• AquaVitae

    Seaweed - a product with high potential Sea cucumber (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project lead: Matt Slater, Björn Suckow Contact: Mail to Björn (0)471 4831 2701 Duration: 1.6.2019 – 30.11.2023

  • Marine plastic debris

    with harmful consequences. Deadly traps: marine debris (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The debris is everywhere The debris found in our seas is a diverse mix composed of various materials, but the

  • Stations

    Research locations of the Alfred Wegener Institute AWI Helgoland Kurpromenade 201 27498 Helgoland 0 47 25 / 819 0 Helgoland AWI Sylt Hafenstraße 43 25992 List [...] //www.awi.de/awipev Kohnen-Station www.awi.de/kohnen The Alfred Wegener institute maintains different infrastructures to support research in remote areas. The research stations - partly maintained

  • IceBird

    measurements of sea ice thickness in the Arctic conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Airborne surveys provide insight into composition and properties of the ice [...] EM-Bird under its belly on its way to the surveying area. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Much of AWI’s research is conducted in the inaccessible, ice-covered regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, making [...] includes an EM-Bird, a laser scanner, and a snow radar. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The EM-Bird The purpose-built EM-Bird is a towed sensor that measures the combined thickness of the sea ice and

  • Q and A

    pic_SoNoAT19.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Am I eligible? The target beneficiaries are 25 future ocean experts. The programme will focus on training postgraduate

  • LTO Samoylov

    reason, all current and planned projects and collaborations of the Alfred Wegener Institute with government agencies in Russia have been frozen since 2022. If you have any queries, please contact

  • Samoylov

    reason, all current and planned projects and collaborations of the Alfred Wegener Institute with government agencies in Russia have been frozen since 2022. If you have any queries, please contact [...] LENA expeditions were jointly organized by three institutes: the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in St. Petersburg and

  • Radiation

    cannot display iframes Cleaning radiation instruments (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Solar tracker (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Radiation Measurements since 1982 Sometimes albedo measurements

  • ProRMAS

    the European Union Das Team in einem der Gewächshäuser (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Partners Funding ProRMAS project is carried out under the Green ERA-Hub, a Coordination and Support Action (CSA)

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

    immer nicht klar, woher dieser Kohlenstoff stammt. Forschende des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts haben mit neuartigen Methoden Sedimentkerne aus dem Pazifik untersucht und können anhand von alter Pflanzen-DNA