• Forecasting low flow conditions for the Elbe and Rhine:

      avoided if modern forecasting methods had been used. That is the conclusion researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) reached after testing their recently

    • Good news: European sea bass absorb virtually no microplastic in their muscle tissue

      Aquaculture/Nutrition
      In a new laboratory study, experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) investigated how many microplastic particles would be

    • Negotiations on an MPA in the Weddell Sea

      regarding the establishment of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute were instrumental in preparing the application for the European Union (EU), which was

    • WP1

      Wachstums getestet wird. Mehl aus Seestern - ein Futtermittel für die nachhaltige Aquakultur? (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Matt Slater Assistant: Vanessa Fuchs Contact: Mail to Matt or Vanessa (0)471

    • QUARCCS

      Ritter, A. Schulz, Prof. K. Dethloff, Dr. X. Yu Alfred Wegener Institute, section Sea Ice Physics : Prof. C. Haas, Dr. T. Krumpen, J. Belter Alfred Wegener Institute, section Polar Biological Oceanography [...] 2017, Potsdam quarccs-kickoff-pdm_2017.JPG (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Second Meeting, June 2018, Moscow group_photo-moscow.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Download agenda here... Third Meeting [...] doi:10.5194/tc-14-1727-2020 Partners: • Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Section Atmospheric Physics • Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar

    • The grand finale to the expedition of a century

      expedition were welcomed by e.g. Federal Minister of Research Anja Karliczek and the Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Antje Boetius. The event marked the end of a record-breaking expedition: never before

    • Depths of the Weddell Sea are warming five times faster than elsewhere

      000 metres. This was the main finding of an article just published by oceanographers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). In the article, they analyse

    • The future of krill

      that depend on it, warns a group of krill experts headed by Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in the journal Communications

    • AWI Project Awarded as Top Research

      Russian-German Cooperation
      The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and its three Russian partners received an award in the category of top-level research for

    • Taking aim at tiny threats

      the results. An international team led by Dr Sebastian Primpke and Dr Michaela Meyns from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has now presented possible solutions