• CONTRASTS

      performed and autonomous stations are installed. The helicopter takes of for a survey flight. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Marcel Nicolaus) Main Contact Marcel Nicolaus Thomas Krumpen Associated colleagues [...] expedition. At the beginning, we will guide the new Tara Polar Station into the sea ice. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Regime 1: Future Arctic (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus) Regime 2: Present Arctic (Photo: Marcel [...] measurement types. Regions of Deployments 1 and 2 mostly host the autonomous devices. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) On-route measurements and regional surveys With Polarstern, the helicopters and also

    • How climate change is altering the Arctic Ocean

      from Bremerhaven for the Arctic. The destination of the 95 expedition participants, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, is the AWI Hausgarten, a long-term observatory situated between Svalbard and Greenland

    • Tara Polar Station

      s in Svalbard. Tara Polar Station in Lorient, France, in April 2025 (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact: Marcel Nicolaus Associated AWI science partners: Physical oceanography: Benjamin [...] sea ice tools and gear ROV Ann in the wet lab of Tara Polar Station (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus, Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • Marine heatwaves pose problems for coastal plankton

      for marine organisms. Researchers at the Marine Station Helgoland, a research facility of the Alfred Wegener Institute, have quantified the frequency and intensity of these heatwaves along with their r

    • Rising temperatures lead to unexpectedly rapid carbon release from soils

      from MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen and from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven that was now published

    • Iliana_Baums_AWI-Expert_UK.pdf

      Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB), a coope- ration between the university and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. After studying biology in Tübingen

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    • Antarctica InSync

      beyond the capabilities and infrastructure of any single scientific programme or nation. The Alfred Wegener Institute has therefore joined forces with institutions from many different countries, including

    • Study on prediction of approaching tipping points

      current issue of the scientific journal Nature Climate Change , a team of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute suggests taking a critical look at the evaluation of the statistical significance of

    • Organisation

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

    • Stable Isotope Facility

      section of the EPICA ice core. It was recovered from a depth of 2650 metres (Photo: Hans Oerter, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact Dr. Hanno Meyer (Head of Laboratory) The laboratory equipment pool The analyses [...] curve that the scientists created using the EPICA ice core from Dronning Maud Land (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The isotopic fingerprint of water The significance of the analyses in the Potsdam ISOLAB [...] kind in the world. A scanning electon microscopy image of purified diatom assemblage. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) View into the laser fluorination: The samples to be analysed are illuminated with the