Drought risk in the Northern Hemisphere rises with intensified warming

Northern Hemisphere. An international team of scientists led by climate researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute arrive at this conclusion in a new study released today in the journal npj Climate

Archive Related Publications

Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 721 , 31 p., doi: doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0721_2018. Salewski, C. , Krause, R. and Angele, E. (2020): Das Alfred-Wegener-Institut in [...] Christian Salewski baut das Archiv für deutsche Polarforschung auf, @awi. Nachrichten aus dem Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, 5 (2011), S. 5. Salewski, Christian R.: Das Archiv für [...] Anstalt Helgoland: über ihre Entstehung 1892 und über die Wiederaufnahme ihrer Arbeit 1945, in: Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Hg.) 125 Jahre Meeresforschung Helgoland, Helgoland 201, pp. 10-24, hdl.handle

Beyond EPICA explores the climate of the past – drilling commences

the Antarctic, which contains climate data from the past 1.5 million years. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute make up part of the team. Initial drilling is about to begin.

Meltwater influences ecosystems in the Arctic Ocean

on when carbon from the atmosphere is absorbed and stored, as a team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now determined with the aid of the FRAM ocean observation system. Their findings

How unstable is the East Antarctic Ice Sheet?

expedition of around eight weeks to the Antarctic. Extensive preventative measures have allowed the Alfred Wegener Institute to tackle important research on former instabilities of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

World's largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica

Protected Area in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. A team led by Autun Purser from the Alfred Wegener Institute publish their results in the current issue of the scientific journal Current Biology

The Transpolar Drift is faltering – and sea ice is now melting before it can leave the nursery

ice in the Arctic is influencing sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean. As experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research report in a new study, today only 20

Retrieving Climate History from the Ice

million years. Today, the consortium Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice (BE-OI), led by Olaf Eisen from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, presented its

Greenland's ice has a delayed response to climate change

How fast and how much is yet uncertain. To provide insight on this issue, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have modeled the development of the ice sheet from the past to the future. They published

Architecture

supporting the great Alfred Wegener on his research expeditions to the Arctic. “...and make sure that one watch is set aside for Rasmus, who will be accompanying us.” Alfred Wegener, 6 October 1930 Rasmus [...] was inaugurated on the “Telegrafenberg” in 1999. View of Wegener House (Building D) (Photo: Hero Lang) A view inside: Level 0A (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] technical centre for polar and marine research is being erected. In the near future, it’s where the Alfred Wegener Institute will test and develop new equipment for use in the polar regions and the deep sea.