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

To address this, here at the HIFMB, a cooperation between the University of Oldenburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute, we use ‘planktotrons’: large water tanks that allow us to investigate the changes

yesterday and today! Apl. Prof. Dr Bernhard Diekmann, Head of the Potsdam Research Unit of the Alfred Wegener Institute and Professor of Quaternary Geology at the University of Potsdam. Climate Change History

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

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

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:

Earth System Complexity Gletscher in Island, © Kristina Brenner (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Earth System Complexity group at AWI is focused on understanding interactions between large-scale components

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

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 –

ichtung funktioniert bei Garnelen gut, aber funktioniert es auch mit dem Marmorkrebs (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Partner