• JASPER 2010

    Rothera Airstrip (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar 5 at Rothera. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Twin-Otter (BAS) viewed from Polar 5 near Rothera. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) View from Polar [...] Polar 5. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Nygard, T., Vihma, T., Birnbaum, G. , Hartmann, J. , Lachlan-Cope, T., Ladkin, R., Lüpkes, C. and Weiss, A. (2016), Validation of eight atmospheric reanalyses in the

  • Proxy Laboratory

    predictions about the future of our climate has to first know how it developed in the past. At the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Proxy-Lab, researchers from the Marine Biogeosciences Section are delving hundreds [...] following info-graphic. Close-up of the femtosecond laser in the AWI Proxy Laboratory (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Discover more AWI Proxy Lab: Cutting-edge technology AWI section Marine Biogeosciences [...] nces Dr. Albert Benthien Infograph Workflow in the AWI Proxy Laboratory (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) Video Traces of the Past: Research in the AWI Proxy Laboratory In the depths of the ocean the

  • WG Long-term Ecology

    Wadden Sea have been collected and analysed at the marine stations on Helgoland and Sylt of the Alfred Wegener Institute since 1962 and 1974, respectively ( www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/tran [...] -nordsee-auch-die-deutsche-bucht-ist-so-warm-wie-noch-nie.html ; Figure 1). Figure 1 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In addition to the research work, it is essential to make the data from the long-term

  • Tranquil-Fish

    Images from the fish transport test run (Photo: S. Zeytin-Schüning, Alfred Wegener Institute) (Photo: S. Zeytin-Schüning, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The fish transporter is being prepared for the experiment

  • SIDESTREAM

    out how these skills can be used technically and ecologically in European aquaculture. At the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, marine amphipods, which are able to synthesize valuable through [...] bioeconomy in Europe. Concept (Photo: Sintef Ocean) Makink animal meal from gammarides (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project lead: Hilke Alberts-Hubatsch Staff: Sinem Zeytin-Schüning , Meeno Mathes Contact:

  • Extension of the Library at AWI Sylt

    all, being surrounded by knowledge,” explains Prof. Dr Karen Wiltshire, Deputy Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), in her speech at the opening

  • Taking aim at tiny threats

    the results. An international team led by Dr Sebastian Primpke and Dr Michaela Meyns from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has now presented possible solutions

  • How the Arctic Ocean Became Saline

    salt water pour in from the Atlantic. With the help of a climate model, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have demonstrated how this process took place, allowing us for the first time to understand

  • Greenhouse reaches the Antarctic

    just 400 metres from the German Neumayer Station III in the Antarctic. It will be run by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), which is working on the EDEN ISS project together with DLR.

  • How is climate change affecting fauna in the Arctic?

    embark on a joint expedition headed for Svalbard. On board the research vessel Polarstern from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) all of these disciplines are