Arctic sea ice
Sea ice physicists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), are anticipating that the sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean this summer may

Technology Transfer
Researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) will introduce their latest developments in the field of bionic lightweight design at Hannover Messe from 25 to 29 April 2016. Their

zooplankton communities: scientists of the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries in Hamburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven observed changes during the year and between years. The Antarctic z

a good six months of Antarctic expeditions. In the austral summer, the research vessel of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), penetrated into the southern

New Ice Age Knowledge
An international team of researchers headed by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute has gained new insights into the carbon dioxide exchange between ocean and atmosphere

ts ESA Living Planet Symposium, Prague 12 May.2016 astrid.bracher@awi.de 1Phytooptics Group, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven & Institut für Umweltphysik (IUP), Universität Bremen, Germany 2PML, Plymouth

(PVP) Date: Nov. 23, 2015 M. Soppa1 & A. Bracher 1,2 & S. Loza1 & A. Bricaud 3 & R. Brewin 4 1Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bussestraße 24, D- 27570 Bremerhaven

and allows non-native species to feel more at home in North European waters. Scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute are working jointly at three different sites on an interdisciplinary ba- With modern [...] AWI commissioned its new Wadden Sea research ship, Mya II. (Photo: Florian Lange/AWI) Imprint: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

and allows non-native species to feel more at home in North European waters. Scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute are working jointly at three different sites on an interdisciplinary ba- With modern [...] AWI commissioned its new Wadden Sea research ship, Mya II. (Photo: Florian Lange/AWI) Imprint: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

Acronyms and abbreviations ABA Abundance Based Approach ATBD Algorithm Theoretical Base Document AWI Alfred-Wegener-Institut CCI Climate Change Initiative Chla Chlorophyll-a concentration DMS Dimethyl Dulphide