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    • Oceanic microseisms

      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 Schlindwein Dr. Mechita

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    • Sediment core shows climate changes in the Patagonian ice sheet

      the Southern Hemisphere apart 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

    • Artificial Intelligence for Ethical and Sustainable Shrimp Farming

      and performance in the context 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

    • World Oceans Day

      in New York from 10:00 local 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)

    • Centre of Excellence

      The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Marine and Polar Research (AWI), is delighted to announce the start of the last cohort of the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence at AWI, a comprehensive oc

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      squid in deep water in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. The results from Stockholm University, the Alfred Wegener Institute and colleagues in the European Fisheries Inventory in the Central Arctic Ocean (EFICA)

    • Ulva Tomorrow’s ‘Wheat of the Sea’

      has grown significantly. A team of experts from 28 countries, including scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has launched the SeaWheat project