How the Arctic Ocean Became Saline

    salt water pour in from the Atlantic. With the help of a climate model, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have demonstrated how this process took place, allowing us for the first time to understand

    How the climate can rapidly change at tipping points

    degrees Celsius in Greenland – as indicated by new climate calculations from researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of Cardiff. Their study is the first to confirm that there have

    Into the unknown - high altitude research aircraft explores the upper levels of the Asian Monsoon

    critical to feeding over a billion people in Asia. An international team of scientists led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is now conducting the first-ever

    Arctic sea ice once again shows considerable melting

    ice shrank to roughly 4.7 million square kilometres, as was determined by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, the University of Bremen and Universität Hamburg. Though slightly larger than last

    From River Weser to the North Sea

    litter is on the rise. A new project jointly coordinated by the University of Bayreuth and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is the first to approach the

    Ten years of exploration with the AWI’s research aircraft Polar 5

    Anniversary
    The 1 st of October 2017 marks the ten-year anniversary since the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) research aircraft Polar 5 began service.

    Major wind-driven ocean currents are shifting toward the poles

    wind-driven current systems in the ocean have steadily shifted toward the poles. Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), came to this conclusion after

    Six German-Russian research groups receive three-year funding

    (RSF) have selected six further Joint Research Groups, including one with participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute.

    AWI Helgoland’s student laboratory “OPENSEA” celebrates its 5-year anniversary

    collect and analyse samples from the mudflats. The children were supported by a small team from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

    A sensational discovery: Traces of rainforests in West Antarctica

    Climate History
    An international team of researchers led by geoscientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, have now provided a new and unprecedented