• 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

  • Awards and honors

    Albedyll is awarded with the Wladimir Köppen Prize 2022 for her excellent doctoral thesis in 2024. Alfred-Wegener Awards Transferprize Dr. Monica Ionita-Scholz , 2022. Video of the Prize winner Dr. Klaus Grosfeld

  • Events

    Events in the Research Division Alfred Wegener Lecture Every two years, the Climate Science Reseach Division of the Alfred Wegener Institute invites to the “Alfred Wegener Lecture in Climate Science”. The [...] Friday Seminar The lecture series “Friday Seminar” comprises scientific lectures by guests of the Alfred Wegener Institute as well as by AWI employees. The aim of this event is to benefit from each other s [...] participate online. A new lecture can be registered at any time on AWI-Nextcloud . Location: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar- and Marine Research Building G, Klußmannstr. 3, 27570

  • Archive

    serves as a review editor for Science Magazine. Professor Dr. Peter Dueben Peter Dueben (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Peter Dueben is head of the Earth System Modeling Department at ECMWF, where he works

  • Scientific Advisory Board

    Boersma Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Interim Director Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Germany Prof. Dr. Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen Alfred Wegener Institute [...] Werner Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Chair of the Scientific Council Klußmannstraße 3 27570 Bremerhaven Germany Prof. Dr. Frank Wilhelms Alfred Wegener Institute [...] Allner Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Head of Directorate's Office, Focus Science Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Germany Katharina Giesen Alfred Wegener Institute

  • 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

  • Announcement_SD_course_2026.pdf

    Interdisciplinary European Scientific Diving Training Course 2026 Course description In 2026, the Alfred Wegener Institute Centre for Scientific Diving (CSD), in cooperation with the Laboratoire d'Océanographie

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  • Staff Units

    and safety inspect and evaluate the working conditions at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Contact Dr Roland Wittig Staff Unit HSE Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Reseach Am [...] Department of Communications and Media Relations plans and realises the public relations of the Alfred Wegener Institute. It is the institute's first contact address for journalists and everyone public interested [...] Contact Roland Koch Head of the Department of Communications and Media Relations Postal address Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven

  • “PeTCaT” investigates the impact of greenhouse gases from rapidly thawing permafrost

    all, aims to increase our knowledge of these rapid thaw processes. Under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener Institute, researchers from Germany, the USA, Canada, the Netherlands, and Sweden plan to build

  • The many uses of driftwood: the first large-scale mapping of Arctic coastlines

    large-scale distribution patterns of driftwood. Now, for the first time, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have systematically mapped driftwood deposits along an 11,000 kilometre stretch of