• From Antarctica to 'the Moon'

      for research, to supply the overwintering crews of Neumayer Station III that is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). With its return, the EDEN ISS project comes to an end, leaving behind a wealth

    • How trace elements affect marine CO2 sinks

      Ocean can have significant effects on the global climate. In this regard, a new study from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the University of Bremen reveals an interesting connection: When phytoplankton

    • Opening ceremony for the AWI Technical Centre “Rasmus Willumsen House”

      Centre on the new Climate Campus in Bremerhaven. In future, the Technical Centre is where the Alfred Wegener Institute will develop, test and prepare new equipment for use on expeditions. The project received [...] Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal State of Bremen. In honour of Alfred Wegener’s last companion, the building was named after the Greenlander Rasmus Willumsen.

    • Between Arctic Land and Sea

      Permfrost
      The European funded Horizon 2020 “NUNATARYUK”-project, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, has carried out a comprehensive six-year investigation into the rapidly changing permafrost regions

    • New finding on the development of phytoplankton

      7th Copernicus Ocean State Report
      A team of experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Physical Oceanography working group and led by Hongyan Xi presented the results of a long-term study in the recently

    • The Arctic's past provides a glimpse into the future

      Research Prof Dr Stijn De Schepper from Norway, and climate modeler Prof Dr Gerrit Lohmann from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of Bremen.

    • Projects

      Ocean and the Canadian Arctic), a collaborative project between the University of Bremen, the Alfred Wegener Institute, and a consortium of eight Canadian universities. Subproject “Variability of Arctic

    • greenhub

      cultivation systems? The aquaculture research group of the Marine Bioeconomy Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute is currently investigating this question in a new project as part of a BSc thesis.

    • UvPaa

      by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research / KMU innovativ Ultraschallbild.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project Lead: Joachim Henjes, Desislava Bögner, Mirko Bögner Contact: Mail to Joachim

    • salmon louse

      welcome to contact us by email (with short CV). Lachslaus unter dem Mikroskop (Photo: G. Jähne, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project Lead: Kai Lorkowski Staff: Gregor Jähne, Dr. Desislava Bögner Contact: Mail