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

Antarctica
This year, the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Neumayer Station III will be exclusively supplied by sea. The research vessel Polarstern will transport– as usual – materials and fuel to the Antarctic

thawing on an alarming scale. By analysing an annual record of satellite images, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have now confirmed these findings: thermokarst lakes in Alaska are draining one by

feedback mechanisms. Our team EcoTrace group Picture: C. Völkner (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scarlett Trimborn (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Head of the group: Dr. Scarlett Trimborn Team: Jenna Balaguer [...] Polarstern expedition ANT XXVII-2. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Southern Ocean phytoplankton are major drivers of global carbon cycling accounting for 20% of the global annual

habitats on fish stocks and the biodiversity of polar ecosystems. AWI biologist Hauke Flores (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Dr. Hauke Flores Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) Antarctic amphipod Pteropod (Clione

The Challenge Yedoma cliff (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Arctic permafrost deposits are estimated to freeze-lock as much carbon in the atmosphere, allowing a potentially significant climate warming [...] current Earth System Models so far. Project Objectives and Results Landsat true color image (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Data on the spatial distribution of soil carbon pools and their vulnerability to rapid [...] additionally supported by the Helmholtz Association with special funds for successful ERC grants. The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, in particular the Periglacial Research

SeaPump is a Helmholtz Young Investigators Group from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research . The group is a bridging group between the Helmholtz Society, University of Bremen, and [...] web interactions with the biological pump . Gruppenleiter: Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen Instituten: Alfred Wegener Institute Marum University of Bremen Kontakt: +49 (0) 421 218 65787

tsch | Jan Beermann Duration: 2 Years; Funded by the AWI-Innovation Fund Gamfood.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

AWI EXPERT Ilka Peeken is a marine ecologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), where she investigates the biology, biogeochemistry and pollution of sea

revising the proposal to establish a Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have also updated the fact sheet and short video about this proposal. The two publications