• Infrared Based Whale Detection - AWI OZA

      IR image of blowing whales in the Southern Ocean (Weddell Sea). Alfred-Wegener-Institut (CC-BY 4.0) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ANT 22.3: V-shaped blow of a baleen whale in the Southern Ocean. Note the tilted horizon caused by the ship's roll. Alfred-Wegener-Institut (CC-BY 4.0) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ANT 23.6 A minke whale blows through a hole it maintains in the solid sea ice during austral winter. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ANT 24.3 The ice covered Southern Ocean 1 second before a whale blows (next image). Alfred-Wegener-Institut (CC-BY

    • Climate change disrupts core habitats of marine species

      Marine biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB), the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel.

    • How eddies affect our climate

      than previously believed. Accordingly, a new project, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has just been launched in order to more precisely assess this aspect: by doing so, “European Eddy Rich Earth System

    • S5POC+Innovation

      instrument on the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite. S5POC, lead by Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), was carried out with the University Bremen (UB), FC.ID

    • Less Sea Ice, More Herring

      change. This was the main conclusion arrived at by a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam, based on an analysis of ancient DNA from the ocean floor. These changes can also have consequences

    • The climate crisis and biodiversity crisis can’t be approached as two separate things

      international team of researchers led by Hans-Otto Pörtner from the Alfred Wegener Institute calls for adopting a new perspective. In their review study just released in the journal Science , they recommend

    • OPENSEA Helgoland

      ingenuity on its mysteries gives life an unprecedented meaning" (Alfred Wegener) Our location... In the middle of the North Sea, 60 km offshore is the island of Heligoland, a very popular site for marine

    • New Start-up develops aquafarms for macroalgae

      in Las Palmas, on the Canary Islands. It is a spin-off from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Carbonwave. The start-up is developing algae farms, in

    • Microplastics: From detection to prevention

      on the detection of tiny particles in various water bodies. The Alfred Wegener Institute supports the project with experiments in mesocosms as well as its expertise in the analysis of microplastics in

    • 30 years of AWI airborne survey in the Arctic

      Research aircraft from the Alfred Wegener Institute have been surveying the ice-covered Arctic Ocean for 30 years. The immense effort of the past 52 expeditions has