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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

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

Prof. Dr Bettina Meyer, head of the working group Ecophysiology of pelagic key species at the Alfred Wegener Institute and Professor at the University Oldenburg. Antarctic Krill Polar pelagic key species

Retreat of the ice sheets Dr Ingo Sasgen, glaciologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Ice sheets Glaciers Sea-level rise With the aid of satellites, we can now very precisely determine how much ice the

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

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

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

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

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

cover letter and a short CV. Sampling of a frozen fragment of a sediment core for old DNA (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: Research Foci Staff Labs and Methods Teaching