• Coastal Waters Under Pressure

      habitats that are so vital for humans could suffer as a result, warns a team of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. To better understand these critical de

    • How stable is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet?

      than today. This is the result of a series of model simulations which the researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have published online in the

    • Researchers simulate the emergence of leads in sea ice

      Sea-ice modelling
      Scientists from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) and the University of Hamburg have succeeded in realistically simulating the emergence of large channels in the Artic sea ice in

    • The Arctic is facing a decline in sea ice that might equal the negative record of 2012

      Arctic sea ice
      Sea ice physicists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), are anticipating that the sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean this summer may

    • New satellite technology promises great progress for glacier research

      Satellite Remote Sensing
      Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute are developing with experts from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) a new satellite measurement method for the observation from space

    • Ice algae: The engine of life in the central Arctic Ocean

      greater role for the Arctic food web than previously assumed. In a new study, biologists of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research showed that not only animals that live

    • Nature study: More icebergs in the Arctic

      greater risks to shipping and fisheries. These findings were reported by a research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the journal Nature .

    • Computing Centre

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    • Education

      you are interested, simply contact our research group directly. Heincke excursion 2022 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact for Students Prof. Dr. Bela H. Buck Prof. Dr. Laurie C. Hofmann

    • Lecture Series "Friday Seminar"

      Lecture Series "Friday Seminar" Contact: Martin Losch , Valentina Volkova Location: Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Building G 301, Seminarroom "Arctic", Klußmannstr