• When the sea ice melts, juvenile polar cod may go hungry

      have long since suspected this relation existed, an international team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, have now successfully confirmed

    • Arctic Survivalists

      productivity and biodiversity. This was the main finding presented in a study by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, which they jointly release with their Canadian colleagues advanced online in the journal

    • Falling sea level caused volcanos to overflow

      international research team led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research has now discovered that a falling sea

    • Higher CO2 absorption in the Southern Ocean

      of East Anglia (UEA) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute, has found that the Southern Ocean around Antarctica absorbs more carbon dioxide (CO

    • Ancient plant DNA reveals the possible origin of the carbon in the ocean

      fkreislauf ist jedoch noch immer nicht klar, woher dieser Kohlenstoff stammt. Forschende des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts haben mit neuartigen Methoden Sedimentkerne aus dem Pazifik untersucht und können anhand

    • Warm water is mixing up life in the Arctic

      indicated by data from long-term observations in the Fram Strait, which researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) have now analysed. Their most important finding: even a short-term influx of

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      and AUV's). Further Information: Flyer (pdf) [Translate to English:] Handtool_AWI.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Handtool to safely unplug connectors <link file:17972 _blank download> Further Information:

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      Air Soundings Radiation Ozone Lidar Ny-Alesund Radiation Measurements and Observatory (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) At the AWIPEV Atmosphere Observatory in Ny-Alesund, atmospheric key parameters for

    • Ice flow on Greenland is probably “only” 2,000 years old

      the sea and thus also influences global sea levels. An international research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now used a new evaluation method for airborne radar measurements to determine the

    • Traces of Ice Age hunters discovered in the Baltic Sea

      structure has been discovered in the Baltic Sea region, the group, with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute, now reports in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences