• Meltwater influences ecosystems in the Arctic Ocean

      on when carbon from the atmosphere is absorbed and stored, as a team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now determined with the aid of the FRAM ocean observation system. Their findings

    • How unstable is the East Antarctic Ice Sheet?

      expedition of around eight weeks to the Antarctic. Extensive preventative measures have allowed the Alfred Wegener Institute to tackle important research on former instabilities of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

    • World's largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica

      Protected Area in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. A team led by Autun Purser from the Alfred Wegener Institute publish their results in the current issue of the scientific journal Current Biology

    • The Transpolar Drift is faltering – and sea ice is now melting before it can leave the nursery

      ice in the Arctic is influencing sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean. As experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research report in a new study, today only 20

    • Retrieving Climate History from the Ice

      million years. Today, the consortium Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice (BE-OI), led by Olaf Eisen from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, presented its

    • Greenland's ice has a delayed response to climate change

      How fast and how much is yet uncertain. To provide insight on this issue, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have modeled the development of the ice sheet from the past to the future. They published

    • Long Term Observations

      information on upcoming LTO relevant meetings and conferences Responsible Alexandra Kraberg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Alexandra Kraberg Atmosphere Antarctic (Neumayer-Station III) Arctic (AWIPEV) Polarstern

    • Ocean eddies could explain Antarctic sea-ice paradox

      simulations indicate significant sea-ice loss, contrary to actual observations. As experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now shown, the ocean may weaken warming around Antarctica and delay sea-ice retreat

    • ID3AS

      biomass matrix is needed. Lastly, current monitoring sensor systems are expensive. Pflanzen (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Vegetables growing in waste water of the fish tank Project lead: Stephan Ende Contact:

    • The “Plastification” of the Ocean

      A study released by WWF Germany and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) highlights the serious scale of the global plastic crisis and summarises the current state of knowledge concerning the effects of