• Kick-off for a new polar research project

    and Research is funding the project, which is coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, with 2.7 million euros until the end of 2026.

  • EUCOP II 2005

    Environment Conference Abstracts EUCOP 2 Hans Hubberten (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Weakening of Antarctic bottom water circulation is noticeable in the North Atlantic

    into the depths. An international research team, including the Alfred Wegener Institute, has now discovered that ocean currents have weakened by around twelve per cent due to the Antarctic bottom water

  • 100 excellent international experts trained for global marine science

    countries to become experts in marine science were trained at the Alfred Wegener Institute. This highly effective programme funded by the Nippon Foundation and the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and the Alfred Wegener Institute is successfully completed. This is a perfect occasion to celebrate all candidates and their teachers, and the

  • Common Grounds – Permafrost Sonification

    Grewenig and the Permafrost research group led by Julia Boike at Alfred-Wegener-Institut Potsdam. Common Grounds ATD Documentation Project Information Contact Kerstin Ergenzinger Website http://

  • Online - Seminar on Marine Technology, Research and Experiences in Coastal waters” – MarTREC

    . 08.02.2024, 11:00 Dr. Bernadette Pogoda und Julius Ellrich, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Development of nature conservation measures for the North Sea - [...] No download available. 14.03.2024, 11:00 Alexandre Le Moal, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Study of the European Flat Oyster biological rythms at behaviourial [...] forward due to the public holiday) Prof. Dr. Philipp Fischer, Alfred Wegener Institute, Centre for Scientific Diving. Marie Koch, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, High-speed measurements in the Arctic: How

  • Snow on Sea Ice

    Stefanie Arndt Magna probe survey on Antarctic sea ice (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We perform snow thickness measurements during Polarstern expeditions by using a “magna probe”, an electronic [...] of the research vessel. Snow buoy, deployed on sea ice (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We deploy snow buoys in the Arctic and Antarctic. They are equipped with echo sounders to record changes at the [...] . Snow pit on sea ice, revealing different layers (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) In order to characterize different snow layers, snow pits are prepared during Polarstern expeditions. In addition

  • Jellyfish may dominate the future Arctic Ocean

    also and especially in the Arctic Ocean, as researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now successfully shown. In computer models, they exposed eight widespread Arctic jellyfish species to rising

  • Mud binds carbon

    three years the collaborative research project APOC, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, has investigated how climate change and anthropogenic activities and pressure impact the carbon cycle in the

  • How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton

    experiments on the topic, which were recently conducted at the Alfred Wegener Institute’s AWIPEV Station. The phytoplankton’s behaviour primarily depends on the cooling phases after or between heatwaves