affecting sea-ice cover, ocean circulation, atmospheric conditions and finally coastal areas. The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) is fully committed to addressing global environmental challenges as part of the Helmholtz

which has never been satisfactorily explained. In the journal Science, a team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute puts forward a possible explanation for the rise in global mean temperature: our planet

sizeable quantities of particle emissions into the environment. A team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now investigated the effects of these particle on blue mussels – a species also being

as well as safety guidelines and protocols for future monitoring. (Photo: Ester Horvath, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Funded by: EU HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01 Funding period: 01/2024 - 06/2027 Project [...] Institute Gdańsk, MIG, Poland Lithuanian Environmental Protection Agency, LEPA, Lithuania Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, AWI, Germany Johann Heinrich von Thünen

ts from the Section Ecological Chemistry: Boris Koch ArcWatch (Graphic: Sabine Lüdeling, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Island Impact Extensive open water phytoplankton blooms occur along the flow of the southern

and the local communities can be endangered by the waste. In August, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with national and international partners, therefore, keep a close eye on drilling

Earth System Complexity Gletscher in Island, © Kristina Brenner (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Earth System Complexity group at AWI is focused on understanding interactions between large-scale components

boundary, light blue: lower ice boundary, green: soil temperature at 30cm depth). (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Global warming and the thawing of permafrost not only lead to destabilization of the soil

surroundings. The right part of the image shows Lake Coleen and the Deadhorse airport (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

doctorate in geography from the Humboldt University in Berlin and carried out his research at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), in Potsdam. The work closes a knowledge [...] physicist Dr. Jan Nitzbon. (Photo: Paolo Verzone) August 2021 Dr. Jan Nitzbon, scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was awarded the 2020 Wladimir Köppen [...] Zweigel, Luc Girod, Technical University of Denmark: Thomas Ingemann-Nielsen, Johanna Scheer, Alfred Wegener Institute: Paul Overduin, Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Rebecca Rolph, Jan Nitzbon, Frederieke Miesner