Dynamics‘ Prof. Dr. Gerrit Lohmann, head of the AWI Section ‘Paleoclimate Dynamics‘ (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Without models, we can’t grasp the interrelations in the system or explain the phenomena [...] Atmosphere‘ Dr Dörthe Handorf, Researcher in the Section ‘Physics of the Atmosphere‘ (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) We also need simplified climate models, which allow us to isolate some of these additional [...] Oceanography‘ Dr Claudia Wekerle, Researcher in the Section ‘Physical Oceanography‘ (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) If we can realistically simulate the past and present processes at work in the Fram

(Rossella / Hexactinellidae) Find out more Cooperation partner FBG (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) STÄWOG (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) funded by

and trends of surface-ocean processes and their bio-physical coupling. Remote Sensing (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Modelling To predict upcoming changes in global ocean circulation, ocean productivity [...] eddy transport in Fram Strait. Modelling with data from the Fram-Strait and the Arctic (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

development of an implementation concept Migrating mitten crabs at the weser weir (Photo: B. Suckow, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Paul Helmert Contact: Mail Paul (0)471 4831 2204 Duration: 1.26 – 12.27 Funding: [...] Umwelt (dbu) Weirs and barriers are suitable places to stop the mitten crabs (Photo: O. Hauck, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Funding

Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean) (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / IBSCO v2, Dorschel et al., 2022) IBSCO v2 Datenabdeckung (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / IBSCO v2, Dorschel et al., 2022) As

of the elements that we are able to simulate with our permafrost-land surface model. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) What are Permafrost Models? Permafrost models provide information on ground temperatures [...] sheet of paper and as complex as rocket science using super computers to obtain results. At the Alfred-Wegener-Institute we mainly work with so called transient permafrost models that aim to represent all

Bremen. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Vera Fofonova together with supervisor Sergey Danilov after her successful disputation in June 2014 at Jacobs University, Bremen. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Research

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

into the LGM. In a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience , researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have used a newly developed

January 2024, the research network, which also includes the Universities of Bremen and Cologne, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the Leibniz Institute for