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

Climate Research
Making climate research accessible – it was with this goal in mind that the Alfred Wegener Institute released the magazine “Tracking Changes”. In articles, interviews and infographics

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

Microplastic
Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have recently found higher amounts of microplastic in arctic sea ice than ever before. However

sink, hereby transporting large quantities of carbon to the ocean’s depths. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute recently observed this phenomenon for the first time in the Arctic. As a result of

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er st in R ol fe s / A lf re d- W eg en er -I ns ti tu t Ingo Sasgen is a glaciologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and speaker for the research

A lf re d- W eg en er -I ns ti tu t Volker Rachold is head of the German Arctic Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which, since 2017, has served

the Arctic Coastal Plain near Barrow (Alaska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.2: Northern part of the Mackenzie Delta (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.3: Flight pattern of Polar5 for measurements [...] (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.4: Vertical profiles of temperature (red) and methane concentration (blue) in the atmospheric boundary layer over Arctic permafrost wetland. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] from Arctic Wetlands (AirMeth) Fig.6: Polar5 flying at low lever over Arctic permafrost. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The atmospheric concentration of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, has a significant

used for sensitive and specific detection of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Bioassay-guided fractionation to chemically characterise secondary metabolites Analytical [...] tandem mass spectrometry) for the detection of organic trace compounds in marine samples. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) LC-MS/MS chromatogram of a planktonic field samples from the North Sea containing several