• Models

    meshes. The model is developed and supported by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). See also FESOM on youtube channel MITgcm was used extensively [...] specific research question. recom_for_webpage_real.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Groundbreaking Ceremony for the AWI Technical Centre

    this milestone together with the Directorate and staff of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.

  • Ralf Dahrendorf Prize for Potsdam Research Team

    Honour
    Today the members of the PETA-CARB team at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Potsdam have every reason to celebrate, as they were recently

  • Half of the coral reefs have already been lost

    one of the report’s lead authors and a marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

  • Antje Boetius is the patron of the 2019 photo festival »horizonte zingst«

    on the Baltic
    As a deep-sea researcher and Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Antje Boetius has explored oceans around the globe. This year,

  • Pressure from the deep sea

    field of specialization, including Melissa Käß, scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Among other things, researchers are calling for greater

  • German Arctic Office to act as consultant to politics and industry

    able to offer direct scientific advice to decision-makers, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has now set up an office for Arctic affairs at its Potsdam

  • Expedition to Antarctica’s Glaciers

    answers to these key questions, 50 researchers on board the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research vessel Polarstern are going to depart from Punta Arenas (Chile) on 6 February 2017, bound for the

  • Litter Levels in the Depths of the Arctic are On the Rise

    fold. This was recently reported in a study by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

  • Together for a sustainable Arctic

    the German Arctic interested parties, the Arctic Office of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, has organized a symposium with the Finnish and Icelandic embassies