development
Today the graduates of the Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) say goodbye to the AWI. During the past ten months the scholarship holders from

sea birds, whales and organisms at the bottom of the sea. In two new studies, scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute Hemholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) show that plastic waste is also

Staff
Prof. Heinz Miller from the Alfred Wegener Institute has been selected to receive the 2016 SCAR Medal for International Coordination.

Product Specification Document (PSD) Date: May 23, 2016 S. Loza1& M. Soppa1 & A. Bracher1,2 1Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bussestraße 24, D- 27570 Bremerhaven [...] Date: 23 May 2016 List of Abbreviation and Acronym ATBD Algorithm Theoretical Base Document AWI Alfred Wegener Institute conc. concentration coc coccolithophores conc. cya cyanobacteria conc. dia diatom conc [...] Description Title Data on concentration of diatoms, coccolithophores and cyanobacteria Institution Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Contact Astrid.Brache@awi.de History Daily, sinusoidal

Sea-ice modelling
Scientists from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) and the University of Hamburg have succeeded in realistically simulating the emergence of large channels in the Artic sea ice in

of the Arctic, after the completion of a successful test run. Researchers and engineers of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have deployed the deep-sea crawler

first hand information on climate change. Together with Karin Lochte and scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine research (AWI) she discusses global warming,

Marine Litter
On the current Polarstern expedition, scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have deployed a multicopter with a high-resolution camera to quantify marine litter floating on the sea

ago, the German Arctic Station in Svalbard was officially opened by the former directors of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Prof. Gotthilf Hempel and Dr

Manual (SUM) Date: September 16, 2016 S. Losa 1 & T. Dinter 1 & M. Soppa 1 & A. Bracher 1,2 1Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bussestraße 24, D- 27570 Bremerhaven [...] September 2016 List of Abbreviation and Acronym ATBD Algorithm Theoretical Base Document AWI Alfred Wegener Institute bgc biogeochemical Chla chlorophyll ”a” conc. concentration of chlorophyll ”a” coc