, Quarccs , and StratoClim . Spitsbergen: Hotspot of climate change in the Arctic. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

Association and the Max Planck Society was established to foster the co-operation between the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the Max Planck Institute for

as various EU projects. In 2009, Nicole Biebow established the EU Research Funding Unit at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven (AWI) and headed the unit

informtion can be found on the REKLIM website . Circumpolar Map of Northerm Hemisphere (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) Project collaborators Lars Max Ralf Tiedemann Figure 1: Overview map of high-latitude

"Erlebniszentrum Naturgewalten Sylt" - our co-operation partner - offers guided tours through the Alfred Wegener Institute in List on the island of Sylt, specifically in German language. Upon special request

atmosphere . Unstructured Finite Element mesh of the Greenland ice sheet. (Graphic: Thomas Kleiner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

the moving seismic source along the profile. The OBS on deck is ready for operation. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Contact Dr. Karsten Gohl Dr. Mechita Schmidt-Aursch Dr. Wolfram Geissler

rums Geesthacht (HZG). Gemeinsam mit Forschern des Thünen-Instituts für Seefischerei und des Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI) haben sie jetzt vor der Küste Helgolands ein Unterwasser-Observatorium zu Wasser [...] Unternehmen entwickelt hat. Das neue Unterwasser-Kamerasystem ortet selbst fragilste Arten auf zwei Wegen: optisch und akustisch. „Es sendet Schall aus, die Rückstreuung lässt die Ortung zu. Die Kamera zeigt

foam and the Optimare/Sea-Bird Electronics CTD-logger on top before deployment in 2007. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Automated Elevator System by NGK, Japan, consists of a sophisticated combination [...] mooring Fig. 2: The CTD-logger is initially fixed to the winch frame utilizing corrosion (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The mooring which contains the NGK Automated Elevator System and the Optimare/Sea-Bird [...] interval (duration 30 min every 12 h). Pressure is in dbar against CTD-logger record number (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The NGK system came back on deck in an as-new optical condition, and so did the Op

section of the EPICA ice core. It was recovered from a depth of 2650 metres (Photo: Hans Oerter, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact Dr. Hanno Meyer (Head of Laboratory) The laboratory equipment pool The analyses [...] curve that the scientists created using the EPICA ice core from Dronning Maud Land (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The isotopic fingerprint of water The significance of the analyses in the Potsdam ISOLAB [...] kind in the world. A scanning electon microscopy image of purified diatom assemblage. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) View into the laser fluorination: The samples to be analysed are illuminated with the