amount of plastic litter in our oceans. We discussed this initiative with two experts from the AlfredWegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) – Dr Melanie Bergmann and Dr
"Meet the members" The AlfredWegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) welcomed members of the Association for Marine Technology (GMT). The AWI is itself a member of the
decreased to an area of 4.4 (+/- 0.1) million square kilometres, according to researchers from the AlfredWegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the University of Bremen.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Iceland from 12 to 14 June. Prof Antje Boetius, Director of the AlfredWegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), accompanied the President at
between Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Markus Rex, MOSAiC expedition leader and scientist at the AlfredWegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).
sink, hereby transporting large quantities of carbon to the ocean’s depths. Experts from the AlfredWegener Institute recently observed this phenomenon for the first time in the Arctic. As a result of
Russian-German Cooperation The AlfredWegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and its three Russian partners received an award in the category of top-level research for
availability of weather data is not for granted but owed to the use of snow buoys, operated by the AlfredWegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).
of a new research study involving 21 research institutes from around the world including the AlfredWegener Institute, coordinated by Dirk Notz from the University of Hamburg, Germany.