• In times of great famine, microalgae digest themselves

      Microbiology
      In a recent study, scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have determined the molecular mechanisms which microalgae apply in order

    • New Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity

      pool and expand the research excellence in this field of the University of Oldenburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven.

    • 10 Years of the Palau Observatory: Why polar researchers are working on a small Pacific island

      In 2016, the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with the University of Bremen, the Palau Community College, and the Coral Reef Research Foundation, opened a research station at what is probably its warmest

    • Project Structure

      Project structure graphical_abstract_Landscape.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) As a result of human activities, coastal marine coastal systems are subjected to simultaneous changes in environmental

    • Helgoland Roads

      shown using a simple index: The mean diatom day. Planktonnetz 1979 Helgoland roads map (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Helgoland Roads DEIMS ID

    • CHS

      CHS: Carbonate-Handling-System CHS - Carbonate handling system (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / G. Mollenhauer) The CHS converts carbonate samples to CO 2 . It consists of an autosampler with a double

    • Vacuum line

      Vacuum line Sealing of a glass ampulla containing a CO2 sample (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Various freezing and melting operations can be carried out on a vacuum line, so that pure CO 2 can be sealed

    • Microstructure Mapping

      Example of Microstructure Mapping image (Photo: Ilka Weikusat, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) An essential part of ice core research at the AWI consists of mapping the microstructural parameters (grain size

    • Contact

      Contact Postal address, fax and e-mail Site map of Helgoland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) AWI Center for Scientific Diving Kurpromenade 201 27498 Helgoland Phone: see staff list Fax: 0471 4831 - 3369

    • 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 [...] ns for the future. Inside IPCC: Wie der Weltklimarat den Zustand der Ozeane bewertet (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Press Briefing Global Carbon Budget 2025 with Prof. Dr. Judith Hauck Press Briefing [...] 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