Purchasing

of scams in which bogus orders are currently being generated in the name and on behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute. These bogus orders are being sent using a fake e-mail address. The basic e-mail address

Polarstern II: German Bundestag greenlights the construction of new icebreaker

and technological level, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has enabled the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) to coordinate construction of

Outreach

the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Dr. Clara Hoppe investigates how Climate Change affects the Phytoplanton in the polar regions. Eine Frage des Lichts (AWI, 24.2.2015) Scientists of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute [...] single-celled algae species and an important source of food in the oceans. Dr Clara Hoppe of the Alfred Wegener Institute examines how changed living conditions as a result of climate change affect Arctic [...] conspecifics, securing a longer survial of the population as a whole, as scientists from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute claim in a recent study. Das Meer als Forschungsobjekt (Nordsee Zeitung, 6.7.2016)

Evolution of the most powerful ocean current on Earth

atmosphere, and the stability of Antarctica’s ice sheets. An international research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have now used sediments taken from the South

Enormous Ice Loss from Greenland Glacier

Greenland show how much ice the 79° N Glacier is losing. According to measurements conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the thickness of the glacier has decreased by more than 160 metres since 1998. Warm

Analytical Techniques

techniques. In addition, cell size and transparency are also measured. Flow cytometer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) CASY The CASY® technology is based on the electrical detection of cells passing through [...] ion of elemental carbon, which is present in organically bound form. CN DOC Analyser (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Rebecca Schüler) Fluorometric analysis Protein Quantification in solid sample material [...] ultrasound, and stained with a dyeing reagent before being measured. AP_FP_Analyse.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Rebecca Schüler) High-speed camera Because of their scale and speed, small zooplankton

Marine Litter

Marine Litter Plastic fibers overgrown by marine animals (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Apart from climate change the marine environment is considerably modified by the world-wide input of plastic waste

Influence of global warming

Antarctic peninsula (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Underwater recruitment experiment, Antarctica (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Macroalgae at Helgoland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We study if and

NEWS Workshop May 2019 at AWI EN

2019 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Visit of the ICBM Spiekeroog platform in May 2019 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Alejandro Vitale visiting the AWI Workshop (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

NEWS BMBF Chile Day ENG

Kate Maleike (Deutschlandfunk) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Panel discussion with Doris Abele (microphone) on German-Chilean cooperation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This year's winners of the ideas [...] ideas competition to host a scientific workshop in Chile (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)