• Open waters around the North Pole: Arctic sea ice in retreat

      for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN). His colleague Prof. Christian Haas from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) confirms: "The trend continues." Currently, the Northeast and Northwest Passages

    • Crab Lab

      Ecosystems Variation of molecular structure improves the stability of crab enzymes (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) All biological processes are run or controlled by enzymes. They facilitate intracellular

    • Jobs

      Jobs at AWI On these webpages, you will find all current job vacancies of the Alfred Wegener Institute at our various locations, as well as advice for your application with us. Job vacancies INSPIRES PhD

    • Study on prediction of approaching tipping points

      current issue of the scientific journal Nature Climate Change , a team of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute suggests taking a critical look at the evaluation of the statistical significance of

    • How climate change is altering the Arctic Ocean

      from Bremerhaven for the Arctic. The destination of the 95 expedition participants, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, is the AWI Hausgarten, a long-term observatory situated between Svalbard and Greenland

    • One year alone in the deep sea of the Arctic

      of the Arctic, after the completion of a successful test run. Researchers and engineers of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have deployed the deep-sea crawler

    • New Polarstern vessel: Model Masters the Testing Phase

      hull's seakeeping and icebreaking behaviour. In addition, the TKMS shipyard, commissioned by the Alfred Wegener Institute to build the vessel, has now ordered further vital components, such as the hydroacoustic

    • How did Earth’s most powerful ocean current form?

      published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute describes how and when this mighty ring current developed in Earth's history. Surprising

    • Fleet + stations

      changes of our planet and to be able to estimate the results for mankind, scientists of the Alfred Wegener institute undertake expeditions in inhospitable however fascinating regions of the Earth. Our

    • ZAF

      Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Test with salads and herbs in a plant shelf (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) A shrimp (L. vannamei) from an animal welfare experiment (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Weg [...] Heiner Mueller-Elsner) Aquarium shelf (Photo: Heiner Mueller-Elsner) Aquaculture research at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven (Photo: Heiner Mueller-Elsner) System 1 36 circular flow tanks, 600