• Christian Buschbaum

    research: climate change and species invasion Dr Christian Buschbaum, marine ecologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Coastal research Wadden Sea Invasive species Around the globe, coasts and their c

  • Christian Haas

    the thinning of sea-ice? Prof. Dr Christian Haas, Head of the Sea Ice Physics Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute and Professor at the Institute for Environmental Physics at the University of Bremen

  • Ingo Sasgen

    Retreat of the ice sheets Dr Ingo Sasgen, glaciologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Ice sheets Glaciers Sea-level rise With the aid of satellites, we can now very precisely determine how much ice the

  • Technology and Logistics

    Photo of an ice-resiliant Argo float surfacing the Antarctic Ocean in December 2008. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • NETWAVE

    desem Projekt untersuchten möglichen Einflüsse des Ultraschalls auf die Fischgesundheit. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Dr. Matt Slater Coordination: Dr. Sinem Zeytin / Luisa Buße Contact: Mail to

  • OptiRAS

    perform material and energy balancing. OptiRAS Schema Baby giant grouper (Photo: M. Bögner / Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Mirko Bögner Contact: Mail to Mirko (0)471 4831 1619 Duration: 2021 – 2022 Partner:

  • Forecasts for the Elbe

    shipping channels and berths fill up with sediment. Thanks to seasonal forecasts prepared by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Hamburg Port Authority can now prepare for such developments well in advance –

  • greenhub

    cultivation systems? The aquaculture research group of the Marine Bioeconomy Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute is currently investigating this question in a new project as part of a BSc thesis.

  • QualiZander

    software developed in the MonitorShrimp project forms the basis for further development (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Stephan Ende , Astrid Gärdes, Monika Weiss Contact: Mail an Stephan (0) 471 4831

  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    deposits and glacial unconformities (modified from Gohl et al., Marine Geology, 2013). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The reconstruction of the dynamic history of Antarctic Ice Sheet expansion and retreat