• Arctic sea ice continues to track far below average

    decreased to an area of 4.4 (+/- 0.1) million square kilometres, according to researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the University of Bremen.

  • How Arctic lakes are accelerating climate change

    microbes now can produce methane. An international research team, including experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, has now determined that the rapid thaw under lakes has been neglected in models so

  • Keeping a Close Eye on Ice Loss

    satellites burnt up in the atmosphere. Although this loss was planned, for the experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute it left a considerable gap in monitoring ice loss in the Antarctic and Greenland. Now

  • The future of the Thwaites Glacier

    most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken. The Alfred Wegener Institute directly participated in an expedition during which researchers explored the structure

  • Anja Karliczek visits the Alfred Wegener Institute

    (Thursday, 7 February 2019) Federal Minister of Education and Research Anja Karliczek visited the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven.

  • Making the Arctic accessible for excellent science

    maritime industry. The European Commission funds the project, which is coordinated by the German Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), with 6 million Euros. The project

  • AWI hosts the King and Queen of the Netherlands

    Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will visit the Alfred Wegener Institute as part of their tour of the State of Bremen. Dutch and German researchers will report

  • Colonisation in Slow Motion

    diversity until much later. These are the findings of a unique 18-year study by researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which has now been published

  • Cruise_reportPS102.pdf

    on Polar and Marine Research 713 2017 Die Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung werden vom Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Deutschland [...] e die Auf- fassung des AWI wider. The Reports on Polar and Marine Research are issued by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, succeeding [...] Layout Birgit Reimann Editor Dr. Horst Bornemann Editorial editing and layout Birgit Reimann Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Am Handeshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven

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  • 6_7_cruise_report_PS95.pdf

    on Polar and Marine Research 702 2016 Die Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung werden vom Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Deutschland [...] e die Auf- fassung des AWI wider. The Reports on Polar and Marine Research are issued by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, succeeding [...] Layout Birgit Reimann Editor Dr. Horst Bornemann Editorial editing and layout Birgit Reimann Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven

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