• NikoDe

    Technology ( BMWi ) and the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs ( ZIM ) Inside ZAF Center (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut)

  • TRAMIS

    Gerdts Partners: IBEN GmbH Supported by Funding from the State of Bremen MP_in_Feed.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dicentrachus_labrax_2_MB_2016.jpg (Photo: Picasa)

  • Inorganics in organics

    polar ocean View from Rpthera Point, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Photo: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In vast areas of the ocean, particularly in the Southern Ocean, marine primary production

  • Methane

    Methane Airborne measurements of atmospheric methane Methane signal over a lake. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Methane (CH4) is an important greenhouse gas. Though its concentration in the atmosphere

  • Team

    Kerstin Korte, T.A. Joris Rickert, T.A. Martina Vortkamp, T.A. PBO Section Retreat 2022 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Section retreat Ankelohe 219 (Photo: Tanja Glawatty) PBO Section retreat Worpswede

  • Ant_Peninsula

    produce base data sets for habitat studies. Larsen A, B, and C ice shelves, Weddell Sea (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) Contact Dr. Boris Dorschel Prof. Dr. Wilfried Jokat Cooperation partners Geology, AWI

  • For graduate theses

    microbiologist Dr. Uwe John explains work processes to students in the lab. (Photo: Sina Löschke) The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) promotes students already at the start of their academic career. Through close

  • Polarstern II: German Bundestag greenlights the construction of new icebreaker

    and technological level, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has enabled the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) to coordinate construction of

  • Team

    Wohlrab, Sylke Senior Scientist Woll, Matthias Engineer Section Meeting Bad Bederkesa 2024 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Permafrost Outreach

    illustration of permafrost thaw and climate change during the Long Night of Sciences (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Currently we see glaciers melting and observe how sea ice is decreasing. But what happens