of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere than previously assumed. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) report on the newly discovered i

In January 2016 the research network will start. Research partners in the project are the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Leipzig University, the University of Bremen, the University of Cologne and the Leibniz

Sea ice physics
Sea ice physicists of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) have developed a new method that allows them for the first time to efficiently determine the distribution and thickness of what

weather development in the Arctic leads to ozone depletion. According to the researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, in the past weeks an extreme cold spell

0) algorithm Date: Oct. 30, 2015 A. Wolanin2 & T. Dinter1,2 & M. Soppa1 & A. Bracher1,2 1Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Busses- traße 24, D-27570 Bremerhaven [...] RTM Date: 30 Oct 2015 List of Abbreviations ATBD Algorithm Theoretical Base Document AWI Alfred Wegener Institute bb backscattering coefficient chl-a chlorophyll a DOAS Differential Optical Absorption

Technology Transfer
The Alfred Wegener Institute participates in the Oceanology International, one of the world's leading marine science and ocean technology exhibition and conference. It is held in

Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, D- 28359 Bremen, Germany 2Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Busses- traße 24, D-27570 Bremerhaven

Climate History
An international team of scientists led by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have managed to open a new window into the climate history

Roofing Ceremony
The construction work on the new annexe of the AWI Potsdam (Telegrafenberg) is right on schedule. AWI's construction project manager Elke Meißner announced this good news at the of

StratoClim
Today the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the Institute for Environmental Physics of the University Bremen officially open their Palau