• Mud binds carbon

      Over the past three years the collaborative research project APOC, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, has investigated how climate change and anthropogenic activities and pressure impact the carbon cycle

    • New dataset reveals biological “treasure trove” of Arctic Ocean

      unique species and assessing their extinction risk. The research led by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of East Anglia is now published in PLOS Biology, futher informations

    • Scholarship holders finish their education

      development
      Today the graduates of the Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) say goodbye to the AWI. During the past ten months the scholarship holders from

    • Food web models in politics and management

      need for an entire ecosystem approach to prevent crises ENA Wirkshop 2017 - Participants (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Aim of the workshop The course aims to increase the understanding of food web model [...] Schückel or Dr. Sabine Horn to sign up for the workshop. Location Wadden Sea Station on Sylt of the Alfred- Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung. Costs The course is on a volunteer [...] Scharler (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa) Monday: 25.09.2017 09:00-09:15 Welcome at the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Wadden Sea Station Sylt K.H. Wiltshire

    • "We need to make fundamental changes"

      amount of plastic litter in our oceans. We discussed this initiative with two experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) – Dr Melanie Bergmann and Dr

    • German Association for Marine Technology at the AWI

      "Meet the members"
      The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) welcomed members of the Association for Marine Technology (GMT). The AWI is itself a member of the

    • Arctic sea ice continues to track far below average

      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.

    • German President and AWI Director visit Iceland

      Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Iceland from 12 to 14 June. Prof Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), accompanied the President at

    • After more than 100 years: The Endurance has been found!

      after the start, the team was able to locate the previously lost wreck. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute were also on board.

    • Climate change and its consequences on foreign policy

      between Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Markus Rex, MOSAiC expedition leader and scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).