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

    Celsius, which has never been 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

  • Krill fishing in the Antarctic: overlaps with consequences

    themselves and on the animals that feed on krill are required urgently. A research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen has now been able to use acoustic

  • "Oceanic tunnel" transported CO2 from Antarctica during the last ice age

    core analyses and highly developed climate models, an international research team involving the Alfred Wegener Institute has now been able to fill this knowledge gap. This is important to better understand

  • “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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Radiosondes

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

  • 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:

  • 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