• How unstable is the East Antarctic Ice Sheet?

      expedition of around eight weeks to the Antarctic. Extensive preventative measures have allowed the Alfred Wegener Institute to tackle important research on former instabilities of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

    • Research vessel Polarstern expected in Bremerhaven

      a good six months of Antarctic expeditions. In the austral summer, the research vessel of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), penetrated into the southern

    • Great potential for comprehensive monitoring of the water masses in the ocean

      is a very big question, which is concerning scientists around the world. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now published, together with international colleagues, the usage of a new optical

    • More and stronger marine heatwaves in the Arctic – with severe consequences

      es, with abrupt temperature changes occurring at unprecedented rates. A new study led by the Alfred Wegener Institute shows how marine heatwaves will also become much more intense and frequent in the Arctic

    • Marked decrease in Arctic pressure ridges

      ecosystem. In a recently released study in the journal Nature Climate Change , experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute report on this trend and analyse observational data from three decades of aerial surveys

    • ShrimpWiz: More animal welfare in indoor shrimp farming through AI

      has been farmed in a welfare-compliant way. In the ShrimpWiz project, a consortium led by the Alfred Wegener Institute in cooperation with the company Oceanloop is investigating how indoor shrimp farming

    • Investigating unexplored ocean currents to the north of Greenland

      and northeast of Greenland, a research team led by physical oceanographer Torsten Kanzow of the Alfred Wegener Institute were able to collect unique data on ocean circulation in the area. A chain of six moorings

    • Hydrothermal ventfields

      differ in the presumed location of faults and heat sources. Hydrothermal ventfields (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • as Teacher

      SEASIDE. We look forward to welcoming you to the AWI! Sampling during Summer School 2017 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact Bremerhaven Helgoland Antje Wichels

    • Scientific Diver

      (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) We are happy to announce the 2026 European Scientific Diving Course "Certified Research Diver / European Scientific Diver" (Geprüfter Forschungstaucher). The Alfred Wegener [...] Diver“ at Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. 2014 Course Scientific Diving at AWI (Photo: Michael Schmid) In summer 2014, the Biological Station Helgoland (Alfred-Wege [...] Course "Certified Research Diver / European Scientific Diver" (Geprüfter Forschungstaucher). The Alfred Wegener Institute Centre for Scientific Diving (CSD) in cooperation with the Laboratoire d'Océanographie