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explaining the AUV to Dr. Mentaberry (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Matt Slater presenting the Centre for Aquaculture Research (ZAF) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Ingo Schewe on the topic "Data [...] "Data management and data portals at AWI" (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

lf re d- W eg en er -I ns ti tu t Professor Maarten Boersma has been Interim Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research since 1 May 2025. At the same time [...] years as a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Limnology in Plön, Germany, he moved to the Alfred Wegener Institute in 2001. From 2015-2024, Boersma headed the „Ecology of Shelf Seas“ section on Helgoland [...] for the Department of Biology for several years before being appointed Deputy Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute and Head of the Section „Coastal Ecology“ at the Wadden Sea Station on Sylt in 2024

Arctic will affect Germany, Europe 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 [...] Germany has established itself 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 [...] research and policy at international conferences. Head: Dr Volker Rachold German Arctic Office Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Telegrafenberg A5 14473 Potsdam / Germany

(blue and red line, respectively) (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate Change Annual mean temperature in Ny-Alesund 1994 to 2024 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Since the beginning of our meteorological [...] in the Arctic (AWIPEV Research Base in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen) Ny-Ålesund from above. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Ny-Ålesund is located on a fjord at the west coast of Svalbard (Spitsbergen). In this

AWI EXPERT Judith Hauck is a biogeoscientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, with a research focus on the marine carbon cycle. Born in Freiburg (Breisgau), Germany in 1982, she studied [...] studied Marine Environmental Sciences in Oldenburg before switching to the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research for her doctoral studies. In 2013 she received the Annette Barthelt [...] in the Earth System” (MarESys) and deputy leader of the Marine Biogeosciences Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Hauck’s research interests include the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the ocean

Sea). Alfred-Wegener-Institut (CC-BY 4.0) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ANT 22.3: V-shaped blow of a baleen whale in the Southern Ocean. Note the tilted horizon caused by the ship's roll. Alfred-Wege [...] titut (CC-BY 4.0) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ANT 23.6 A minke whale blows through a hole it maintains in the solid sea ice during austral winter. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ANT 24.3 The ice [...] blows (next image). Alfred-Wegener-Institut (CC-BY 4.0) (Photo: ?) ANT 24.3 A whale blowing at around 1km distance in a lead in the sea ice of the ice covered Southern Ocean. Alfred-Wegener-Institut (CC-BY

supporting the great Alfred Wegener on his research expeditions to the Arctic. “...and make sure that one watch is set aside for Rasmus, who will be accompanying us.” Alfred Wegener, 6 October 1930 Rasmus [...] was inaugurated on the “Telegrafenberg” in 1999. View of Wegener House (Building D) (Photo: Hero Lang) A view inside: Level 0A (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] Campus (Klußmannstraße 1) stands a new technical centre for polar and marine research. Here the Alfred Wegener Institute tests and develops new equipment for use in the polar regions and the deep sea. The

parts of Wegener's inheritance as well as historical images of his expeditions. Related research Geophysics Bathymetry Magnetometer More about Alfred Wegener Continental drift Alfred Wegener [...] Ridge on the globe (Photo: Sina Löschke) It wasn’t until the mid-1960s, around third years after Wegener’s death, that his ideas received recognition in science. Seismological investigations showed that