• No glacial fertilization effect in the Antarctic Ocean

    carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? An international research team with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute used deep-sea sediment cores from the Scotia Sea to investigate whether this hypothetical

  • Bernhard Diekmann

    yesterday and today! Apl. Prof. Dr Bernhard Diekmann, Head of the Potsdam Research Unit of the Alfred Wegener Institute and Professor of Quaternary Geology at the University of Potsdam. Climate Change History

  • Micro- and nanoplastic from the atmosphere is polluting the ocean

    Reviews Earth and Environment , an international team of researchers – including experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, and the GEOMAR Helmholtz

  • Focus on Antarctica

    questions relating to Antarctica and further developments on the coldest continent on our planet. The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) presents the exhibition "Experience

  • ACLOUD/AFLUX

    aircraft operation illustration the coordination activities at Polarstern and Ny Alesund (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ACLOUD and AFLUX are 2 joint aircraft campaigns of different German universities and [...] momentum in and below clouds. ACLOUD employed two research aircraft, Polar 5 & 6, operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute. During about 20 research flights with each aircraft properties of cloud and aerosol [...] Leipzig, Germany IGM Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Collogne, Germany AWI Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven and Potsdam, Germany TROPOS

  • Siberian tundra could virtually disappear by mid-millennium

    broad expanses of tundra which are home to a unique mix of flora and fauna. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now prepared a computer simulation of how these woods could spread in the future

  • PhD Representatives

    yearly among the AWI sites Bremerhaven, Potsdam, Helgoland and Sylt. PhD Days 2018 on Sylt (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) AWI Science Meeting: During this one-day symposium, PhD students in their 3rd year

  • Antarctica: coming to a postcode near you

    Committee on Antarctic Research, which was presented by Hans-Otto Pörtner, ecophysiologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine research (AWI) at the 44th Antarctic Treaty

  • Antarctica’s Delicate Face

    known about the topography below the ice to gauge these risks. A new map, which experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), contributed to, sheds new light

  • The Southern Ocean as never seen before

    Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO v2), an international group of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute recently presented the best and most detailed seafloor map of the Southern Ocean, which