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How climate change is altering the Arctic Ocean

from Bremerhaven for the Arctic. The destination of the 95 expedition participants, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, is the AWI Hausgarten, a long-term observatory situated between Svalbard and Greenland

Team

Earth System Diagnostics Team members Thom Laepple Thomas Laepple (Photo: Ergenzinger) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Quantitiative interpretation of paleoclimate data I enjoy working across disciplines [...] te record to sharpen our knowledge about the climate system. Nora Hirsch Nora Hirsch (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate variability based on ice core isotope records Increasing the usability of [...] visible, to see how they might affect the diffusion signal. Andrew Dolman Andrew Dolman (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Variability of past climate from proxies I started out as an ecologist, but now I study

Expert database

contact. Not found what you are looking for? There are numerous other experts working at the Alfred Wegener Institute. We are happy to assist with individual inquiries. For media inquiries please contact

Dr. Lukas Miksch

lukas.miksch@awi.de
+49(471)4831-1326
Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

Tara Polar Station

s in Svalbard. Tara Polar Station in Lorient, France, in April 2025 (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact: Marcel Nicolaus Associated AWI science partners: Physical oceanography: Benjamin [...] sea ice tools and gear ROV Ann in the wet lab of Tara Polar Station (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus, Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

Sea Ice Thickness - Mass Balance

sledges across the sea ice of Atka Bay (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Helicopter EM Sensor Helicopter EM sensor measuring sea ice thickness (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) AEM measurement by Polar 5

Marine heatwaves pose problems for coastal plankton

for marine organisms. Researchers at the Marine Station Helgoland, a research facility of the Alfred Wegener Institute, have quantified the frequency and intensity of these heatwaves along with their r

Ice Sheet Modelling

Magnitude of the present-day horizontal ice flow velocity (Graphic: Thomas Kleiner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The large ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are of major importance for the global climate

Rising temperatures lead to unexpectedly rapid carbon release from soils

from MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen and from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven that was now published