• What we know about marine heatwaves in the Arctic

      from those in non-polar oceans. A recent study, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, in the journal Communications Earth & Environment , summarizes how these events have developed over recent decades

    • Inside Culture Academy

      Inside Culture Academy The Alfred Wegener Institute welcomes you and wants you to have a good start in your new job and in Germany. With this in mind, we have some [...] Insights into the platform ICA_Clip_I_am_your_Trainer_Tanya (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ICA_Clip_Communication (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact To register for the course, please send an email

    • International Staff and Guests

      Welcome to AWI Will you join us at the Alfred Wegener Institute, with an employment contract, as a scholarship holder, or as a guest scientist? We look forward to seeing you,

    • 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,

    • Nature study: More icebergs in the Arctic

      . These findings were reported by a research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the journal Nature .

    • SeaClancy

      Migrating mitten crabs at the weser weir (Photo: B. Suckow, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Paul Helmert Contact: Mail Paul (0)471 4831 2204 Duration: 1.26 – 12.27 Funding: Deutsche Bundesstiftung [...] are suitable places to stop the mitten crabs (Photo: O. Hauck, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Funding

    • Bär/Eicken: "The research vessel Polarstern is changing our understanding of the world's oceans"

      Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär and the Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Hajo Eicken. From its voyage, the Polarstern is bringing

    • AIDA

      Biologisch inspirierter KI Software Entwicklungsprozess (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Biologically inspired AI software development process

    • Concentrated knowledge on climate change - new atlas of climate extremes

      A new atlas renders climate extremes in Germany visible: The Alfred Wegener Institute in the Helmholtz Climate Initiative REKLIM shows extremes based on the data from the German Weather Service. The

    • OPP COST-Action

      indicators for marine and coastal management. P1020581.JPG (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Events Oceans Past VII 22th to 26th October 2018 Tracing human interactions with marine ecosystems through deep