• Ice loss from Northeastern Greenland underestimated

      the century. This is suggested by a new study in the scientific journal Nature, in which the Alfred Wegener Institute was also involved. As a result, the contribution of Greenland's glaciers to future

    • Marine organisms: "Light sensor" detects correct moon phase

      conditions to which they are exposed. A team led by the two researchers Kristin Tessmar-Raible (Alfred Wegener Institute and Max Perutz Labs Vienna) and Eva Wolf (Johannes Gutenberg University and Institute

    • What is growing in the North Sea?

      of 68 brown algae species; green and red algae will follow. Developed by researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute and external cooperation partners, it offers scientific experts and government authorities

    • Antarctica: coming to a postcode near you

      Committee on Antarctic Research, which was presented by Hans-Otto Pörtner, ecophysiologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine research (AWI) at the 44th Antarctic Treaty

    • EU Provides 15 Million Euros of Funding for Arctic Project

      Programme to fund the Arctic PASSION project for the period 2021 to 2025. Under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener Institute, a consortium of 35 partners will promote the integration of international environmental

    • Outstanding Dissertation on Climate Change

      Award
      Dr. Jan Nitzbon, scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was awarded the 2020 Wladimir Köppen Prize for his doctoral thesis, which represents

    • Polarstern returns from the Arctic after a five-month journey

      Expedition
      On Wednesday, 14 October 2015 the research icebreaker Polarstern from the Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), entered its homeport in Bremerhaven

    • Programmed Multicopter Flies Through the Arctic Autonomously

      Arctic Ocean when the compass can’t provide reliable positioning data? Engineers on board the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research icebreaker Polarstern specially programmed a multicopter, allowing it to

    • PFC

      PFC: Preparative Fraction Collector Preparative fraction collector (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / J.Hefter) The preparative fraction collector (PFC) automatically collects single compounds after ga

    • Unique concept for observing Arctic sea ice successfully implemented

      in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. The international and interdisciplinary research team, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, focused on the summer melting of Arctic sea ice in three different regimes. The c