Taking action now can secure our future

IPCC reports. One of the two coordinators of the AR6 report is Prof. Hans-Otto Pörtner from the Alfred Wegener Institute, and the two AWI biologists Prof. Dieter Piepenburg and Prof. Björn Rost were involved

Iron and manganese jointly influence phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean

on there. One reason for this is a lack of iron in the water. However, a recent study by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the University of Bremen and Bremerhaven in the journal Nature Communications Biology

After more than 100 years: The Endurance has been found!

after the start, the team was able to locate the previously lost wreck. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute were also on board.

Matthew_Slater_AWI-Expert_UK.pdf

AWI EXPERT Matthew Slater is an aquaculture researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven. He was born in New Zealand in 1975, and studied [...] Bremerhaven, which has since become part of the Aquaculture and Marine Bionics section at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Since joining AWI, Slater has been responsible for the management of more than 23

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eg en er -I ns ti tu t Dr Marcel Nicolaus is a sea ice physicist and climate scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven. Born in 1976

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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

Continental drift

letter from Alfred Wegener. (Photo: C. Pichler) Handwritten letter from Alfred Wegener. (Photo: C. Pichler) Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift Animation of the New York Times about Alfred Wegener's theory [...] these entries by Wegener and published them online. Transcription of Wegener's entries (in German language only) Dr Reinhard Krause, Scientific Historian and expert on Alfred Wegener (Photo: C. Pichler) [...] parts of Wegener's inheritance as well as historical images of his expeditions. Related research Geophysics Bathymetry Magnetometer More about Alfred Wegener Continental drift Seafloor spreading Alfred Wegener

Seafloor spreading

parts of Wegener's inheritance as well as historical images of his expeditions. Related research Geophysics Bathymetry Magnetometer More about Alfred Wegener Continental drift Seafloor spreading Alfred Wegener [...] Ridge on the globe (Photo: Sina Löschke) It wasn’t until the mid-1960s, around third years after Wegener’s death, that his ideas received recognition in science. Seismological investigations showed that

Using Satellites to Measure UV Light in the Ocean

as accurately as possible in climate models, to deliver accurate forecasts. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP) at the University of Bremen

Sustainable Ship Operation

Blue Angel on the High Seas The Alfred Wegener Institute’s research vessels are operated as sustainably as possible Needless to say, today environmental protection is also an important topic in the context [...] context of shipping. Accordingly, especially at a Helmholtz Centre like the Alfred Wegener Institute, whose experts regularly conduct research at sea, sustainability on board is a priority. This can be seen [...] sea. In addition to the training cruises, the Uthörn successor will also remain central to the Alfred Wegener Institute's long-term research and sampling in the German Bight. Four researchers can stay at