• Little researched current impacting on winter sea ice in the Arctic

      Sea on the sea ice of the Barents Sea. A research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute has now discovered - using model simulations - that this return flow from the Barents Sea has an appreciable impact

    • Environmental sciences & Networking

      of our work. Our multipliers for the future. (Photo: B. Suckow, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact: Björn Suckow Mail an Björn Projects FutureNow! Vermittlung von Wissen zu Klimawandel, Biodiversität,

    • 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

    • NoSoAT

      to North Atlantic Transect) We are pleased to announce that the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), with the support of Partnership for the Observation of the

    • Sea ice plays important role in variability of carbon uptake by Southern Ocean

      . An international research team with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute investigated why the uptake varies so much and was able to show that what happens in winter is crucial in explaining

    • As PhD student

      part of the major concerns of promoting young scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). About 180 postgraduates from more than 30 different countries are currently part of our institute's staff

    • Polar 5 + 6

      Research aircraft Polar 5 and Polar 6 Much of the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research is conducted in the inaccessible, ice-covered regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, making research [...] down to -54 degrees Celsius. The polar 6 research aircraft of the Alfred Wegener Institute flies over the Arctic Ocean during an IceBird sea ice thickness campagne. (Photo: Esther Horvath) AWI researchers [...] process View out of the window during a survey flight (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • Ecophysiology of pelagic key species

      Ecophysiology of pelagic key species Antarctic krill (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) The Polar Regions have a substantial influence on global climate and are among the fastest warming regions worldwide

    • The oldest ice core on Earth at the Alfred Wegener Institute

      A unique ice core is currently being examined in the Alfred Wegener Institute's ice laboratory: the oldest continuous ice core that has ever been drilled on Earth. As part of the EU-funded

    • Profile

      oceans are central drivers of climate-related processes. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Oceans cover seventy percent of the Earth’s surface. Characterised by their fascinating diversity, they hold [...] respected centre of expertise on polar and marine research, the Alfred Wegener Institute is one of the very few scientific institutions in the world that are equally active in the Arctic and Antarctic. [...] ” at Neumayer Station III’s meteorological observatory. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Outstanding logistics: the research aircraft Polar 5 during an expedition in the Arctic. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut