• Cell physiology

    capacity of animals under future environmental scenarios. Gisela sampling an oyster. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) An opened oyster. (Photo: Gisela Lannig) Anette preparing samples for extraction. (Photo: [...] NMR spectroscopy for metabolomics . Fun in the field in Wilmington - North Carolina. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Anette and Christian at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). (Photo: Gisela Lannig)

  • BAQUA

    BAQUA The project “ BAllast water test Quality Assurance ” (BAQUA) is carried out at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven) in cooperation with the German [...] the implementation of collaborative tests for representative sampling. Tank_BAQUA.gif (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project Factsheet Project name BAllast water test QUality Assurance (BAQUA) Project

  • Sorted!

    allowing successful and stress-free sorting. Vannamei shrimp from aquaculture (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Mirko Bögner Staff : Janek Neuse Contact: Mail to Mirko or Janek (0)471 4831 [...] “Transfer Campaign” • Design and mode of operation of the tested sorting elements. (Photo: M. Bögner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) • Size distribution of L. vannamei after 72 h of voluntary size grading

  • Matthew Slater

    produced food from the sea Dr Matthew Slater, Head of the Aquaculture Research Group at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Aquaculture Bioeconomy Interdisciplinary research Almost half of all fishery products [...] of pond and cage farming can be minimized. This is where the Aquaculture Research Group at the Alfred Wegener Institute comes in. Its members are investigating which new breeding, husbandry and feeding methods

  • Out of university

    Out of university into AWI... Paths to and from AWI (Graphic: Nele Göckemeyer) The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) is connected to numerous colleges and universities in many ways. Opportunities therefore [...] observational oceanography, since 2008. Starting in 2013, the NF-POGO CofE has been hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute. Become an international ocean expert - details here...

  • Katja Mintenbeck

    Panel on Climate Change: the highest authority Dr Katja Mintenbeck, marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. IPCC Ocean acidification At regular intervals, the International Panel on Climate [...] and accept the IPCC as the highest, neutral authority on the issue of climate assessment. The Alfred Wegener Institute was home to the Technical Support Unit for the IPCC’s Working Group II. Its members

  • Stefan Hain

    Protected Area in the Weddell Sea Dr Stefan Hain, Head of the Environmental Policy Unit at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Weddell Sea CCAMLR Antarcitca The effects of climate change have long been felt in [...] Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since 2011 Head of the Office of Environmental Policy at the Alfred Wegener Institute 2021 Collaboration on the orientation paper on biodiversity for the coalition negotiations

  • Team

    Quantitiative interpretation of paleoclimate data Thomas Laepple (Photo: Ergenzinger) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) I enjoy working across disciplines and combining observational data, statistics and [...] forcings by decomposing fields into spherical harmonics. Group_Picture_January_2020.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Depths of the Weddell Sea are warming five times faster than elsewhere

    000 metres. This was the main finding of an article just published by oceanographers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). In the article, they analyse

  • Why do Antarctic krill stocks fluctuate?

    Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) and the Bremerhaven-based Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have shown that the competition