• More and stronger marine heatwaves in the Arctic – with severe consequences

      es, with abrupt temperature changes occurring at unprecedented rates. A new study led by the Alfred Wegener Institute shows how marine heatwaves will also become much more intense and frequent in the Arctic

    • Marked decrease in Arctic pressure ridges

      ecosystem. In a recently released study in the journal Nature Climate Change , experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute report on this trend and analyse observational data from three decades of aerial surveys

    • The new Polarstern: Contract for new German research icebreaker awarded

      Systems. company received the official contract to construct a new research icebreaker from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) today, marking the end of a two and a half-year-long Europe-wide call for tenders

    • Partner

      internationally-respected multi-disciplinary research institutions. The partner institutions are: Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung (Germany) Centre National de la Recherché [...] Monitoring and Assessment Programme Secretariat World Ocean Council EU-PolarNet Participants (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut)

    • Main Focus

      Facilities, and Data Interaction with Stakeholders EU-PolarNet Work Package Leaders (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut)

    • Q and A

      pic_SoNoAT19.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Am I eligible? The target beneficiaries are 25 future ocean experts. The programme will focus on training postgraduate students (Masters or PhD) in ma

    • ProRMAS

      the Horizon Europe program by the European Union Das Team in einem der Gewächshäuser (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Partners Funding ProRMAS project is carried out under the Green ERA-Hub, a Coordination

    • Ancient plant DNA reveals the possible origin of the carbon in the ocean

      fkreislauf ist jedoch noch immer nicht klar, woher dieser Kohlenstoff stammt. Forschende des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts haben mit neuartigen Methoden Sedimentkerne aus dem Pazifik untersucht und können anhand

    • ShrimpWiz: More animal welfare in indoor shrimp farming through AI

      has been farmed in a welfare-compliant way. In the ShrimpWiz project, a consortium led by the Alfred Wegener Institute in cooperation with the company Oceanloop is investigating how indoor shrimp farming

    • LokaLaStern

      Association Feed Technology e.V. (IFF), University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven (HSB), and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).These institutes complement each