• “PeTCaT” investigates the impact of greenhouse gases from rapidly thawing permafrost

    all, aims to increase our knowledge of these rapid thaw processes. Under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener Institute, researchers from Germany, the USA, Canada, the Netherlands, and Sweden plan to build

  • Site

    Head office for polar research Why Bremerhaven? Nowadays the Alfred Wegener Institute is an integral part of the old maritime city Bremerhaven. But none other than Germany's former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt

  • Radiosondes

    Recent Radiosounding Latest Radiosounding from Neumayer-Station (Linear and Skew-T) (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Launching a Balloon at Neumayer (German language)

  • Antonia Thielecke, M.Sc.

    to climate-driven changes in basic environmental parameters. antonia.thielecke @ awi.de ORCiD Alfred Wegener Institut Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven E-1015 Overview of Doctoral Project I study shifts

  • Material Research

    Material Research Microscopy laboratory (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In addition to their variety of shapes, diatoms are characterized by an extremely interesting and complex shell structure. The shells

  • AGE

    AGE: Automated Graphitization Equippment Automated Graphitization (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / J.Hefter) Graphite targets are customarily required for radiocarbon measurements. For this purpose, CO

  • News from the CSD

    (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific Diver sampling coralline red algae. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The stereoscopic camera system Remos 3 after 6 month under water. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] cold... On site at -25°C. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) It is really cold.... (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Morning impressions from NyAlesund. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The sun is back after [...] (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Cleaning the PAR logger at the AWI UWO. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Mounting the underwater node and network interface on the new fundament. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • SynopSys

    Arctic research, data analysis, remote sensing and numerical weather prediction. Alfred Wegener Institute Alfred Wegener Institute Section Atmospheric Physics Principal Investigator: Dr. Ralf Jaiser Post [...] Artic and mid-latitudes is thus essential. Partner SynopSys is a collaborative project involving Alfred Wegener Institute, University of Bremen and Deutscher Wetterdienst. The collaboration enables a unique [...] Dr. Mark Weber , Dr. Alexey Rozanov PhD student: Falco Monsees German Weather Service (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Department Research and Development Principal Investigator: Alexander Cress Post Doc:

  • Outreach

    the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Dr. Clara Hoppe investigates how Climate Change affects the Phytoplanton in the polar regions. Eine Frage des Lichts (AWI, 24.2.2015) Scientists of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute [...] single-celled algae species and an important source of food in the oceans. Dr Clara Hoppe of the Alfred Wegener Institute examines how changed living conditions as a result of climate change affect Arctic [...] conspecifics, securing a longer survial of the population as a whole, as scientists from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute claim in a recent study. Das Meer als Forschungsobjekt (Nordsee Zeitung, 6.7.2016)

  • Scientific Projects

    reserach sites along the coastline. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) The 3d underwater fish observatory RemOs1 at Kongsfjord - Spitzbergen. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Arctic coastal systems are of special [...] about 10 000 tetrapods protect the coast from erosion and destruction by storm events (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Coastal regions are favoured habitats for humankind with more than half of the world’s [...] Systems for Northern and Arctic Seas) COSYNA cabled underwater observatory Helgoland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) COSYNA is an observing system comprising several land and sea-based sensor systems