• Global CO₂ emissions reach record high in 2025

    Project (GCP), an association of international scientists. Researchers from LMU Munich and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) / University of Bremen were leading contributors to the study.

  • Bluehouse

    Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute developed the content concept of the exhibition together with the municipality of Helgoland and the agency "studio klv". The Alfred Wegener Institute conducts [...] olstein and the municipality of Helgoland. The concept of the exhibition was realised by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which is also responsible for [...] serves as a foundation for their projects. In future, BLUEHOUSE HELGOLAND will be operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, supported by the municipality of Helgoland. However, all those involved still have

  • Online - Seminar on Marine Technology, Research and Experiences in Coastal waters” – MarTREC

    forward due to the public holiday) Prof. Dr. Philipp Fischer, Alfred Wegener Institute, Centre for Scientific Diving. Marie Koch, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, High-speed measurements in the Arctic: How to d [...] ecosystems. No download available. 08.02.2024, 11:00 Dr. Bernadette Pogoda und Julius Ellrich, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Development of nature conservation [...] for the North Sea - Project RESTORE No download available. 14.03.2024, 11:00 Alexandre Le Moal, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Study of the European Flat Oyster

  • Underwater Node Helgoland

    Margate underwater experimental field. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig. 2) Underwater node system with connectors for power and internet. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig. 3) Underwater lander system [...] system with various sensors. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The AWI-COSYNA Helgoland Underwater Observatory was initiated in 2012 by installing a remote operated underwater node system about 500m North of

  • World Press Photo Award for AWI Photographer

    the MOSAiC ice camp – with this image Esther Horvath, a photographer and photo editor at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), won the World Press Photo Award

  • Arctic sea ice once again shows considerable melting

    ice shrank to roughly 4.7 million square kilometres, as was determined by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, the University of Bremen and Universität Hamburg. Though slightly larger than last

  • Ocean acidification stimulates mass development of toxic algae

    Canary Islands conducted by an international group of scientists with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute. The results have now been published in the international journal Nature Climate Change

  • Prof. Antje Boetius receives the 2018 German Environmental Award

    Award goes to Antje Boetius and a team of wastewater experts from Leipzig. The Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is glad to see the deep seas

  • Signs of tipping point for oxygen minimum zone in the ocean

    suddenly. This was the key finding of a study by group of researchers led by geologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which has now been published

  • Happy Birthday, Jörn Thiede!

    director of today's GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and long-time director of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, celebrates his 80th