• Kohnen

      Automatic Weather Station Kohnen AWS Kohnen (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In December 2021 an automatic weather station was installed at Kohnen station. The station is intended to replace

    • Tatiana M. Torres, J.D./D.C.L./M.Sc.

      tatianamichelle.torres @ awi.de Project Manager Ocean Gardens Alfred Wegener Institut Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven E-1005

    • Behind the Science

      point of view. Project leader Prof. Dr. Gerrit Lohmann (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Gerrit Lohmann is a professor at the Alfred Wegener Institute (Germany) and represents the field of "Physics of [...] and scientific discoveries. Students ©Leon Focks (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Leon Focks is studying chemistry in the master's program at the University of Münster where he also graduated with [...] of Münster for the Green Party since 2019. ©Paule Hainz (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Paule Hainz studies environmental sciences, also known as Geoecology, at Technische Universität Braunschweig. In

    • Accessibility

      Accessibility Statement The Alfred Wegener Institute is committed to making its website accessible. This accessibility statement applies to www.awi.de. Compliance [...] . The technical review of accessibility was carried out by: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Feedback and contact information: We would like to further improve

    • Vegetation Surveys

      dendrometers for monitoring tree growth). Dr. Stefan Kruse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Stefan Kruse [Translate to English:] anorama Aufwuchs nördlicher Wald nach Feuer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut

    • High-latitude Biodiversity

      Alaska expedition 2024 under Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Research in the High latitude biodiversity group focuses on the reconstruction of past ecosystem changes in response [...] high-altitude environments in the future. Ulrike_Alaska (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Temporary Head Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh Team Dr. Andrej Andreev (PostDoc) Dr.

    • Oceanic microseisms

      stars mark the oceanic microseisms research projects. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact An ice-going OBS has emerged in a Polynia (ice-free area). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Prof. Dr. Vera

    • Sediment core shows climate changes in the Patagonian ice sheet

      from the Antarctic in the Earth's history. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now used a sediment core to demonstrate the climate sensitivity of this ice sheet over the last 140,000 years

    • Artificial Intelligence for Ethical and Sustainable Shrimp Farming

      of shrimp farming, is the outcome of a consortium combining the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Oceanloop and Sander Holding. Over the past two years, the

    • World Oceans Day

      time (16:00 CEST). Prof. Dr Hans-Otto Pörtner, biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute and Co-Chair of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will give the keynote