emissions worldwide. This is the 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)

ecosystems and the local communities 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

And how does altered biodiversity actually affect interactions between plants? Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute have tackled these questions and, in two recent studies, presented the answers they

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Strategy Activities (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The process took a considerable amount of time. In 2003, only one person was employed in the field of bionic lightweight construction. The number of

GIS: Gas Interface System GIS - Gas interface system (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / G. Mollenhauer) The GIS facilitates the direct measurement of CO 2 (instead of graphite) in the MICADAS and thus of

Radiosonde launch. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Upper-air temperature of the current year. For the retrieval of the meteorological parameters temperature, humidity, pressure and wind not only at the

Ceilometer Backscatter Profiles Ceilometer CL51 (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) In October 2010 the Ceilometer CL51 ( VAISALA , Finnland) was mounted on the monkey deck of Polarstern. It is able to measure

cannot display iframes Ny-Ålesund radiation measurements and atmospheric observatory (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Surface radiative fluxes are a key parameter of climate. The surface radiation budget

(Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Correlation of multidecadal temperature variations in Brussels with temperature variations in the rest of the world in a climate model simulation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] .pdf Illustration of the concept of “Boreal forest bi‐stability and glacial legacy“. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lake & Sea ice algae Lake & Sea-ice algae The seasonal extent and properties of Arctic [...] to investigate taxonomic and functional ice algae composition in the ocean and lakes. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) High-resolution reconstruction of regional climate changes in Antarctica High-resolution