• Atmospheric research in Germany will be significantly expanded

      Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig, and the Research Unit Potsdam of the Alfred Wegener Institute is also involved. ACTRIS will provide data on the short-lived constituents of the

    • Counteracting climate change: Research consortium sea4soCiety investigates ways to naturally increase carbon storage in coastal ecosystems

      of 40 scientists from nine northern German universities and research institutes, including the Alfred Wegener Institute. Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the consortium

    • West Antarctic Ice Sheet

      deposits and glacial unconformities (modified from Gohl et al., Marine Geology, 2013). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The reconstruction of the dynamic history of Antarctic Ice Sheet expansion and retreat

    • Outstanding Dissertation on Climate Change

      Award
      Dr. Jan Nitzbon, scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was awarded the 2020 Wladimir Köppen Prize for his doctoral thesis, which represents

    • Concentrated knowledge on permafrost soils

      the report, and a 40-member panel of experts has reviewed the contributions. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Potsdam contribute with a

    • Back Again: First deployed buoy from the MOSAiC expedition

      On September 26 th , 2019, Marcel Nicolaus, marine physicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), placed an ice buoy on a floe during the passage of the

    • Hugues_Lantuit_AWI-Expert_UK.pdf

      Pa ul s / A lf re d W eg en er In st it ut e Hugues Lantuit is a permafrost researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Professor for Polar Coastal

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    • Technology

      for operation. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Deployment of the DEPAS OBS. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) DEPAS OBS after emerging at the sea surface. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Number of instruments [...] Technology A description of the DEPAS instruments can be found in this publication: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung et al., 2017: DEPAS (Deutscher Geräte-Pool

    • Projects

      German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) POSER POSER Antarctic krill (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Po pulation S hift and E cosystem R esponse – Krill vs. Salps (POSER) The western Atlantic

    • 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