expedition to the Fram Strait between Greenland and Spitsbergen. In the so-called Hausgarten of the Alfred Wegener Institute there, the approximately 50 scientific expedition participants continued their more

the report, and a 40-member panel of experts has reviewed the contributions. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Potsdam contribute with a

mountain forests are among the most diverse habitats in alpine regions. Yet, as a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute discovered in the Tibetan Plateau, the higher, treeless areas are home to far more

zooplankton communities: scientists of the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries in Hamburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven observed changes during the year and between years. The Antarctic z

same process in other regions leads to many minor earthquakes, according to geophysicists of the Alfred Wegener Institute.

contributed to storing the greenhouse gas CO2 during the last glacial period. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) present these new findings in

A new study, led by the Lancaster University and involving the Alfred Wegener Institute, reveals how, under extreme conditions, melt water flooding underneath the ice can force its way upwards through

Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Test with salads and herbs in a plant shelf (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) A shrimp (L. vannamei) from an animal welfare experiment (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Weg [...] Heiner Mueller-Elsner) Aquarium shelf (Photo: Heiner Mueller-Elsner) Aquaculture research at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven (Photo: Heiner Mueller-Elsner) System 1 36 circular flow tanks, 600

Under the auspices of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), which is based at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam, they are about to submit a report that sets out the path for a jointly

Biodiversity
Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Universities of Oldenburg and Potsdam, Germany have confirmed the existence of a new cryptic amphipod species in the North Sea. For the