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    Humboldt University in Berlin and carried out his research at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), in Potsdam. The work closes a knowledge gap in Earth system [...] : Paolo Verzone) August 2021 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 [...] University of Denmark: Thomas Ingemann-Nielsen, Johanna Scheer, Alfred Wegener Institute: Paul Overduin, Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Rebecca Rolph, Jan Nitzbon, Frederieke Miesner, Simone Stünzi, Rui

  • Remote Sensing

    of the image shows Lake Coleen and the Deadhorse airport (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Ice Roads

    ice boundary, green: soil temperature at 30cm depth). (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Global warming and the thawing of permafrost not only lead to destabilization of the soil in the permafrost regions

  • What dangers lie in industrial contaminated sites in permafrost?

    can be endangered by the waste. In August, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with national and international partners, therefore, keep a close eye on drilling mud pits in the

  • Projects

    and protocols for future monitoring. (Photo: Ester Horvath, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Funded by: EU HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01 Funding period: 01/2024 - 06/2027 Project Homepage Project lead [...] Poland Lithuanian Environmental Protection Agency, LEPA, Lithuania Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, AWI, Germany Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institut, Federal Research

  • Scientific program

    (PANGAEA) Related publications Measurement Program (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Remote sensing

    between the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) at DLR and the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). With the installation of GRIPS 15 at the Air Chemistry Observatory, Neumayer

  • In situ measurements

    situ measurements Condensation particles CPC_timeseries (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 3D-contourplot aerosol size distribution (Photo: Rolf weller; Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Condensation particles (CP [...] /acp-15-11399-2015, 2015. Surface ozone O3 timeseries (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) It is generally accepted that the photooxidation of trace gases to water soluble compounds, followed by rainout, [...] 2003JD004133, 2004. Black carbon Black Carbon timeseries (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Continuous black carbon (BC) observations were conducted from 1999 through 2009 by an aethalometer (AE10: black

  • Are particle emissions from offshore wind farms harmful for blue mussels?

    emissions into the environment. A team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now investigated the effects of these particle on blue mussels – a species also being considered for the

  • Rapid surge in global warming mainly due to reduced planetary albedo

    satisfactorily explained. In the journal Science, a team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute puts forward a possible explanation for the rise in global mean temperature: our planet has become less reflective