widespread shrimp species. In the journal Science of the Total Environment , the team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute warns against false positive results if extraction steps are omitted during sample

was recently published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

MACROCARBON SL has just been founded in Las Palmas, on the Canary Islands. It is a spin-off from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Carbonwave. The start-up

weather development in the Arctic leads to ozone depletion. According to the researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, in the past weeks an extreme cold

on of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere than previously assumed. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) report on the newly discovered

its home port in Bremerhaven, setting a course for the Arctic. Led by Dr Ilka Peeken from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) a team of 53 researchers from

for publications and presentations of ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) of the Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research. ePIC is an open access repository with

Jobs at AWI On these webpages, you will find all current job vacancies of the Alfred Wegener Institute at our various locations, as well as advice for your application with us. Job vacancies INSPIRES PhD

UV workstations UV hood workstations (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) The UV workstations are designed for clean operations providing protection against contamination. They are equipped

Background Impacts of permafrost degradation (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Almost a quarter of the land surface of the northern hemisphere of the earth is characterized by permanently frozen soils [...] ecology and infrastructure are therefore critically important. The project Study sites (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The PermaRisk project aims to provide novel tools for the simulation of erosion and [...] crucial questions we will extend and improve the permafrost model CryoGrid3 developed by the Alfred Wegener Institute in cooperation with the University of Oslo. To ensure realistic model development,