• Elodea

    : Senator Waterweed often forms dense mats underwater (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In the summer of 2025, Elodea spp. was harvested to make parts of Lake Werdersee usable for water sports again.

  • 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)

  • PolySpon

    product – freeze-dried collagen powder (Photo: K. Schiefenhövel Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Partners Funding

  • Research Vessel Mya II

    for coastal research." Prof. Dr Karin Lochte, Director of the Alfred Wegener institute, about RV Mya II when it was commissioned in August, 2013. Up to twelve scientists conduct research aboard the

  • CONTRASTS

    installed. The helicopter takes of for a survey flight. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Marcel Nicolaus) Main Contact Marcel Nicolaus Thomas Krumpen Associated colleagues at AWI Benjamin Rabe Morten [...] will guide the new Tara Polar Station into the sea ice. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Regime 1: Future Arctic (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus) Regime 2: Present Arctic (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus) Regime 3: Past [...] distributed oceanographic measurements in each regime. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Related programs Tara Polar Station is guided into the ice pack and will perform its first measurements in sea

  • Junior Groups

    Junior Research Groups The junior research groups at the Alfred Wegener Institute are funded by the Helmholtz Association, German Research Association and the European Research Council. Contact [...] Schneedicken Messungen auf dem antarktischen Meereis (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) offers outstanding young scientists the opportunity

  • InEVal

    the InEVal project. Seegurke aus einer Zucht (Photo: M. Slater, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Matt Slater Contact: Mail to Matt (0)471 4831 2727 Duration: 2020 – 2023 Public: bluebioeconomy.eu Funding [...] product in established high-value export markets WP partners: Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Marine Institute, University of Cagliari Lead: GMIT WP 4: Co-Development and Capacity Building This WP has the

  • MedSpon

    Italy WP 2: Sustainable production in RAS Schwammfragment (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This WP has the following specific objectives: Design and development of a closed land-based recirculating [...] production of secondary metabolites of interest Project partner: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany WP 3: Aegean sponge species with antibiotic potential

  • Mak-Pak Scale-Up

    the base for the success of this project. Ulva lactuca (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut | Laurie C. Hofmann) Publication Salinity as a tool for strain selection in recirculating land-based production of

  • BlueChange

    boat in the port of Neuharlingersiel (Photo: Sina Loeschke, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project Information Name Blue Growth in a Changing Environment (BlueChange) Duration 12 months Funding national