is a lack of iron in the water. However, a recent study by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the University of Bremen and Bremerhaven in the journal Nature Communications Biology, now shows that manganese

able to locate the previously lost wreck. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute were also on board.

Dr Matthew Slater, Head of the Aquaculture Research Group at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Aquaculture Bioeconomy Interdisciplinary research Almost half of all fishery products eaten worldwide now come [...] minimized. This is where the Aquaculture Research Group at the Alfred Wegener Institute comes in. Its members are investigating which new breeding, husbandry and feeding methods can be used to grow

climate models, to deliver accurate forecasts. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP) at the University of Bremen have now succeeded in using

Blue Angel on the High Seas The Alfred Wegener Institute’s research vessels are operated as sustainably as possible Needless to say, today environmental protection is also [...] shipping. Accordingly, especially at a Helmholtz Centre like the Alfred Wegener Institute, whose experts regularly conduct research at sea, sustainability on board is a priority. This can be seen not only [...] container-ship captain before joining the AWI. RV Heincke (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Further, environmental protection isn’t only important in the engine room, but everywhere else on board. After

Marion Maturilli, Dr. Sandro Dahlke AWI PI: Dr. Marion Maturilli, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45N, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, +49 (0) 331 2882109

Layer Experiment (STABLE) STABLE was as a joint project of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, of the University of Hamburg (ZMAW), of University Hannover (IMUK) [...] of AWI during STABLE between 28 Feb and 28 March 2013 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut Amelie Tetzlaff) The general goal of STABLE was to obtain in-situ data of processes in the polar atmospheric boundary

wetland of 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 [...] over Arctic permafrost wetland. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.5: Atmospheric concentration of methane (colour coded) and wind vectors in the lower part of the boundary layer. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) AirMeth is a significant contribution to the research programme PACES II and linked in the network theme Methane

cloud to record the particle structure. Rothera Airstrip (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar 5 at Rothera. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Twin-Otter (BAS) viewed from Polar 5 near Rothera. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) View from Polar 5. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Nygard, T., Vihma, T., Birnbaum, G. , Hartmann, J. , Lachlan-Cope

Heidrun Matthes, Dr. Renate Treffeisen AWI PI: Dr. Annette Rinke, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45N, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, ++49 (0) 331 2882130, Annette.Rinke@awi.de AWI Co-PI: Dr. Dörthe Handorf, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45N, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, ++49 (0) 331 2882131