ty of weather data is not for granted but owed to the use of snow buoys, operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

a new research study involving 21 research institutes from around the world including the Alfred Wegener Institute, coordinated by Dirk Notz from the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Award
Arranging work and family life is a high priority at all locations of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. This is also proven by the repeated awarding

exchange: Geophysicist and astronaut Alexander Gerst recently paid a visit to his alma mater, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Before an audience of ca. 200 members

ice-penetrating radar scans of the Greenland ice sheet, that a team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute have just presented in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Ocean Eddies
In a new study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) investigated the long-term changes in the Arctic Ocean eddy activity

For several years, a team of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute used underwater microphones to listen for seals at the edge of the Antarctic. Their initial findings, just released in the journal

birds, whales and organisms at the bottom of the sea. In two new studies, scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute Hemholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) show that plastic waste is also eaten

Research Focus Innovation Strategy Unit BL (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Basic Research Especially the examination of the shell structure, the formation mechanisms, and the ability of the structure

Dynamics‘ Prof. Dr. Gerrit Lohmann, head of the AWI Section ‘Paleoclimate Dynamics‘ (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Without models, we can’t grasp the interrelations in the system or explain the phenomena [...] Atmosphere‘ Dr Dörthe Handorf, Researcher in the Section ‘Physics of the Atmosphere‘ (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) We also need simplified climate models, which allow us to isolate some of these additional [...] Oceanography‘ Dr Claudia Wekerle, Researcher in the Section ‘Physical Oceanography‘ (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) If we can realistically simulate the past and present processes at work in the Fram Strait