• In times of great famine, microalgae digest themselves

      Microbiology
      In a recent study, scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have determined the molecular mechanisms which microalgae

    • New Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity

      excellence in this field of the University of Oldenburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven.

    • 10 Years of the Palau Observatory: Why polar researchers are working on a small Pacific island

      In 2016, the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with the University of Bremen, the Palau Community College, and the Coral Reef Research Foundation,

    • Blind Spots at Antarctic Coasts Limit Sea Level Projections

      improved observations at a pan-Antarctic scale. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the

    • Disappearing Lakes: New Data Platform on Permafrost Lakes in the Arctic

      technical support from North American partners, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have established the ‘ Lost Lakes ‘ database, which provides key information on the state of Arctic thermokarst

    • CHS

      Carbonate-Handling-System CHS - Carbonate handling system (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / G. Mollenhauer) The CHS converts carbonate samples to CO 2 . It consists of an autosampler with a double hollow

    • Vacuum line

      line Sealing of a glass ampulla containing a CO2 sample (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Various freezing and melting operations can be carried out on a vacuum line, so that pure CO 2 can be sealed into

    • Helgoland Roads

      mean diatom day. Planktonnetz 1979 Helgoland roads map (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Helgoland Roads DEIMS ID

    • Project Structure

      Project structure graphical_abstract_Landscape.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) As a result of human activities, coastal marine coastal systems are subjected to simultaneous changes in environmental

    • Contact

      Postal address, fax and e-mail Site map of Helgoland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) AWI Center for Scientific Diving Kurpromenade 201 27498 Helgoland Phone: see staff list Fax: 0471 4831 - 3369