Bathymetric compilations

Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean) (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / IBSCO v2, Dorschel et al., 2022) IBSCO v2 Datenabdeckung (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / IBSCO v2, Dorschel et al., 2022) As of

Education

(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

AWI researchers measure a record concentration of microplastic in arctic sea ice

Microplastic
Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have recently found higher amounts of microplastic in arctic sea ice than ever before. However

Ten scholarship holders in oceanography honoured

have been engaged in a training programme addressing all oceanographic disciplines at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). To close this important chapter

Cracks herald the calving of a large iceberg from Petermann Glacier

of Greenland indicate the pending loss of another large iceberg. As glaciologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) report in a new study, the glacier’s

Introduced Alga Now Transforming the Wadden Sea

transforming the Wadden Sea ecosystem. Coastal scientist Prof Emeritus Karsten Reise from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) discovered the alga off the shores

Good news: European sea bass absorb virtually no microplastic in their muscle tissue

Aquaculture/Nutrition
In a new laboratory study, experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) investigated how many microplastic particles would be

Irreversible ocean warming threatens the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf

second-largest ice shelf in the Antarctic to shrink dramatically. Climate researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) recently made this prediction in

Riddle of Varying Warm Water Inflow in the Arctic Now Solved

Norwegian coast. But this rhythm can be thrown off for years at a time. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research finally have an explanation for why: Due

Call for tender procedure for the construction of a successor to the icebreaker Polarstern has been cancelled.

II, for legal reasons. In times of unresolved climate issues, the research mission of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) can only be fulfilled in the long