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Polarstern Embarks for Cape Town on Training Cruise

introduced to the latest methods and instruments used in oceanography. Nine instructors from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the FU Berlin and Ireland’s

Plastic Litter taints the sea surface, even in the Arctic

Marine litter
In a new study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), show for the first time that marine litter can even be found at the

Arctic sea ice is not recovering

and Northwest Passages are mostly ice-free already. Scientists from Universität Hamburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) estimate that the ice extent will not hit a record low in 2015 but confirm the

Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations: Success is still possible

an agreement, the new chairperson must urgently reform INC procedures, argue Melanie Bergmann (Alfred Wegener Institute), Paul Einhäupl, Linda Del Savio (Research Institute for Sustainability), and Annika

Dutch-German Cooperation: New Research on the Changing Arctic

funding six projects in which young Dutch researchers are working together with scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute to explore key questions related to climate change and Arctic ecosystems.

Clues from the Past Reveal the West Antarctic Ice Sheet’s Vulnerability to Warming

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), a scientific deep ocean drilling program in which the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) is involved, has found that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated far inland

Polar sounds: Remixing the sounds of the Arctic and Antarctic seas

Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are collaborating with one of

Microalgae are more significant for carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean than previously thought

atmosphere – as has now been revealed by new analyses of ancient DNA published by a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute in the journal Nature Geoscience. In the ocean around the Antarctic continent, these

Sea ice plays important role in variability of carbon uptake by Southern Ocean

uptake varies from year to year. An international research team with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute investigated why the uptake varies so much and was able to show that what happens in

Unique communities directly under the Arctic ice

the sea ice is a highly dynamic habitat for a variety of organisms. A research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute has now investigated what these organisms are and how they are affected by the melting

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