Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems

    (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Correlation of multidecadal temperature variations in Brussels with temperature variations in the rest of the world in a climate model simulation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] pdf Illustration des Konzepts "Bi-Stabilität des borealen Waldes und glaziales Erbe". (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lake & Sea ice algae Lake & Sea ice algae Die saisonale Ausdehnung und die Eigenschaften [...] der taxonomischen und funktionellen Zusammensetzung von Eisalgen in Seen und Ozeanen. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) High-resolution reconstruction of regional climate changes in Antarctica High-resolution

    From River Weser to the North Sea

    litter is on the rise. A new project jointly coordinated by the University of Bayreuth and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is the first to approach the

    AWI’s underwater robot Tramper successfully recovered

    Good news from the Arctic
    On 27 August 2017, deep-sea researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) recovered the underwater robot Tramper, which

    Falling sea level caused volcanos to overflow

    international research team led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research has now discovered that a falling sea

    Arctic Survivalists

    productivity and biodiversity. This was the main finding presented in a study by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, which they jointly release with their Canadian colleagues advanced online in the journal

    How Arctic lakes are accelerating climate change

    microbes now can produce methane. An international research team, including experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, has now determined that the rapid thaw under lakes has been neglected in models so

    First conference for research software in Germany with AWI participation

    in Germany took place on the subject of research software. The Potsdam Research Centre of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) organized the conference together

    Climate researchers are pursuing better ice and weather predictions for improved safety in the Arctic and Antarctic

    Project launch
    Today, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) officially announced the start of the international

    When the sea ice melts, juvenile polar cod may go hungry

    have long since suspected this relation existed, an international team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, have now successfully confirmed

    Expedition to Antarctica’s Glaciers

    level – today and tomorrow? Pursuing answers to these key questions, 50 researchers on board the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research vessel Polarstern are going to depart from Punta Arenas (Chile) on 6 February