• Getting to the Bottom of El Niño

    from the University of São Paulo and including experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute recently studied ENSO’s characteristics and behaviour. The consortium has just presented its findings in the

  • Vital Ventilation

    team led by Cesar Pacherres and Moritz Holtappels from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven and Soeren Ahmerkamp from the Max Planck

  • Emperor Penguins Live up to 600 Kilometres Farther North than Previously Assumed

    sufficient protection, as researchers including experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute contend in a study just released in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

  • Marine organisms: "Light sensor" detects correct moon phase

    exposed. A team led by the two researchers Kristin Tessmar-Raible (Alfred Wegener Institute and Max Perutz Labs Vienna) and Eva Wolf (Johannes Gutenberg University and Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz

  • In East Siberia, Extreme Wildfires are on the Rise

    researchers led by Ramesh Glückler and Elisabeth Dietze from the Alfred Wegener Institute has now investigated the connections between wildfire activity and forest structures in East Siberia for a period

  • New Method Makes It Possible to Measure Arctic Sea-ice Thickness, Even in Summer

    An international team of researchers including experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute has now developed a method that, for the first time, makes it possible to identify changes in the Arctic sea-ice

  • Sustainable collaboration: Using the AWI’s polar aircraft in the Harz

    unprecedented damage to the forest. Sea-ice experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute are now helping to quantify the damage and contributing to the success of reforestation efforts – from the air.

  • Underway in Norwegian Waters

    Helmholtz Young Investigator Group ARctic JELlies (ARJEL) at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) – had begun. The international team included experts from

  • Permafrost Thaw

    timings along one transect over one seasonal cycle. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Our protocol addresses the need for consistent collection and integration of data from across the permafrost region

  • The Future of Ocean Eddy Activity in a Warming World

    transport of nutrients. In a new study, a research team led by Alfred Wegener Institute scientists investigated what long-term impact anthropogenic climate change will have on ocean eddies and their