• More than 1.2 million years old ice core drilled

      It is a historic milestone for climate research: an international research team involving the Alfred Wegener Institute has successfully drilled a 2,800 metre-long ice core , reaching the bedrock beneath

    • Ancient plant DNA reveals the possible origin of the carbon in the ocean

      fkreislauf ist jedoch noch immer nicht klar, woher dieser Kohlenstoff stammt. Forschende des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts haben mit neuartigen Methoden Sedimentkerne aus dem Pazifik untersucht und können anhand

    • AWI’s underwater robot Tramper successfully recovered

      Good news from the Arctic
      On 27 August 2017, deep-sea researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) recovered the underwater robot Tramper, which

    • Open Technologies

      and AUV's). Further Information: Flyer (pdf) [Translate to English:] Handtool_AWI.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Handtool to safely unplug connectors <link file:17972 _blank download> Further Information:

    • Natasha Bryan, M.Sc.

      Natasha Bryan, M.Sc. PhD Candidate Natasha Bryan (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dissertation Title: Polar Flow: Investigating polar phytoplankton's functional biodiversity using Imaging Flow Cytometry [...] Basin of the Arctic Ocean using Imaging Flow Cytometry and PDMPO natasha.bryan @ awi.de ORCiD Alfred Wegener Institut Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven E-1015 Overview of Doctoral project Phytoplankton

    • Training Capacity Exchange

      NF-POGO CofE had been hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany's foremost polar and marine research institution. The 10th and final cohort at the Alfred Wegener Institute began in May 2023 and will

    • High-latitude Biodiversity

      environments in the future. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Temporary Head Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Prof

    • Food Web

      the core groups studied in the Food Webs WG Foodweb Logo (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Team Team_Foodweb.JPG (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Head PD Dr Cédric Meunier Prof. Dr. Maarten Boersma Dr.

    • Nicole Biebow

      Cooperation at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Science management International cooperation The polar regions are a key driving force for the Earth's climate and oceans. With the Alfred Wegener Institute's research

    • Fram Strait

      Current showing the warm Atlantic Water flowing northward (von Appen, unpublished, 2017). (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [Translate to English:] Figure 2: Temperature in 2500m depth across Fram Strait showing [...] the warming of the two deep water masses (updated from von Appen et al, DSR 2015). (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)