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Plastic Litter taints the sea surface, even in the Arctic

Marine litter
In a new study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), show for the first time that marine litter can even be found at the

Arctic sea ice is not recovering

and Northwest Passages are mostly ice-free already. Scientists from Universität Hamburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) estimate that the ice extent will not hit a record low in 2015 but confirm the

New equipment for the AWI - "Gardener"

RV Polarstern starts the Arctic season
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are setting out with the research vessel Polarstern towards

Klimamodelle zeigen: El Niño könnte sich grundlegend verändern – mit weltweiten Auswirkungen

eine neue Studie, die jetzt in der Fachzeitschrift Nature Communications unter Beteiligung des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts erscheint. Ein Forschungsteam aus Südkorea, den USA, Deutschland und Irland verwendete

Sea ice plays important role in variability of carbon uptake by Southern Ocean

uptake varies from year to year. An international research team with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute investigated why the uptake varies so much and was able to show that what happens in

The new Polarstern: Contract for new German research icebreaker awarded

Systems. company received the official contract to construct a new research icebreaker from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) today, marking the end of a two and a half-year-long Europe-wide call for tenders

Unique communities directly under the Arctic ice

the sea ice is a highly dynamic habitat for a variety of organisms. A research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute has now investigated what these organisms are and how they are affected by the melting

Polar sounds: Remixing the sounds of the Arctic and Antarctic seas

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

Microalgae are more significant for carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean than previously thought

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

From the North Sea to the South Pole: bird flu investigations in the Antarctic

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

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