• Proxy Development

    foraminifera under controlled conditions (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute/ Delphine Dissard) Fig. 4: Nano-SIMS-picture of a benthic foraminifer (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute/ Gernot Nehrke) Contact: Dr. Gernot [...] during growth that can be measured by geochemical analyses . Fig. 2: Sampling of diatoms (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute/ Bärbel Hönisch) Foraminifera (unicellular organisms secreting a carbonate shell) are

  • [Translate to English:] Methoden

    of motion on unstructured meshes. The model is developed and supported by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). See also FESOM on youtube .

  • Marine heatwaves may amplify beyond expected trends

    was recently published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

  • Research vessel Polarstern visits Australia for the first time

    that are new territory even for the Polarstern: Between two expeditions to East Antarctica, the Alfred Wegener Institute's research icebreaker reached Hobart in Tasmania on 30 January 2024 and will remain

  • Monitoring and Predicting Marine Biological Hazards

    masse, posing a biological hazard. The new joint project PrimePrevention, coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, has set itself the goal of developing new tools to help make society more aware of

  • New findings on pockmarks in the North Sea

    and liquids, vertebrates may be the key to explaining pockmarks. Dr. Jasper Hoffmann from the Alfred Wegener institute, Helmholtz centre for polar and marine research (AWI), was part of this project. The

  • Intensification of Arctic Ocean eddy activity under global warming

    Ocean Eddies
    In a new study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) investigated the long-term changes in the Arctic Ocean eddy activity

  • UN Ocean Treaty

    in the coming years. Our BBNJ experts Stefan Hain Head of the Environmental Policy Unit at the Alfred Wegener Institute Find out more Helmut Hillebrand Director of the Helmholtz Institute for Functional

  • Advisory Board Neumayer

    Ilaria Corsi University of Siena Italy Neumayer III Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / U. Cieluch) Kohnen Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Boundary layer processes

    during summer. Boundary layer heights amount here to about 60 m (blue) and 500 m (red) (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is the layer which is influenced by processes [...] (Fram Strait, near Svalbard) with drifting floes and small ridges at the floe edges. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The interaction of the lower atmosphere with sea ice and ocean is strongly influenced [...] outbreaks with strong roll convection Terra Modis Image of 17 April 2014 (13:15 GMT) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The interaction between atmospheric processes in polar and mid-latitude regions is