• salmon louse

    welcome to contact us by email (with short CV). Lachslaus unter dem Mikroskop (Photo: G. Jähne, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project Lead: Kai Lorkowski Staff: Gregor Jähne, Dr. Desislava Bögner Contact: Mail

  • Mar Fernández-Méndez

    problems to solutions Prof. Dr Mar Fernández-Méndez, marine biogeochemist and algal ecologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, head of the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group SiDe-EFFECT and the Marine Algae Ecology

  • Beyond iron: vitamins, zinc and cobalt

    affect the biological pump in this important carbon export region. Dr. Florian Koch (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Contact: Dr. Florian Koch

  • Ice Sheet Modelling

    Magnitude of the present-day horizontal ice flow velocity (Graphic: Thomas Kleiner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The large ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are of major importance for the global climate

  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    region and West Antarctic margin (modified from Kipf et al., Gondwana Research, 2014). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Geodynamic and tectonic processes played a dominant role in forming the present topographic

  • Permafrost Biogeochemistry

    northern Alaska. For scale: the size of the polygonal pattern is approximately 10 meter. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate warming is inducing drastic changes in Arctic permafrost landscapes, such as

  • Nunataryuk

    evidence-based interventions to enable the sustainable development of the Arctic. Partners: 1 ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG Germany 2 STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET Sweden

  • Salt Marshes and Seagrass Meadows

    salt marsh area of around 15% in the last 30 years. [Translate to English:] Mesokosmen (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Esther Horvath) Seagrass meadows are often found in the sea adjacent to or in close [...] nutrient discharges would be needed in order to initiate a seagrass recovery here. Seegras (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) AWI experts Tobias Dolch Physical geographer Dr Tobias Dolch, expert on habitat changes

  • FAQ

    be kept confidential. Publications How should I cite DEPAS? This publication describes DEPAS: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung et al., 2017: DEPAS (Deutscher Geräte-Pool [...] like this:„We thank the “German Instrument Pool for Amphibian Seismology (DEPAS)”, hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven, for providing the ocean-bottom seismometers. What is important when publishing

  • Putting permafrost in the classroom

    Together with partner schools in Germany, schoolchildren from Aklavik, Canada are helping the Alfred Wegener Institute gather valuable data on permafrost. By doing so, they’re improving the joint understanding