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  • Mann im Schnee
    Blog post

    A day in the life of the … IT engineer / radio operator

    The Antarctic wintering team introduces itself: This time radio operator Jörg shows his everyday life at Neumayer Station III
  • Blick über das Meer
    News

    No turning point in global fossil CO2 emissions yet

    As the Global Carbon Project shows, fossil CO2 emissions have continued to rise in 2024. There is still no sign of the rapid and substantial decrease in emissions that would be needed in order to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
  • [Translate to English:] Vermutliche Baumrindenfragmente
    News

    First amber find on the Antarctic continent

    Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. A team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg have just released a paper in the journal Antarctic Science, in which they describe…
  • [Translate to English:] Beobachtung Starktregen Europa September 2024
    News

    Climate Storylines

    Only a few weeks ago, massive precipitation produced by the storm “Boris” led to chaos and flooding in Central and Eastern Europe. An analysis conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute shows that in a world without the current level of global warming Boris would have deposited…
  • Exhibition: The Underwater Cinema
    Event

    Exhibition: The Underwater Cinema

    When: 07.12.24 - 22.12.24, 13 - 20 Uhr
    Where: Achternstraße 22, 26122 Oldenburg
    Who: Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB)
  • Deep-sea corals
    News

    Deep-sea corals are home to previously unknown bacteria

    Oldenburg. A German-American research team led by Professor Iliana Baums from the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB) and Dr Samuel Vohsen from Lehigh University in the US has discovered two highly unusual bacterial…

Short notices

  • Highly Cited Researchers 2024

    Highly Cited Researchers 2024

    21. November 2024

    The Highly Cited Researchers list is an annual award from Clarivate that recognises the world's leading scientists who have demonstrated a significant and broad impact in their field of research through their published work. This year's list includes four AWI scientists: Hans-Otto Pörtner, Guido Grosse, Sebastian Primpke and Gunnar Gerdts. With their outstanding research achievements, they contribute to the scientific debate in their fields.
     

  • Arktisches Ozean, Arctic Ocean, Open water, Sea ice, Meereseis

    Fresh water slows down oceanic conveyor belt

    20. November 2024

    The retreat of Arctic sea ice and the melting of land ice sheets around Greenland lead to more and more freshwater flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. A recent study by AWI climate modeler Qiyun Ma provides brand new insights into how freshwater released from different regions affects and weakens the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The study identifies the Irminger Basin as the region most responsive to additional freshwater and as a key driver of AMOC changes. Regarding the potential slowdown of the AMOC in the future, the authors highlight that it not only has global climate implications but can also shift regional climate patterns and lead to more frequent and intense weather and climate extremes, such as droughts, floods, and cold waves in different parts of the world.

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  • Portrait of Prof. Dr. Hans-Otto Pörtner

    Hans-Otto Pörtner reappointed to the German Advisory Council on Global Change

    05. November 2024

    AWI scientist Hans-Otto Pörtner has been reappointed by Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke and Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger as a member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). The appointment is valid from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2028. In addition to the AWI climate researcher, there are eight other members of the WBGU.

  • Antje Boetius auf der Bühne

    The Ocean is a Noisy Place

    30. October 2024

    AWI Director Antje Boetius provided exciting insights into marine research at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg: in her performative lecture as part of the project “The Ocean is a Noisy Place” by the Hanoverian orchestra “musica assoluta”, she drew attention to the threat to the marine habitat. The program, under the direction of Thorsten Encke, combined classical and contemporary music, science and video art. Video artist cylixe and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff also took part.

  • AWI Director Antje Boetius at the Polar Dialogue in Reykjavik, Iceland

    AWI Director Co-Chair of the Polar Dialogue

    19. October 2024

    This year, the Polar Dialogue took place alongside the Arctic Circle Assembly. Under the leadership of Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland, and Antje Boetius, AWI Director and co-chair of the conference, the Polar Dialogue provides an open platform for exchange between scientists and policy makers. The focus will be on science diplomacy and preparations for the 5th International Polar Year 2032-33.

  • [Translate to English:] Heincke-Expedition HE-408

    Study describes hotspots in the marine nitrogen cycle

    11. October 2024

    Nitrogen fixation in ocean eddies is an important component of the local nitrogen cycle in the western North Atlantic. In addition to local environmental conditions, the transport of nitrogen fixers from the more productive Mid Atlantic Bight to the nutrient-poor Atlantic Subtropical Gyre also promotes this process. This is one of the results published by researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute together with international experts in the journal Nature Geoscience. To the publication

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