• Ten years of exploration with the AWI’s research aircraft Polar 5

      for atmospheric research and geophysics purposes, the airplane has landed on the Arctic sea ice near the North Pole, and at the South Pole.

    • From River Weser to the North Sea

      Wadden Sea National Park the participating researchers will use e.g. empirical and model-assisted analyses to discover how minute plastic particles (microplastics) make their way from land to sea, which [...] Microplastics
      Around the globe, the pollution of rivers, lakes and seas with plastic litter is on the rise. A new project jointly coordinated by the University of Bayreuth and the Alfred Wegener Institute

    • This Evening Sees the Start of MOSAiC – the Greatest Arctic Research Expedition of All Time

      between the atmosphere, ocean and sea ice, as well as on the ecosystem. Thanks to the collaboration between international experts, the one-year-long ice drift past the North Pole will take climate research

    • Anniversary in the far north

      ice-covered Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard, which they call their HAUSGARTEN. The deep-sea observatory is the first, and still the only one of its kind for year-round physical, chemical and

    • International Summer School

      Helgoland
      In the 18th Coastal Summer School 16 young scientists from nine nations visiting the North Sea island Helgoland for eleven days. The aim of the project is to deepen their knowledge of coastal

    • The last week at sea

      PS119 - Weekly Report No. 8 | 27 - 31 May 2019
      After our storm on last Friday, the sea only calmed down very slowly and station work was only possible with two CTD stations in the late night towards [...] made about 60 km to the West of the spreading centre on its flank. There, the seafloor is parted by North-South orientated, parallel faults covered by young sediment, and we discovered both in the sediments

    • Sustainable oceans as a shared responsibility

      German Norwegian Ocean Forum
      From the Arctic to the North Sea: this year’s German Norwegian Ocean Forum was held in Bremen’s Übersee Museum. The spotlight topic of the symposium, which was jointly organised

    • From the Arctic to the North Sea

      Today the German Norwegian Ocean Forum take place in Bremen. It is jointly organized by the Norwegian Embassy, Innovation Norway and the AWI. AWI director Antje Boetius guides through the program.

    • Larsen C Ice Shelf Remains a Mystery

      the Larsen C Ice Shelf. Since dense sea ice and ice ridges blocked the planned route, the ship has now set course for alternative research sites further to the north.

    • On thin ice in the warm Arctic

      Sea Ice
      The Arctic sea ice continues to dwindle: Since the 1970s, when satellites first began monitoring the white sheet covering the Arctic Ocean, its February extent was never as small as it was this [...] which are not only hitting the Arctic more frequently, but are also intensifying and reaching farther north.