• 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

    • Antje Boetius as keynote speaker

      choosing not to invest in climate protection!” – so claimed Prof Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), at the New Year’s Reception

    • Visit in Bremerhaven before expedition starts

      of the transit cruise of the so-called Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) visited the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar dnd Marine Research (AWI) last Saturday. The guests su

    • Research Minister Wanka visits the University of Oldenburg

      Biodiversity. The new institute will bundle and expand the research excellene in this field of the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of Oldenburg. AWI Director Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte attended as well