• NEWS Visit Dr. Mentaberry, April 2018 EN

    explaining the AUV to Dr. Mentaberry (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Matt Slater presenting the Centre for Aquaculture Research (ZAF) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Ingo Schewe on the topic "Data [...] "Data management and data portals at AWI" (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • NEWS Buoy in the water EN

    the buoy? Map of Beagle Channel showing position of buoy in Ushuaia Bay (red symbol) (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Links News article in Spanish (CADIC) CADIC Institute IADO Institute

  • NEWS BMBF Chile Day ENG

    Kate Maleike (Deutschlandfunk) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Panel discussion with Doris Abele (microphone) on German-Chilean cooperation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This year's winners of the ideas [...] ideas competition to host a scientific workshop in Chile (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • NEWS Workshop May 2019 at AWI EN

    2019 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Visit of the ICBM Spiekeroog platform in May 2019 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Alejandro Vitale visiting the AWI Workshop (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Influence of global warming

    Antarctic peninsula (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Underwater recruitment experiment, Antarctica (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Macroalgae at Helgoland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We study if and

  • Marine Litter

    Marine Litter Plastic fibers overgrown by marine animals (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Apart from climate change the marine environment is considerably modified by the world-wide input of plastic waste

  • Analytical Techniques

    techniques. In addition, cell size and transparency are also measured. Flow cytometer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) CASY The CASY® technology is based on the electrical detection of cells passing through [...] ion of elemental carbon, which is present in organically bound form. CN DOC Analyser (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Rebecca Schüler) Fluorometric analysis Protein Quantification in solid sample material [...] ultrasound, and stained with a dyeing reagent before being measured. AP_FP_Analyse.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Rebecca Schüler) High-speed camera Because of their scale and speed, small zooplankton

  • Enormous Ice Loss from Greenland Glacier

    Greenland show how much ice the 79° N Glacier is losing. According to measurements conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the thickness of the glacier has decreased by more than 160 metres since 1998. Warm

  • Evolution of the most powerful ocean current on Earth

    atmosphere, and the stability of Antarctica’s ice sheets. An international research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have now used sediments taken from the South

  • Polarstern II: German Bundestag greenlights the construction of new icebreaker

    and technological level, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has enabled the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) to coordinate construction of