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AWI Director attends the Federal President’s citizens' festival in Bonn
07. September 2026On Saturday, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier hosted a citizens' festival in Bonn. Among those in attendance were AWI Director Hajo Eicken and Aurelia Hölzer, former station manager of the Neumayer Station III in Antarctica. During a panel discussion, the Federal President discussed climate change with them and spoke live to the current overwintering team at the Neumayer Station III. Watch the livestream on YouTube
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EU Arctic Forum in Brussels
03. September 2026As part of the EU Arctic Forum, representatives from politics, science, industry, civil society and Indigenous communities came together in Brussels from 1 to 3 September to discuss current challenges and developments in the Arctic through various dialogue formats. AWI Director Hajo Eicken was on stage alongside Michael Karcher to speak about the topic “The Future of Arctic Observations”. AWI researchers Veronica Willmott Puig, Almut Brunner, Hugues Lantuit and Volker Rachold also attended the conference.
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AWI glaciology at the meeting of German-speaking heads of state
02. September 2026Pascal Bohleber had the opportunity to present the AWI glaciology at a meeting of German-speaking heads of state at the invitation of Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen. During a visit to the Stubai Glacier, he and colleagues from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the World Glacier Monitoring Service and the Free University of Brussels gave a series of brief presentations on the latest developments in climate research. Among other things, Pascal Bohleber used the successful example of the Beyond EPICA ice core to explain how polar glacier ice serves as a climate archive.
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Visit to the AWI
01. September 2026Representatives from the Bremen State Parliament and Bremerhaven City Council visited the AWI in Bremerhaven. AWI Vice Director Gesine Mollenhauer welcomed the guests and gave a presentation on the institute’s research. Topics of focus included sea-level rise, reducing CO₂ emissions and scientific collaboration within the state of Bremen. Afterwards, the group took a brief tour of the research facility to gain an understanding of the practical research work conducted at the AWI.
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Exchange with the Potsdam research centre
31. August 2026AWI Director Hajo Eicken visited the Alfred Wegener Institute's research centre in Potsdam and discussed current research topics and future prospects with the staff. The focus was on the work of three research sections, the highly successful development of the research centre, the development of new measurement methods and research approaches in the various areas of work, and international collaborations. They also discussed ways to strengthen collaboration between the sections further, involving the Arctic Office.
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Sonorous Antarctica
31. August 2026“Sonorous of Antarctica” is a science and art project developed by the AWI and the Chilean Centro IDEAL as part of the EU CoastCarb project. It consists of three components: a multilingual picture book about an ocean acoustic journey to Antarctica; art exhibitions in Chile and Germany; and an interactive website. AWI scientists Kerstin Jerosch, Friederike Weith and Diego Filún opened the exhibition with presentations and experiments on polar research, in which the students could participate. The exhibition will now be on display for several weeks at the Hamburger Straße School Centre in Bremerhaven.