• Cooperations

      An overview of the international cooperation activities of the Alfred Wegener Institute (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) The Alfred Wegener Institute deploys scientists to institutions, on research vessels [...] Cooperations and networks National cooperation Established in 1980, the Alfred Wegener Institute is anchored in a global research network by numerous national and international cooperative relationships [...] than 100 cooperation agreements with universities, research institutions and other partners. The Alfred Wegener Institute is also a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres , one of the

    • Nature study: More icebergs in the Arctic

      greater risks to shipping and fisheries. These findings were reported by a research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the journal Nature .

    • Dr. Lukas Miksch

      lukas.miksch@awi.de
      +49(471)4831-1326
      Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

    • Polarstern longterm cruise planning

      TRANSIT 2024 Goals: Transit cruise Walvis Bay - Las Palmas - Bremerhaven Transit-Map.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Principal Investigator: Simon Dreutter E-Mail: Participants: 47 Free berths: - Period: [...] crucial to continue the assessment on sub-decadal timescales. Map_arcwatch2_2025_latest.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Principal Investigator: Benjamin Rabe E-Mail Walter Geibert E-Mail Participants: 51 [...] TRANSIT 2024 Goals: Transit cruise Bremerhaven - Las Palmas - Walvis Bay Transit-Map.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Principal Investigator: Natalie Cornish E-Mail Claudia Hanfland E-Mail Participants:

    • Potsdam

      Main building Telegrafenberg Gebäude A45 14473 Potsdam www.awi.de/potsdam Overview The Alfred Wegener Institute's research centre in Potsdam: Here the focus lies on geoscientific studies in periglacial

    • Micropaleontology Lab

      chironomids Pollen laboratory Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific Head Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh Scienti

    • High-latitude Vegetation Change

      Vegetation Change [Translate to English:] Drone-based acquisitions for forest structure (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The climate in the high latitudes is changing rapidly, profoundly affecting vegetation [...] egetation surveys during expeditions . at high latitudes. Find out more Dr. Stefan Kruse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Head Dr. Stefan Kruse Team Dr. Birgit Heim Dr. Mareike Wieczorek Luca Zsofia Farkas [...] representation of greenhouse gas balances in boreal ecosystems. Contact : Dr. Stefan Kruse Partner : Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) German Aerospace Center (DLR)

    • Earth System Complexity

      Earth System Complexity Gletscher in Island, © Kristina Brenner (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Earth System Complexity group at AWI is focused on understanding interactions between large-scale components

    • Staff

      Systems - Team Polare Terrestrial Environmental Systems - Group Photo from May 2018 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: Research foci Staff Labs and Methods Teaching

    • Reports on Polar and Marine Research

      on Polar and Marine Research The Reports on Polar and Marine Research (BzPM) are issued by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, succeeding [...] polarforschung.de@awi.de Editor Dr. Horst Bornemann Assistant Editor Susan Amir Sawadkuhi Publisher Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Archived reports Repository EPIC Expedition