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On 14 June 2022, the General Assembly of UNICEF Germany took place, at which the German Committee, as a volunteer body, elected two new members to the Board, AWI Director Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius and Dr. Christine Bortenlänger. The committee was again able to achieve large donations in 2021 and thus support UNICEF programmes worldwide. Among other things, the money was used to support India in its fight against the Corona pandemic and UNICEF was able to establish further aid structures in crisis areas.

Man kann im Logbuch schreiben, dass es sich um einen offiziellen Besuch der Argentinier für Gespräche zur gemeinsamen Zusammenarbeit sowie künftigen internationalen Kooperationen handelt.

At the award ceremony for the Weser-Elbe Business Prize on 9 June, AWI Director Antje Boetius will give a lecture on the topic of "Protecting the climate and oceans - a human mission". The prize is awarded every three years and recognizes outstanding entrepreneurial achievements in the entire Weser-Elbe region; a jury made up of politicians, business leaders and scientists decides on the award. After the award ceremony in 2021 was postponed due to Corona, the event will take place again this year in Bremerhaven's Stadttheater.

From 8 to 10 June, re:publica 22 will take place in Berlin, a festival for the digital society under the motto "Any Way the Wind Blows". AWI Director Antje Boetius will be directly involved in two sessions. At the panel discussion #derschwarmkommt, she will present – together with Frank Schätzing and Frank Doelger – the project around the ZDF thriller series "Der Schwarm". The second session is a lecture on the topic "Ocean Nexus - Decade of Decision".

On 7 June at 18:15, in the fifth lecture of the lecture series "Humans and Nature" of the Johannes Guttenberg Endowed Professorship, AWI Director Antje Boetius will meet her guest Johannes Krause, biochemist and MPI Director. Krause will speak on the topic of "The Genes of Humans" and the diversity of human cultures. Afterwards, he and Antje Boetius will discuss the question of whether we are on the brink of awakening or failure in our relationship to the interaction with the web of life. The event will be broadcast live online.

The features of the ocean floor help determine how water masses and ocean currents move and how they affect our climate. Biodiversity is also influenced by seafloor landforms. Accordingly, having as precise information on the seafloor topography as possible is indispensable for oceanographic and climate research. With the second version of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO v2), an international group of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute recently presented the best and most detailed seafloor map of the Southern…

The Research Vessel Polarstern has been underway in the Arctic and Antarctic for 40 years now, giving experts from around the globe the opportunity to safely and effectively conduct research in two of the most extreme regions on our planet. It was instrumental in the Federal Republic of Germany assuming a leading role in polar and marine research shortly after becoming a consultative member of the Antarctic Treaty. To ensure this research is also possible in the future, and at the highest scientific and technological level, the Federal Ministry of…

The club music dinner event "Space Club Kitchen" will take place on 3.6. from 19:30. AWI Director Antje Boetius joins astronaut Matthias Maurer, TV chef Tim Mälzer, violinist David Garrett and Bernd Breiter to bring together science, music and culinary arts. The music and cooking event from Frankfurt will be streamed on the "Space Club Kitchen" app." In addition, cooking will take place in selected official Club Kitchens around the globe. The teams from Polarstern, Neumayer Station III, AWIPEV and the submarine Lula 1000 have also prepared something.

Climate change is having significant impacts on life and nature in Antarctica. However, these changes do not stay in the south polar region, they have global impacts, right down to our own doorstep. This is shown by the new report of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, which was presented by Hans-Otto Pörtner, ecophysiologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine research (AWI) at the 44th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in Berlin.

The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and for Chemical Ecology celebrate their 25th anniversary on June 1st. As part of the celebrations in Jena, AWI Director Antje Boetius will contribute to the program with a lecture in the morning. A guided tour of the institute for guests and staff will be offered in the afternoon. Further information