How fast and how much is yet uncertain. To provide insight on this issue, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have modeled the development of the ice sheet from the past to the future. They published

simulations indicate significant sea-ice loss, contrary to actual observations. As experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now shown, the ocean may weaken warming around Antarctica and delay sea-ice retreat

A study released by WWF Germany and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) highlights the serious scale of the global plastic crisis and summarises the current state of knowledge concerning the effects of

Endurance, which sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915. The researchers on board include experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI).

has been influenced by powerful westerly winds. A team of international researchers, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, has now determined that both regions are characterised by increased, alternating inflows

field of research will provide essential insights into Earth’s future”, said the Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), who also works as Group Leader

Thanks to these two factors, Antarctica was soon completely covered in ice. As a study from the Alfred Wegener Institute now shows, this massive glaciation was delayed in at least one region. This new piece

State of Schleswig-Holstein and the Municipality of Helgoland. The exhibition was designed by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which will also operate the

team successfully completed the first campaign and lifted the first cores. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute were instrumental in the planning and also on site.

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)