• Germany starts gearing up for the 2032/33 polar year

      The 25th Arctic Dialogue
      The 25th Arctic Dialogue at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Potsdam focused on international cooperation in polar research

    • Most accurate map of Antarctica published

      scientists under the Head of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute. The map, called Bedmap3, covers more than six decades of survey data collected by

    • Global CO₂ emissions reach record high in 2025

      Project (GCP), an association of international scientists. Researchers from LMU Munich and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) / University of Bremen were leading contributors to the study.

    • Tatiana M. Torres, J.D./D.C.L./M.Sc.

      parvispora ORCID: 0000-0003-3601-7421 tatianamichelle.torres @ awi.de Project Manager Ocean Gardens Alfred Wegener Institut Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven E-1005

    • Graduation of scholars of oceanography on Helgoland

      countries officially end the seventh year of the Nippon Foundation POGO Centre of Excellence at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) on Helgoland on 15 July. Thus

    • A glimpse into deep ocean-floor structures

      critical location for climate studies in the Indian Ocean. Dr. Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is the chief scientist for Expedition

    • AWI research aircraft lands at Bremen Airport for the first time

      for Polar 6 at the Bremen Airport today. The aircraft is one of two research planes that the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) currently uses for scientific

    • Polarstern returns from geo-expedition in the Arctic

      Arctic Expedition
      This morning, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) research icebreaker Polarstern returned to her homeport in Bremerhaven. Over the previous

    • AWI hosts the King and Queen of the Netherlands

      Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will visit the Alfred Wegener Institute as part of their tour of the State of Bremen. Dutch and German researchers will report

    • Keeping a Close Eye on Ice Loss

      satellites burnt up in the atmosphere. Although this loss was planned, for the experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute it left a considerable gap in monitoring ice loss in the Antarctic and Greenland. Now