• ARCGATE

    shows length of observations maintained by six different research institutes. Modified Di (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Arctic boundary has been observed over many years to better understand and monitor [...] series. The transport estimate during 2004-2010 will be quantified under ARCGATE project. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The ARCGATE also aims to address important questions to design future sustained pan-Arctic [...] for the US side of Bering Strait; the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) in Tromsø, Norway and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany for western and eastern Fram Strait, respectively; the

  • Southern Ocean - Overturning Circulation

    of the global circulation from Rick Lumpkin and Kevin Speer, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2007. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Southern Ocean forms a continuous ring of water around Antarctica, which connects

  • Global warming and mass extinctions: What we can learn from plants from the last ice age

    And how does altered biodiversity actually affect interactions between plants? Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute have tackled these questions and, in two recent studies, presented the answers they

  • VERTEXSO

    research group , all group members benefit from affiliation with both the LMU Munich and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) . Our individual projects are detailed below.

  • UDASH

    1980 The distribution of data for the period 1980-2015 (approximately 290.000 profiles) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Since the early 20th century hydrographic measurements have been carried out in the

  • Education

    Bremen. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Vera Fofonova together with supervisor Sergey Danilov after her successful disputation in June 2014 at Jacobs University, Bremen. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Research

  • Projects

    Jung | Nikolay Koldunov | Kacper Nowak More information about this project HClimRep - 1 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) WarmWorld WarmWorld, which receives funding from BMBF, aims to transform Earth system

  • Gigantic ocean heat reservoirs respond to rise in global CO2 and changes in the Atlantic conveyor belt

    change is altering the circulation patterns of the AMOC. In a recent study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute found that this change has led to asynchronous poleward shifts of the Atlantic subtropical

  • Helge Goessling

    with computer models Dr Helge Goessling (Gößling), climate physicist and group leader at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Polar predictions Climate modelling Sea ice IPCC Extreme events Free-access reprint [...] important in terms of climate development as possible, in the form of mathematical equations. The Alfred Wegener Institute has several decades of experience in ocean simulation and earned an international

  • BioDeSal

    persons listed. Official handover of funding notification 4 July, Alte Fleiwa in Oldenburg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Stephan Ende Contact: Mail an Stephan (0) 471 4831 2813 Duration: 1.7.2023 –