• Global CO₂ emissions reach record high in 2025

    Project (GCP), an association of international scientists. Researchers from LMU Munich and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) / University of Bremen were leading contributors to the study.

  • Taking to the highsea with a young research spirit

    of communicating science in a comprehensible and inspiring manner. For the fifth time now, the Alfred Wegener Institute is organising this extraordinary training programme with a host of partners. This year

  • Polarstern longterm cruise planning

    TRANSIT 2024 Goals: Transit cruise Walvis Bay - Las Palmas - Bremerhaven Transit-Map.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Principal Investigator: Simon Dreutter E-Mail: Participants: 47 Free berths: - Period: [...] crucial to continue the assessment on sub-decadal timescales. Map_arcwatch2_2025_latest.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Principal Investigator: Benjamin Rabe E-Mail Walter Geibert E-Mail Participants: 51 [...] TRANSIT 2024 Goals: Transit cruise Bremerhaven - Las Palmas - Walvis Bay Transit-Map.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Principal Investigator: Natalie Cornish E-Mail Claudia Hanfland E-Mail Participants:

  • Mar Fernández-Méndez

    problems to solutions Prof. Dr Mar Fernández-Méndez, marine biogeochemist and algal ecologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, head of the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group SiDe-EFFECT and the Marine Algae Ecology

  • Detlef Wilde

    New Polarstern Detlef Wilde, project director for the construction of the new Polarstern at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Research vessel Icebreaker Expedition New Polarstern The Research Vessel Polarstern [...] and technological level, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has enabled the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) to launch the Europe-wide procurement

  • Laurie Hofmann

    innovative and sustainable use of macroalgae Prof. Dr Laurie C. Hofmann, marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute and professor of Applied Marine Biology at the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences

  • Antje Boetius

    Sea Climate Change Knowledge Transfer Prof. Dr Antje Boetius was the Scientific Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). In spring 2025, she was appointed [...] jpg | 2 MB Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius,German marine, jpg | 2 MB Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius Director of Alfred, jpg | 1 MB Media Arctic Circle (Video) | 15.05.2024 Arctic Circle 2024 – Panel “Arctic Climate”

  • Dr. Sarah Kempf

    sarah.kempf@awi.de
    +49(471)4831-1716
    Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

  • SOS-iClimate

    joint research group , group members benefit from affiliation with both the LMU Munich and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) . The motivating questions of our work packages

  • A significant amount of dissolved organic carbon in the Arctic Ocean comes from land

    organic carbon which is flowing into the central Arctic ocean. In a new study, scientists led by Alfred-Wegener-Institute quantified how much terrestrial organic matter accumulates in the central Arctic Ocean