perform material and energy balancing. OptiRAS Schema Baby giant grouper (Photo: M. Bögner / Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Mirko Bögner Contact: Mail to Mirko (0)471 4831 1619 Duration: 2021 – 2022 Partner:

Together with partner schools in Germany, schoolchildren from Aklavik, Canada are helping the Alfred Wegener Institute gather valuable data on permafrost. By doing so, they’re improving the joint understanding

shipping channels and berths fill up with sediment. Thanks to seasonal forecasts prepared by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Hamburg Port Authority can now prepare for such developments well in advance –

individual support of PhD students is part of the major concerns of promoting young scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). About 180 postgraduates from more than 30 different countries are currently

terrestrial, limnic and marine ecosystems Project leader: PD Dr. Doris Abele (Doris.Abele@awi.de), Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany. Project

touches on various areas of working life,” says Christoph Ruholl, Head of Human Resources at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). “That’s why it’s important to

(Photo: Markus Brand) Fig. 3) AWIPEV Underwater Observatory - - profiling unit RemOs1 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The AWIPEV-COSYNA Svalbard Underwater Observatory was initiated in 2012 by installing

ia A dr ia n / A lf re d- W eg en er -I ns ti tu t Matthias Brenner is Marine Biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Born far away from the coasts in 1971 in Kais

Philipp Klages is a marine geologist and has been working in the Marine Geology section of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven since 2011. He

North Sea and Southern Ocean, conducted by the Comparative Ecosystem Research Section of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven. In 2008, Mintenbeck completed her doctorate on food web interactions