• Graduate School POLMAR

    POLMAR! The graduate school POLMAR offers all PhD students at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) a structured qualification program to complement their individual research work. Participation in a structured [...] Coordination: Dr. Claudia Hanfland Dr. Claudia Sprengel Address Alfred-Wegener-Institut AWI Campus Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Our offices are located in the following building: Container building

  • Antarctic Office

    climate change, has massive effects on the global sea level. The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has pursued research in this key region since 1980, the year [...] 2023, can be implemented in German law. Dr. Stefan Hain (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Head: Dr. Stefan Hain 0471 4831 - 1152 stefan.hain @ awi.de AWI Antarctic Strategy

  • Editorial

    – a responsibility that we, the climate researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, don’t take lightly. The guiding directive for our work is laid [...] Prof Torsten Kanzow Head of the Climate Sciences Division at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Prof Dr Torsten Kanzow (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Analytical Techniques

    size and transparency are also measured. Flow cytometer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) CASY The CASY® technology is based on the electrical detection of cells passing through a measuring pore. Cells [...] is present in organically bound form. CN DOC Analyser (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Rebecca Schüler) Fluorometric analysis Protein Quantification in solid sample material (FP) Quantitative [...] dyeing reagent before being measured. AP_FP_Analyse.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Rebecca Schüler) High-speed camera Because of their scale and speed, small zooplankton (<500µm) behavior cannot

  • NMR laboratory

    is placed in the experimental chamber for MR scanning. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The NMR lab: A shared resource At their laboratory for NMR ( N uclear M agnetic R esonance), the AWI experts employ [...] samples for metabolomic studies based on NMR spectroscopy (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Unlocking the secrets of molecular structures In the context of other research, the experts’ goal is to identify [...] is solely dedicated to marine research.” Data evaluation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact Dr Christian Bock (Laboratory Manager) Dr Jan Tebben Info The NMR lab is equipped with a 9.4 Tesla NMR

  • Scientific Projects

    the coast from erosion and destruction by storm events (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Coastal regions are favoured habitats for humankind with more than half of the world’s population living less than [...] ecosystem and our reserach sites along the coastline. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) The 3d underwater fish observatory RemOs1 at Kongsfjord - Spitzbergen. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Arctic [...] Seas) COSYNA cabled underwater observatory Helgoland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) COSYNA is an observing system comprising several land and sea-based sensor systems in the North Sea and in the

  • Locations and Facilities

    dive facility at AWI) Location of AWI CSD on Helgoland. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) The Centre for Scientific Diving of the AWI is located at the "Binnenhafen" of Helgoland. Completely renovated [...] _____ Sylt (North Sea) The island Sylt in the North Sea (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Sylt is the northernmost island of Germany located in the Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein. Scientific dives are [...] Neumayer III (Antarctica) Fig. 1) Neumayer III Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In January 2015, the AWI dive team made a first successfull attempt to conduct hydrographical and biological

  • SynopSys

    essential. Partner SynopSys is a collaborative project involving Alfred Wegener Institute, University of Bremen and Deutscher Wetterdienst. The collaboration enables a unique integration of specific [...] data analysis, remote sensing and numerical weather prediction. Alfred Wegener Institute Alfred Wegener Institute Section Atmospheric Physics Principal Investigator: Dr. Ralf Jaiser Post Doc: Dr. Cheng [...] Rozanov PhD student: Falco Monsees German Weather Service (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Department Research and Development Principal Investigator: Alexander Cress Post Doc: Zoi Paschalidi Workpackages

  • How polluted is the Elbe River?

    campaign, researchers from several Helmholtz Centres, including the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), want to take a closer look at how environmental chemicals

  • Micro- and nanoplastic from the atmosphere is polluting the ocean

    international team of researchers – including experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research