• Ecosystem Modelling

      Ecosystem Modelling Graphical representation of statistical modelling (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Our mission is to improve our knowledge about the spatial shifts of the benthic communities of the

    • EU-PolarNet

      lly-respected multi-disciplinary research institutions. The consortium is coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute. From 2015-2020, EU-PolarNet will develop and deliver a strategic framework and mechanisms

    • OceanGov

      order to research and promote the sustainable development of the oceans. OceanGov2.JPG (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project fact sheet Project name Ocean Governance for Sustanability (OceanGov) Projektdauer

    • P2C2 Arctic Coastal Wetlands

      deglaciation Coastal wetland in the Fish Creek river delta at the Alaska Arctic Coastal Plain (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This project studies how emissions of the greenhouse gas methane change in response

    • EA - Elemenal analyzer

      EA: Elemental analyzer EA - Elemental analyzer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / G. Mollenhauer) The EA converts carbon contained in organic (soil, plant material, specific compounds etc.) samples into

    • Teaching and Education

      cover letter and a short CV. Sampling of a frozen fragment of a sediment core for old DNA (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: Research Foci Staff Labs and Methods Teaching

    • 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

    • Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems

      (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Correlation of multidecadal temperature variations in Brussels with temperature variations in the rest of the world in a climate model simulation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] pdf Illustration des Konzepts "Bi-Stabilität des borealen Waldes und glaziales Erbe". (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lake & Sea ice algae Lake & Sea ice algae Die saisonale Ausdehnung und die Eigenschaften [...] der taxonomischen und funktionellen Zusammensetzung von Eisalgen in Seen und Ozeanen. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) High-resolution reconstruction of regional climate changes in Antarctica High-resolution

    • The grand finale to the expedition of a century

      expedition were welcomed by e.g. Federal Minister of Research Anja Karliczek and the Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Antje Boetius. The event marked the end of a record-breaking expedition: never before

    • Rising water temperatures threaten the reproduction of many fish species

      Climate Change
      Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have published ground-breaking findings on the effects of climate change for fish stocks