• Glacial melt in the high Mountains of Asia

      growing, a team of researchers led by the University of St Andrews and with contributions from the Alfred Wegener Institute has concluded.

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

      the Arctic Ocean has risen 20-fold. This was recently reported in a study by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

    • Litter is present throughout the world’s oceans: 1,220 species affected

      marine litter concentrated, and which species and ecosystems does it affect? Researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have for the first time compiled all scientific data published on marine litter in

    • Together for a sustainable Arctic

      Finland to Iceland. To inform 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

    • Visualisation of the Invisible

      27th International Cartographic Conference
      The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the TU Dresden’s Institute for Cartography present their joint thre

    • Ice Core Laboratories

      Antarctic and Greenland. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Particularly challenging: Finding the right gloves for working at 20 degrees below zero. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Each ice core is cut into [...] scanning macroscope). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) AWI glaciologists Sepp Kipfstuhl and Mark Curran discuss how to proceed further in the AWI ice lab. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Razor-sharp saws [...] precisely cut the ice cores. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) A glimpse inside: In terms of its setup, the lab is reminiscent of a typical workshop. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Utmost concentration: An

    • New dataset reveals biological “treasure trove” of Arctic Ocean

      unique species and assessing their extinction risk. The research led by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of East Anglia is now published in PLOS Biology, futher informations

    • Hans-Otto Pörtner now a member of the European Academy of Sciences

      Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II and Head of the Integrative Ecophysiology Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, has been selected as

    • We left for a while!

      of the whole COSMUS team I would like to thank all members of the Logistic Department of the Alfred Wegener Institute, because without their unconditional support this expedition would not have been possible

    • Back to the Roots of Antarctic Research

      Antarctica
      This year, the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Neumayer Station III will be exclusively supplied by sea. The research vessel Polarstern will transport– as usual – materials and fuel to the Antarctic