• WG Open Research Technology

    the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence, a capacity development program that has been running at the Alfred Wegener Institute at the island sites since 2013. Our work is closely interlinked with the groups at

  • Judith Hauck

    ocean as a carbon dioxide reservoir Dr Judith Hauck, deputy head of Marine Biogeosciences at the Alfred Wegener Institute and head of Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Marine Carbon and Ecosystem Feedbacks

  • Submarine Permafrost

    Profile submarine permafrost (Foto: Volker Rachold /AWI) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) What is submarine permafrost? Subsea permafrost in the Arctic is generally relict terrestrial permafrost, inundated

  • test sites

    covariance system was operated during the summer months. Bayelva, Svalbard, Norway Ny-Alesund (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) On the west coast of Spitsbergen, in and close to the town Ny-Ålesund we operate one

  • Mak-Pak Scale-Up

    technology on our side will be the base for the success of this project. Ulva lactuca (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut | Laurie C. Hofmann) Publication Salinity as a tool for strain selection in recirculating

  • Junior Groups

    Junior Research Groups The junior research groups at the Alfred Wegener Institute are funded by the Helmholtz Association, German Research Association and the European Research Council. Contact Directorate's [...] Emmy Noether Junior Research Groups Schneedicken Messungen auf dem antarktischen Meereis (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) offers outstanding

  • InEVal

    a transnational level beyond the InEVal project. Seegurke aus einer Zucht (Photo: M. Slater, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Matt Slater Contact: Mail to Matt (0)471 4831 2727 Duration: 2020 – 2023 Public: [...] partners Test final sea cucumber product in established high-value export markets WP partners: Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Marine Institute, University of Cagliari Lead: GMIT WP 4: Co-Development and Capacity

  • Research Vessel and Icebreaker Polarstern

    Vessel Polarstern is the most important resource for German polar research and the flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute. Commissioned on 9 December 1982, the Polarstern has since logged more than 1.963 million [...] scientific data from various projects are regularly recorded, saved and, if need be, forwarded. The Alfred Wegener Institute’s research stations wouldn’t be able to operate without the Polarstern; for example

  • MedSpon

    University of Marche Ancona, Italy WP 2: Sustainable production in RAS Schwammfragment (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This WP has the following specific objectives: Design and development of a closed [...] enhance survival, growth and the production of secondary metabolites of interest Project partner: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany WP 3: Aegean sponge species

  • Young Investigator Groups

    Junior Research Groups The junior research groups at the Alfred Wegener Institute are funded by the Helmholtz Association, German Research Association and the European Research Council. Contact Directorate's [...] Emmy Noether Junior Research Groups Schneedicken Messungen auf dem antarktischen Meereis (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) offers outstanding