reaches of Greenland indicate the pending loss of another large iceberg. As glaciologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) report in a new study, the glacier’s

decreased to an area of 4.4 (+/- 0.1) million square kilometres, according to researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the University of Bremen.

microbes now can produce methane. An international research team, including experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, has now determined that the rapid thaw under lakes has been neglected in models so

satellites burnt up in the atmosphere. Although this loss was planned, for the experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute it left a considerable gap in monitoring ice loss in the Antarctic and Greenland. Now

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

(Thursday, 7 February 2019) Federal Minister of Education and Research Anja Karliczek visited the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven.

graphy at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Welcome to the Nippon Foundation – POGO Center of Excellence in Observational Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute [...] October 2018 6 2. General information about the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE: The Alfred Wegener Institute carries out internationally renowned [...] University College London, UK, 1997−1998: University of Kiel, 1999−2001: Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven, 2002−to date: Alfred Wegener Institute in List/Sylt. Interests: sedimentology, sediment dynamics

graphy at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Welcome to the Nippon Foundation – POGO Center of Excellence in Observational Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute [...] October 2018 6 2. General information about the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE: The Alfred Wegener Institute carries out internationally renowned [...] University College London, UK, 1997−1998: University of Kiel, 1999−2001: Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven, 2002−to date: Alfred Wegener Institute in List/Sylt. Interests: sedimentology, sediment dynamics

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maritime industry. The European Commission funds the project, which is coordinated by the German Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), with 6 million Euros. The project