• The current state of the Arctic carbon cycle

      However, climate change could disrupt its balance. An international research team headed by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has presented a comprehensive analysis of the

    • Helgoland Transects

      larger biogeographical context. map transect (Photo: Inga Kirstein) graphic data longterm (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • 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 Insights into the Antarctic Ice Shelf System

      Polarstern expedition that ended in Punta Arenas, Chile on 14 th March 2018. Oceanographers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with German and international colleagues, have collected important data along

    • The future of krill

      that depend on it, warns a group of krill experts headed by Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in the journal Communications

    • Climate change is impacting the spread of invasive animal species

      invasive animal species in our oceans? This question was the focus for a team of experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bangor University (Wales, UK)

    • AWI Helgoland’s student laboratory “OPENSEA” celebrates its 5-year anniversary

      collect and analyse samples from the mudflats. The children were supported by a small team from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

    • Ten years of exploration with the AWI’s research aircraft Polar 5

      Anniversary
      The 1 st of October 2017 marks the ten-year anniversary since the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) research aircraft Polar 5 began service.

    • REKLIM participates in environmental exhibition of the German Federal President

      Initiative REKLIM ("Regionale Klimaänderungen"/Regional Climcate Change), coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, is one of 190 featured exhibitors at the 5th "Woche der Umwelt" (Week of the Environment)

    • ‘Missing Ice Problem’ Finally Solved

      of the glaciers. Using innovative new calculations, a team of climate researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now managed to explain this discrepancy. The study, which was recently published