• Antarctica InSync

    beyond the capabilities and infrastructure of any single scientific programme or nation. The Alfred Wegener Institute has therefore joined forces with institutions from many different countries, including

  • Ocean biogeochemical modelling

    Ocean Biogeochemistry Models that includes FESOM-REcoM." Group meeting Bad Bederkesa 2024 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Our approach We combine the unstructured mesh ocean model FESOM in the stand-alone

  • COLDSPOT

    Council ( ERC Starting Grant COLDSPOT ). The group is established as a bridge group between the Alfred-Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research ( Permafrost Research Section ), and

  • Pathogenes

    interest. PACES: Topic 2 WP2 Group leader: Dr. Gunnar Gerdts Dr. Antje Wichels MALDI TOF (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • PhycoFarming

    Sustainability in Agriculture" (EIP Agri) Microalga Arthrospira platensis (Photo: J. Henjes, Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Communications and Media Relations

    events(at)awi.de . Please visit Brochures and Reports to find more information about the AWI. Contact Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research - Communications and Media Relations

  • Research

    the central Arctic Ocean, and to determine the factors controlling deep-sea biodiversity, the Alfred Wegener Institute established the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) site HAUSGARTEN , representing

  • High-latitude Vegetation Change

    Vegetation Change [Translate to English:] Drone-based acquisitions for forest structure (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate in the high latitudes is strongly changing, influencing vegetation growth and

  • Freshwater fluxes

    content (integrated in the area in blue on the map) freFresh water content cha (Graphic: T. Kovacs, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Arctic Ocean receives freshwater by run-off from Asia north of the Himalaya. Large

  • As student assistant

    many others? Whether in research, logistics or in the computer centre – in many sections at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) you may have the possibility to work as a student assistant (HiWi) for a limited