• BioDeSal

    of funding notification 4 July, Alte Fleiwa in Oldenburg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Stephan Ende Contact: Mail an Stephan (0) 471 4831 2813 Duration: 1.7.2023 – 31.6.2024 Partner: Wirtschaftsförderung

  • Common Grounds – Permafrost Sonification

    Grewenig and the Permafrost research group led by Julia Boike at Alfred-Wegener-Institut Potsdam. Common Grounds ATD Documentation Project Information Contact Kerstin Ergenzinger Website http://

  • Permafrost Thaw

    timings along one transect over one seasonal cycle. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Our protocol addresses the need for consistent collection and integration of data from across the permafrost region

  • Volker Rachold

    Dr Volker Rachold, Head of the German Arctic Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Arctic Arctic policy Climate change Anthropogenic climate change is affecting the Arctic to a greater extent and

  • Ice Roads

    ice boundary, green: soil temperature at 30cm depth). (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Global warming and the thawing of permafrost not only lead to destabilization of the soil in the permafrost regions

  • Ultraslow spreading mid-ocean ridges

    sets. Seismicity studies at the Arctic Ridge System (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) We are also involved in other projects along slow and ultraslow spreading ridges.

  • AWARE

    Funding: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01 Das AWARE-Team (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Actions programme

  • COSYNA

    MOSES - COSYNA Underwater Observatories at AWI Since 2012, the Alfred-Wegener-Institute operates two shallow-water cabled underwater observatories ( UWO ’s) in the Southern North Sea North off Helgoland

  • Radar

    profile. Ground-penetrating radar survey at Kohnen station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Ocean-bottom seismometer

    ocean-bottom seismometer in the South Atlantic Ocean. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Contact: Dr. Mechita Schmidt-Aursch