• Aerosols & Clouds

    AWIPEV Atmosphere Observatory with green laser beam of the lidar instrument. (Photo: G. Tran / Alfred Wegener Institute) At the Atmosphere Observatory of the AWIPEV research base in Ny-Ålesund , Svalbard [...] mast and BSRN radiation instruments at Neumayer Station, Antarctica. (Photo: H. Schmithüsen / Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In Antarctica, atmospheric research is split into two observatories at the Neumayer [...] Regions Svalbard, Arctic Atmosphere Observatory of AWIPEV-Base in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Svalbard is a key region of climate change in the Arctic. On the one hand it is close

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • ProRMAS

    the Horizon Europe program by the European Union Das Team in einem der Gewächshäuser (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Partners Funding ProRMAS project is carried out under the Green ERA-Hub, a Coordination

  • Co-Use

    Regional Development (EFRD). Example of multi-use of offshore wind turbine foundations (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project Fact Sheet Project name Co-Use Project duration 24 months Project level national

  • Peter Köhler

    Carbon dioxide and climate Dr Peter Köhler, physicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Climate sensitivity Carbon cycle CO 2 Negative emissions 14 C The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the

  • Research Vessel Mya II

    highly modern and very well equipped for coastal research." Prof. Dr Karin Lochte, Director of the Alfred Wegener institute, about RV Mya II when it was commissioned in August, 2013. Up to twelve scientists

  • Gesine Mollenhauer

    Dr Gesine Mollenhauer, geochemist and scientific head of MICADAS 14C dating laboratory at the Alfred Wegener Institute and Professor at the University of Bremen. Radiocarbon dating Paleoceanography Sediment

  • 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