• Putting permafrost in the classroom

      in Germany, schoolchildren from Aklavik, Canada are helping the Alfred Wegener Institute gather valuable data on permafrost. By doing so, they’re improving the joint understanding of the changes at work

    • Forecasts for the Elbe

      up with sediment. Thanks to seasonal forecasts prepared by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Hamburg Port Authority can now prepare for such developments well in advance – and more effectively plan the

    • Earth System Complexity

      System Complexity Gletscher in Island, © Kristina Brenner (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Earth System Complexity group at AWI is focused on understanding interactions between large-scale components

    • MarbleGrade

      Garnelen gut, aber funktioniert es auch mit dem Marmorkrebs (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Partner

    • VIDA

      very goals of lightweight engineering. Recent research at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) has shown that bio-inspired honeycomb and lattice structures can significantly alter vibration characteristics

    • 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

    • QualiZander

      MonitorShrimp project forms the basis for further development (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Stephan Ende , Astrid Gärdes, Monika Weiss Contact: Mail an Stephan (0) 471 4831 2813 Duration: 1.7.2023 –

    • greenhub

      aquaculture research group of the Marine Bioeconomy Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute is currently investigating this question in a new project as part of a BSc thesis. Katrin Weiss (BSc student at

    • Bela Buck

      H. Buck, head of the research group "Marine Aquaculture" at the Alfred Wegener Institute and professor at the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences. Aquaculture Marine resources Sustainable food

    • News

      Humboldt University in Berlin and carried out his research at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), in Potsdam. The work closes a knowledge gap in Earth system [...] : Paolo Verzone) August 2021 Dr. Jan Nitzbon, scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was awarded the 2020 Wladimir Köppen Prize for his doctoral [...] University of Denmark: Thomas Ingemann-Nielsen, Johanna Scheer, Alfred Wegener Institute: Paul Overduin, Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Rebecca Rolph, Jan Nitzbon, Frederieke Miesner, Simone Stünzi, Rui