• Long-term Observation of Surface Radiation

      in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen) Pyranometer in Ny-Ålesund. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Ny-Ålesund is situated 78.9° N north of the arctic circle. During the polar night from 24. october to 18. february [...] mean values from radiation measurements 1992 to 2024 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate Change and Radiation The shortwave solar radiation and its reflection at the Earth's surface, as well as [...] reflective and downward shortwave radiation in Ny-Ålesund. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Publication The surface radiation measurements and related climate aspects are discussed in: Maturilli, M., A.

    • Seismics

      Snow streamer (Photo: Olaf Eisen, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Subglacial conditions play a key role in the most dynamic parts of the ice sheet: ice streams, outlet glaciers [...] high Alpine saddle, Colle Gnifetti. Gimballed geophone (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Seismic data acquisition (seismics) is a technique to generate and record elastic or acoustic waves in the subsurface [...] marine seismic data collection. Seismics in west Greenland (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Difficult terrain (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Seismic waves penetrate through the ice sheet or shelf and are

    • Jan Jacob, M.Sc.

      of Benthic Sub-Arctic Macrophytes to Warming jan.jacob @ awi.de Alfred Wegener Institut Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven E-1020

    • After more than 100 years: The Endurance has been found!

      able to locate the previously lost wreck. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute were also on board.

    • Climate change and its consequences on foreign policy

      and Markus Rex, MOSAiC expedition leader and scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

    • "We need to make fundamental changes"

      oceans. We discussed this initiative with two experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) – Dr Melanie Bergmann and Dr Lars Gutow.

    • Arctic sea ice continues to track far below average

      ) million square kilometres, according to researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the University of Bremen.

    • German President and AWI Director visit Iceland

      Iceland from 12 to 14 June. Prof Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), accompanied the President at his request, in order to

    • German Association for Marine Technology at the AWI

      "Meet the members"
      The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) welcomed members of the Association for Marine Technology (

    • Rising temperatures lead to unexpectedly rapid carbon release from soils

      Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen and from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven that was now published in Nature Communications .