• First conference for research software in Germany with AWI participation

      in Germany took place on the subject of research software. The Potsdam Research Centre of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) organized the conference together

    • German President and AWI Director visit Iceland

      Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Iceland from 12 to 14 June. Prof Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), accompanied the President at

    • ‘Astro-Alex’ visits the AWI

      exchange: Geophysicist and astronaut Alexander Gerst recently paid a visit to his alma mater, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Before an audience of ca. 200

    • AWI receives audit berufundfamilie for the fifth time

      Award
      Arranging work and family life is a high priority at all locations of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. This is also proven by the repeated awarding

    • Young people share what they have learned with the world

      June 2019, 33 young scientists from around the globe will be celebrating their graduation at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Ten scholarship holders have come to the end of a 10-month programme, and 23 young

    • Traces in the ice

      on places like the ice sheet in Greenland and other parts of the Arctic. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, have studied these lead contaminants

    • Climate targets for 2030: Avenues to a sustainable reduction in CO2 emissions

      that can quickly gain social acceptance and promote innovation. Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, co-released the statement. The deep-sea

    • AWI Director honoured

      contributions to his or her field of science specialty. Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, now receives the award. The Cody Award

    • Microplastic drifting down with the snow

      regions as the Arctic and the Alps. This was demonstrated in a study conducted by experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute and at the Swiss WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, recently published

    • All-in-one: New microbe degrades oil to gas

      archaea. Scientists from Joint Re­search Group for Deep-Sea Eco­logy and Tech­no­logy of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the Max Planck Institute