New Ice Age Knowledge
An international team of researchers headed by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute has gained new insights into the carbon dioxide exchange between ocean and atmosphere

order to research and promote the sustainable development of the oceans. OceanGov2.JPG (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project Information Name Ocean Governance for Sustanability (OceanGov) Duration 48

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

Strategy Activities (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The process took a considerable amount of time. In 2003, only one person was employed in the field of bionic lightweight construction. The number of

GIS: Gas Interface System GIS - Gas interface system (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / G. Mollenhauer) The GIS facilitates the direct measurement of CO 2 (instead of graphite) in the MICADAS and thus of

Ceilometer Backscatter Profiles Ceilometer CL51 (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) In October 2010 the Ceilometer CL51 ( VAISALA , Finnland) was mounted on the monkey deck of Polarstern. It is able to measure

Radiosonde launch. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Upper-air temperature of the current year. For the retrieval of the meteorological parameters temperature, humidity, pressure and wind not only at the

cannot display iframes Ny-Ålesund radiation measurements and atmospheric observatory (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Surface radiative fluxes are a key parameter of climate. The surface radiation budget

(Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific Diver sampling coralline red algae. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The stereoscopic camera system Remos 3 after 6 month under water. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] cold... On site at -25°C. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) It is really cold.... (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Morning impressions from NyAlesund. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The sun is back after [...] (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Cleaning the PAR logger at the AWI UWO. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Mounting the underwater node and network interface on the new fundament. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

much length during the past several decades, it has grown thinner and thinner. A team from the Alfred Wegener Institute can now tell us why. By applying a computer-based model, they were able to show that