ice boundary, light blue: lower ice boundary, green: soil temperature at 30cm depth). (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Global warming and the thawing of permafrost not only lead to destabilization of the

development of the Arctic Geochemist Dr Volker Rachold, Head of the German Arctic Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Arctic Arctic policy Climate change Anthropogenic climate change is affecting the

of scams in which bogus orders are currently being generated in the name and on behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute. These bogus orders are being sent using a fake e-mail address. The basic e-mail address

subsurface reflections along a profile. Ground-penetrating radar survey at Kohnen station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

Deployment of an OBS in 1967 DEPAS ocean-bottom seismometer in the South Atlantic Ocean. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Contact: Dr. Mechita Schmidt-Aursch

Biomarkerlab (Research Group PALICE) Contact: Dr. Juliane Müller Compounds Fig6: Alkenones (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) F5: Brassicasterol F7: IP25 Technical Datails Rock-Eval pyrolysis analyser for det

Contact Paul Overduin Boris K. Biskaborn SES-2000_Chukotka2018 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) SES-2000_Stuart Vyse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Water chemistry We use portable water chemistry analysers

foam and the Optimare/Sea-Bird Electronics CTD-logger on top before deployment in 2007. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Automated Elevator System by NGK, Japan, consists of a sophisticated combination [...] mooring Fig. 2: The CTD-logger is initially fixed to the winch frame utilizing corrosion (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The mooring which contains the NGK Automated Elevator System and the Optimare/Sea-Bird [...] interval (duration 30 min every 12 h). Pressure is in dbar against CTD-logger record number (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The NGK system came back on deck in an as-new optical condition, and so did the Op

Blue Angel on the High Seas The Alfred Wegener Institute’s research vessels are operated as sustainably as possible Needless to say, today environmental protection is also an important topic in the context [...] context of shipping. Accordingly, especially at a Helmholtz Centre like the Alfred Wegener Institute, whose experts regularly conduct research at sea, sustainability on board is a priority. This can be seen [...] sea. In addition to the training cruises, the Uthörn successor will also remain central to the Alfred Wegener Institute's long-term research and sampling in the German Bight. Four researchers can stay at

section of the EPICA ice core. It was recovered from a depth of 2650 metres (Photo: Hans Oerter, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact Dr. Hanno Meyer (Head of Laboratory) The laboratory equipment pool The analyses [...] curve that the scientists created using the EPICA ice core from Dronning Maud Land (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The isotopic fingerprint of water The significance of the analyses in the Potsdam ISOLAB [...] kind in the world. A scanning electon microscopy image of purified diatom assemblage. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) View into the laser fluorination: The samples to be analysed are illuminated with the