of Sfax in Tunisia