• Arctic coasts in transition

      In a special issue of the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment , researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute describe the sensitivity of Arctic coasts to climate change and the challenges for

    • Thawing Permafrost is Shaping the Global Climate

      of experts led by Benjamin Abbott from Brigham Young University, USA and Jens Strauss from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam summarise the current state of knowledge on these questions. In addition

    • Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visits Palau Atmospheric Observatory

      distribution of particles in the atmosphere and their influence on the climate worldwide. The Alfred Wegener Institute has been operating the Palau Atmospheric Observatory here since 2015, together with

    • ARJEL

      Charlotte Havermans/AWI) Team Group Leader: Dr. Charlotte Havermans Dr. Charlotte Havermans (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Group members: Andrea Eschbach (Technical Assistant) Stefanie Meyer (Technical Assistant)

    • Noise affects life on the seafloor

      however, more and more sounds caused by human activities are permeating the waters. A study by the Alfred Wegener Institute now presents evidence that these sounds affect some invertebrates that live in and

    • Getting to the Bottom of El Niño

      researchers led by Gabriel M. Pontes 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

    • Vital Ventilation

      equally susceptible. An international 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

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

      Protected Areas fail to offer them 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

      conditions to which they are 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

    • In East Siberia, Extreme Wildfires are on the Rise

      wildfires in the region, a team of researchers led by Ramesh Glückler and Elisabeth Dietze from the Alfred Wegener Institute has now investigated the connections between wildfire activity and forest structures