• SeaKey

    of Seaweeds of the German North Sea Coast [Translate to English:] Concept of SeaKey (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Enable identification of seaweeds for variable stakeholders and students on the basis [...] development. Financiation: 2018 – 2021: Earth System Knowledge Platform ( www.eskp.de ); Alfred-Wegener Institute; since 2021: Landesamt für Umwelt, Flintbek, Kiel, Germany ( www.schleswig-holstein

  • OASIS

    marine environmental monitoring Macroalgae in the rocky intertidal zone of Heligoland (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Funded by the Schleswig-Holstein state agency for the environment, we are investigating

  • KELPRIME

    Priming-Versuch vom Beginn (Gametophytenstadium) bis zum Ende (Ernte in der Marikultur) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) KELPRIME aims to characterize the phenology of temperature priming effects on kelps

  • DynaDeep

    oberflächennahen Strandsedimenten [Translate to English:] DynaDeep field site on Spiekeroog. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The aim of this project is to investigate the dynamic reactive transport of oxygen

  • APOC

    [Translate to English:] Automatisierte in-situ Messung durch ein benthisches Absatzgestell. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The aim of APOC is to investigate the transport and accumulation of particulate organic

  • CoastCarb

    in times of rapid glacier melting CoastCarb General Assembly Punta Arenas, Chile, 2022 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The multidisciplinary network CoastCarb (Coastal ecosystem carbon balance in times

  • BEMO

    of the Weddell Sea. RV Polarstern expedition PS118 (2019). (Photo: Autun Purser (AWI) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) BEnToolsMaPs: BEMO - BEntic ecosystem MOdeling (BMBF 03F0977B, 2024-2027) is the AWI

  • Ecosystem Modelling

    Ecosystem Modelling Graphical representation of statistical modelling (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Our mission is to improve our knowledge about the spatial shifts of the benthic communities of the

  • Investigating unexplored ocean currents to the north of Greenland

    and northeast of Greenland, a research team led by physical oceanographer Torsten Kanzow of the Alfred Wegener Institute were able to collect unique data on ocean circulation in the area. A chain of six moorings

  • MOSAiC Expedition

    the data obtained will be valuable for generations to come. The mission was spearheaded by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), and presented unprecedented [...] unique species and assessing their extinction risk. The research led by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of East Anglia is now published in PLOS Biology, futher informations [...] press release. Arctic Circle Prize Antje Boetius and Markus Rex accept Arctic Circle Prize The Alfred Wegener Institute and the MOSAiC research expedition were awarded the Arctic Circle Prize on Saturday