Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are collaborating with one of

atmosphere – as has now been revealed by new analyses of ancient DNA published by a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute in the journal Nature Geoscience. In the ocean around the Antarctic continent, these

influenza type H5N1 has been spreading in Germany since the end of October. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute are now turning their attention to the Antarctic: on an expedition to the newly established

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), a scientific deep ocean drilling program in which the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) is involved, has found that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated far inland

funding six projects in which young Dutch researchers are working together with scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute to explore key questions related to climate change and Arctic ecosystems.

an agreement, the new chairperson must urgently reform INC procedures, argue Melanie Bergmann (Alfred Wegener Institute), Paul Einhäupl, Linda Del Savio (Research Institute for Sustainability), and Annika

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Marine Litter Plastic fibers overgrown by marine animals (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Apart from climate change the marine environment is considerably modified by the world-wide input of plastic waste

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research team led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), which also included members from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), has now developed a method for