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

      surface make it difficult to apply. 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

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

      beetle infestations are causing 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

    • Underway in Norwegian Waters

      expedition – an initiative of the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group ARctic JELlies (ARJEL) at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) – had begun. The international

    • Permafrost Thaw

      measurement modes, and observation 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

    • The Future of Ocean Eddy Activity in a Warming World

      exchange with the atmosphere, and the 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

    • Permafrost contains more nitrogen than previously assumed

      in permafrost, we still know comparatively little about nitrogen. A team of experts led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now determined the size of the nitrogen reservoir and calculated how much of it

    • Antje Boetius and Markus Rex accept Arctic Circle Prize

      Arctic Circle Prize
      The Alfred Wegener Institute and the MOSAiC research expedition were awarded the Arctic Circle Prize on Saturday, 15 October 2022 in Reykjavik. With the prize, the international

    • New dataset reveals biological “treasure trove” of Arctic Ocean

      unique species and assessing their extinction risk. The research led by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of East Anglia is now published in PLOS Biology, futher informations

    • Measuring Methane in the Baltic

      board the research vessel Skagerak. Ellen Damm, Samuel Sellmaier and Volkmar Assmann from the Alfred Wegener Institute were on board to determine how much of the methane released was still in the waters

    • Climate and fisheries take a toll on Antarctic krill

      Antarctic krill. The journal Science dedicates an editorial by Bettina Meyer, biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, and her colleague So Kawaguchi from the Australian Antarctic Division to this topic