Bluehouse

Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute developed the content concept of the exhibition together with the municipality of Helgoland and the agency "studio klv". The Alfred Wegener Institute conducts [...] olstein and the municipality of Helgoland. The concept of the exhibition was realised by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which is also responsible for [...] serves as a foundation for their projects. In future, BLUEHOUSE HELGOLAND will be operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, supported by the municipality of Helgoland. However, all those involved still have

25 years of the Arctic Station in Svalbard

ago, the German Arctic Station in Svalbard was officially opened by the former directors of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Prof. Gotthilf Hempel and Dr

AWI project for marine nature conservation and biodiversity wins award

European Oyster
The Alfred Wegener Institute’s project to “establish the sustainable production of seed oysters for a long-term reintroduction programme (PROCEED)” has now been named an official project

The future of the Thwaites Glacier

most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken. The Alfred Wegener Institute directly participated in an expedition during which researchers explored the structure

Which types of jellyfish are there in the Arctic Ocean today – and which will still be there tomorrow?

Arctic Ocean. The group will receive financial support from the Helmholtz Association and the Alfred Wegener Institute.

Young people share what they have learned with the world

June 2019, 33 young scientists from around the globe will be celebrating their graduation at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Ten scholarship holders have come to the end of a 10-month programme, and 23 young

Minister of Environment visits AWIPEV station

first hand information on climate change. Together with Karin Lochte and scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine research (AWI) she discusses global warming,

Triaxus

Typical sensor configuration (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Specialty of CTD data CTD Sensors: starboard and port side of the "Triaxus" sensor carrier (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The specialty of the [...] vertical "Undulation" mode Undulation mode (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Triaxus data example based on PS113 024_02 "equator crossing" (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) With the setting "Undulation" in the [...] Triaxus Towed System "topAWI" Triaxus towing body on deck of RV Polarstern. (Photo: Jan Gerken, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The topAWI Triaxus (towed ocean profiler of the AWI) is a towed system manufactured

The Climates of the Geological Past

Publication
Alfred Wegener is known for his theory of continental drift which he published exactly 100 years ago in 1915. Slightly less known, but equally important are the studies on the climates of

First amber find on the Antarctic continent

conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. A team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg have just released a paper in the journal Antarctic