• World Oceans Day

      time (16:00 CEST). Prof. Dr Hans-Otto Pörtner, biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute and Co-Chair of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will give the keynote

    • 20 Years AWIPEV: the French – German Arctic Research Base

      research celebrates its 20th anniversary. In 2003, the German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the French Polar Research Institute Paul-Émile Victor (IPEV) merged their stations Koldewey and Rabot

    • Refraction seismology

      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

    • Artificial Intelligence for Ethical and Sustainable Shrimp Farming

      of shrimp farming, is the outcome of a consortium combining the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Oceanloop and Sander Holding. Over the past two years, the

    • Underwater Node Helgoland

      Location of the Margate underwater experimental field. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig. 2) Underwater node system with connectors for power and internet. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig. 3) Underwater lander system with various sensors. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The AWI-COSYNA Helgoland Underwater Observatory was initiated in 2012 by installing a remote operated underwater

    • How polluted is the Elbe River?

      campaign, researchers from several Helmholtz Centres, including the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), want to take a closer look at how environmental chemicals

    • New AI project on permafrost launches

      An international group of experts with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute receives a grant of $5 million from Google.org for the development of an AI system that can be used to study the

    • Spring Algal Blooms

      Gunnar Gerdts Dr. Antje Wichels Sampling Campaign 2018 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Phagen (Photo: Georg Krohne)

    • Microplastics

      Gunnar Gerdts Dr. Antje Wichels Automated µFTIR analysis (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) FlowCam (Fluid Imaging) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) sediment separator (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) FTIR spectrometer (Bruker Tensor) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) FTIR microscopes (µFTIR; Bruker Hyperion) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Raman microscopes (785 nm laser; rap-ID) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Nano-FTIR (neaspec) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • Pathogenes

      leader: Dr. Gunnar Gerdts Dr. Antje Wichels MALDI TOF (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)