• Wandering greenhouse gas

      different region months later. This phenomenon is the subject of an article by researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, published in the current issue of the online journal Scientific Reports. Although

    • AWI researchers fulfil prominent roles in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report

      has now announced the Lead Authors for its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), and experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) fulfil prominent roles in this

    • New species in the North Sea

      Biodiversity
      Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Universities of Oldenburg and Potsdam, Germany have confirmed the existence of a new cryptic amphipod species in the North Sea. For the

    • Arctic Survivalists

      productivity and biodiversity. This was the main finding presented in a study by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, which they jointly release with their Canadian colleagues advanced online in the journal

    • Signs of tipping point for oxygen minimum zone in the ocean

      suddenly. This was the key finding of a study by group of researchers led by geologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which has now been published

    • MarGate

      experimental area and test facility off Helgoland MarGate experimental area off Helgoland. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) The project MarGate was initiated in 2009 by the AWI Centre for Scientific Diving at

    • Ten scholarship holders in oceanography honoured

      all have been engaged in a training programme addressing all oceanographic disciplines at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). To close this important chapter

    • Prof. Antje Boetius receives the 2018 German Environmental Award

      Award goes to Antje Boetius and a team of wastewater experts from Leipzig. The Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is glad to see the deep seas

    • Kidnapping in the Antarctic animal world?

      amphipod’s legs they are unable to feed. Biologists working with Dr Charlotte Havermans at the Alfred Wegener Institute have investigated this phenomenon as part of a cooperation project with the University

    • The Alfred Wegener Institute receives Technical Centre

      of Bremerhaven and the Fischereihafenbetriebsgesellschaft (FBG - fishing port operator), the Alfred Wegener Institute has specified the potential use of the area on the Klußmannstraße. A Technical Centre