• The new Polarstern: Contract for new German research icebreaker awarded

      Systems. company received the official contract to construct a new research icebreaker from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) today, marking the end of a two and a half-year-long Europe-wide call for tenders

    • Marked decrease in Arctic pressure ridges

      ecosystem. In a recently released study in the journal Nature Climate Change , experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute report on this trend and analyse observational data from three decades of aerial surveys

    • More and stronger marine heatwaves in the Arctic – with severe consequences

      es, with abrupt temperature changes occurring at unprecedented rates. A new study led by the Alfred Wegener Institute shows how marine heatwaves will also become much more intense and frequent in the Arctic

    • More than 1.2 million years old ice core drilled

      It is a historic milestone for climate research: an international research team involving the Alfred Wegener Institute has successfully drilled a 2,800 metre-long ice core , reaching the bedrock beneath

    • Application procedure

      admission procedure: Info evening for the new HIGHSEA class 24: Friday 14.02.2025, 5 pm At the Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, main entrance. Information evening CvO GyO: [...] upper secondary schools in the Bremerhaven region (HIGHSEA profile) must be submitted to the Alfred Wegener Institute. We also need a copy of your last report card on this day. The application form and [...] You can find the application form here . Written test: 24.02.2025 at 2 am. You will come to the Alfred Wegener Institute on your own for a written test. We do not invite you to this test, you simply come

    • Ocean Warming and Thawing Permafrost Reduce the Arctic Ocean's Biological Carbon Storage and CO2 Uptake

      uptake and long-term storage of carbon - a new study in Nature Climate Change by experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute reveals a surprising outcome. Instead of strengthening, the carbon pump is being weakened

    • Rapid surge in global warming mainly due to reduced planetary albedo

      Celsius, which has never been satisfactorily explained. In the journal Science, a team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute puts forward a possible explanation for the rise in global mean temperature: our planet

    • Are particle emissions from offshore wind farms harmful for blue mussels?

      sizeable quantities of particle emissions into the environment. A team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now investigated the effects of these particle on blue mussels – a species also

    • Projects

      CECs as well as safety guidelines and protocols for future monitoring. (Photo: Ester Horvath, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Funded by: EU HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01 Funding period: 01/2024 - 06/2027 Project [...] Maritime Institute Gdańsk, MIG, Poland Lithuanian Environmental Protection Agency, LEPA, Lithuania Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, AWI, Germany Johann Heinrich von

    • What dangers lie in industrial contaminated sites in permafrost?

      ecosystems and the local communities can be endangered by the waste. In August, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with national and international partners, therefore, keep a close eye on