Hausgarten Expedition ends

    expedition to the Fram Strait between Greenland and Spitsbergen. In the so-called Hausgarten of the Alfred Wegener Institute there, the approximately 50 scientific expedition participants continued their more

    EU Provides 15 Million Euros of Funding for Arctic Project

    Programme to fund the Arctic PASSION project for the period 2021 to 2025. Under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener Institute, a consortium of 35 partners will promote the integration of international environmental

    Glacial melt in the high Mountains of Asia

    growing, a team of researchers led by the University of St Andrews and with contributions from the Alfred Wegener Institute has concluded.

    Climate change and its consequences on foreign policy

    between Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Markus Rex, MOSAiC expedition leader and scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

    Søråsen

    König-Langlo) Yearly overview of AWS Søråsen data (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Daily overview AWS Søråsen data (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    Halvfarryggen

    (IMAU)". Yearly overview of AWS Halvfarryggen data (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Daily overview AWS Halvfarryggen data (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] Automatic Weather Station Halvfarryggen AWS_Halvfarryggen.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In January 2019 an automatic weather station was installed on Halvfarryggen (71.17489°S, 6.80027°W), 690m

    Virtual research lab for MOSAiC data

    MOSAiC expedition. In order to rapidly make user-friendly access to this information possible, the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with the DKRZ Hamburg and the DLR Jena, will develop a series of analytical

    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