• Editorial

      Head of the Climate Sciences Division at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Prof Dr Torsten Kanzow (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] and to map its future development – a responsibility that we, the climate researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, don’t take lightly. The guiding directive

    • Graduate School POLMAR

      POLMAR PhD Program Welcome to POLMAR! The graduate school POLMAR offers all PhD students at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) a structured qualification program to complement their individual research work [...] inquiries: phd-office@awi.de POLMAR Coordination: Dr. Claudia Hanfland Dr. Claudia Sprengel Address Alfred-Wegener-Institut AWI Campus Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Our offices are located in the following

    • Antarctic Office

      and shelves, intensified by climate change, has massive effects on the global sea level. The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has pursued research in this [...] (High Seas Treaty), ratified in 2023, can be implemented in German law. Dr. Stefan Hain (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Head: Dr. Stefan Hain 0471 4831 - 1152 stefan.hain @ awi.de AWI Antarctic Strategy

    • Models

      of motion on unstructured meshes. The model is developed and supported by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). See also FESOM on youtube channel [...] the past and is still in use for specific research question. recom_for_webpage_real.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • News from the CSD

      (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific Diver sampling coralline red algae. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The stereoscopic camera system Remos 3 after 6 month under water. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] cold... On site at -25°C. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) It is really cold.... (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Morning impressions from NyAlesund. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The sun is back after [...] (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Cleaning the PAR logger at the AWI UWO. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Mounting the underwater node and network interface on the new fundament. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • There are large accumulations of plastics in the ocean, even outside so-called garbage patch

      research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), has found large quantities of plastic waste and microplastics in a remote marine

    • What dangers lie in industrial contaminated sites in permafrost?

      ecosystems and the local communities can be endangered by the waste. In August, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with national and international partners, therefore, keep a close eye on

    • Turning point in global fossil CO2 emissions has not yet been reached

      emissions worldwide. This is the conclusion of the Global Carbon Project, which researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute / the University of Bremen and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich)

    • Ocean Warming and Thawing Permafrost Reduce the Arctic Ocean's Biological Carbon Storage and CO2 Uptake

      uptake and long-term storage of carbon - a new study in Nature Climate Change by experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute reveals a surprising outcome. Instead of strengthening, the carbon pump is being weakened

    • The Transpolar Drift is faltering – and sea ice is now melting before it can leave the nursery

      ice in the Arctic is influencing sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean. As experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research report in a new study, today only 20