• 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

  • Glaciology

    Glaciology Ice Core (Photo: Hans Oerter, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Ongoing acceleration of glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, increasing contribution of ice sheets and glaciers to sea level change and

  • Guide to Holdings

    includes documents from scientists from early stages of German polar research, i. e. the papers from Alfred Wegener (NL 2), from Johannes Georgi (NL 3) from Fritz Loewe (NL 4), from Hermann Junghenn (NL 7), from [...] alia a small collection on the third German expedition to Antarctica from 1938 to 1939, headed by Alfred Ritscher (S 1), and a stamp collection on polar research, which includes not only individual com [...] polar and maritime research, e. g. to the first and second German expedition to Greenland or to Wegener's expedition to this island (S 4), and a collection of 80 documentaries in different formats and

  • Team

    Earth System Diagnostics Team members Thom Laepple Thomas Laepple (Photo: Ergenzinger) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Quantitiative interpretation of paleoclimate data I enjoy working across disciplines [...] te record to sharpen our knowledge about the climate system. Nora Hirsch Nora Hirsch (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate variability based on ice core isotope records Increasing the usability of [...] visible, to see how they might affect the diffusion signal. Andrew Dolman Andrew Dolman (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Variability of past climate from proxies I started out as an ecologist, but now I study

  • News

    doctorate in geography from the Humboldt University in Berlin and carried out his research at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), in Potsdam. The work closes [...] physicist Dr. Jan Nitzbon. (Photo: Paolo Verzone) August 2021 Dr. Jan Nitzbon, scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was awarded the 2020 Wladimir [...] Zweigel, Luc Girod, Technical University of Denmark: Thomas Ingemann-Nielsen, Johanna Scheer, Alfred Wegener Institute: Paul Overduin, Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Rebecca Rolph, Jan Nitzbon, Frederieke

  • Research Vessel and Icebreaker Polarstern

    Vessel Polarstern is the most important resource for German polar research and the flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute. Commissioned on 9 December 1982, the Polarstern has since logged more than 1.963 million [...] scientific data from various projects are regularly recorded, saved and, if need be, forwarded. The Alfred Wegener Institute’s research stations wouldn’t be able to operate without the Polarstern; for example

  • ACENMAP

    Express, 19(10), 9783–9800, 2011. Prof. Dr. Astrid Bracher Dr. Mariana Soppa picture.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Brenner Silva

  • FIONA

    component spectrum for additive manufacturing in the FLM and FCM processes. The sub-project of the Alfred-Wegener-lnstitut Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) aims to develop lightweight solutions

  • Results

    period of more than two decades. /private/tmp/tp7ffc6dcf_003d_40f4_b9c8_238e24572d85.ps (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • CO2 Compensation for Business Travel

    it comes to distant destinations, train travel isn’t a realistic alternative. Accordingly, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is the first research institute