• Radiosondes

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

    • 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

    • Transparency

      under Article 25(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 (EMFA), the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, publishes an annual overview of public expenditure on advertising

    • News from the CSD

      Remos 3 after 6 month under water. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Mitte Oktober kehrte die Tauchgruppe des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts von Ihrer diesjährigen Herbst-Expedition zum [...] water diving – this time really 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 [...] investigate the growth of cold-water corals PACOCV_3.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) PACOCV_4.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) PACOCV_1.png (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Ocean acidification

    • There are large accumulations of plastics in the ocean, even outside so-called garbage patch

      Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), has found large quantities of plastic waste and microplastics in a remote marine protected area in the

    • What dangers lie in industrial contaminated sites in permafrost?

      can be endangered by the waste. In August, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with national and international partners, therefore, keep a close eye on drilling mud pits in the

    • Turning point in global fossil CO2 emissions has not yet been reached

      conclusion of the Global Carbon Project, which researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute / the University of Bremen and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) participate in. Together

    • Ocean Warming and Thawing Permafrost Reduce the Arctic Ocean's Biological Carbon Storage and CO2 Uptake

      carbon - a new study in Nature Climate Change by experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute reveals a surprising outcome. Instead of strengthening, the carbon pump is being weakened. The researchers found

    • The Transpolar Drift is faltering – and sea ice is now melting before it can leave the nursery

      sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean. As experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research report in a new study, today only 20 percent of the sea ice that

    • Atmospheric research in Germany will be significantly expanded

      Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig, and the Research Unit Potsdam of the Alfred Wegener Institute is also involved. ACTRIS will provide data on the short-lived constituents of the atmosphere from the ground to