Negotiations regarding an Antarctic Marine Protected Area

continued regarding a proposed Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute were instrumental in preparing the application for protected status, which was submitted

Far fewer lakes below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet than previously believed

Antarctic
In the course of an extensive Antarctic expedition, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research recently investigated several lakes beneath

Which types of jellyfish are there in the Arctic Ocean today – and which will still be there tomorrow?

Arctic Ocean. The group will receive financial support from the Helmholtz Association and the Alfred Wegener Institute.

Representatives of the University of La Rochelle at the AWI

International Cooperation
Today, a delegation from the French University of La Rochelle visits the Alfred Wegener Institute to discuss current and future projects.

Hans-Otto Pörtner now a member of the European Academy of Sciences

Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II and Head of the Integrative Ecophysiology Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, has been selected as

European Research Council (ERC) funds Potsdam AWI researcher

questions with the FluxWin junior research group, which she is establishing and leading at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Potsdam. She has received

North pole soon to be ice free in summer

of a new research study involving 21 research institutes from around the world including the Alfred Wegener Institute, coordinated by Dirk Notz from the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Why permafrost might thaw sooner than expected

Permafrost
Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) and the University of Oslo have determined that much

Celebrating 40 Years of the Alfred Wegener Institute

Anniversary
40 years of research in the Arctic, Antarctic and in coastal regions: on 15 July, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) celebrates its 40 th anniversary

Climate change is impacting the spread of invasive animal species

invasive animal species in our oceans? This question was the focus for a team of experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bangor University (Wales, UK)