• Congratulations!

    NF-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute successfully completed their training on October 26, 2021.

  • Memorandum of Understanding signed in China

    br>The Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA) and the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on their future cooperation

  • Pouplation Genetics

    boreal forests to ongoing climate change. Dr. Stefan Kruse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Stefan Kruse Siberia Larix distribution (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental

  • Longterm timeseries

    strategies for boreal and mountain forests. Dr. Stefan Kruse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Stefan Kruse Wetness time series (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems:

  • Team

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

  • AWI Scientist Antje Boetius honoured

    Staff
    Professor Antje Boetius, Alfred Wegener Institute, was elected as Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. Furthermore, she will be awarded the Goldschmidt Medal

  • Antje Boetius awarded the 2019 Erna Hamburger Prize

    scientific contributions, Prof Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, was recently awarded the “2019 Erna Hamburger Prize”.

  • AWI welcomes international scholarship holders

    Young scientists
    The Alfred Wegener Institute welcomes the new scholarship holders of the Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography. The international

  • Microplastics

    Gunnar Gerdts Dr. Antje Wichels Automated µFTIR analysis (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) FlowCam (Fluid Imaging) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) sediment separator (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) FTIR spectrometer (Bruker Tensor) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) FTIR microscopes (µFTIR; Bruker Hyperion) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Raman microscopes (785 nm laser; rap-ID) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Nano-FTIR (neaspec) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Arctic Office

    and the whole world. Therefore the German Arctic Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute serves as an information and cooperation platform for German stakeholders invested in Arctic science, politics [...] as a recognized player in international Arctic research. The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research has been working in the Arctic for more than 30 years. It is one [...] conferences. Head: Dr Volker Rachold German Arctic Office Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Telegrafenberg A5 14473 Potsdam / Germany +49 331 58174 5801 +49