course Germany Sweden Finland 2018 Course description In 2018, the Biological Station Helgoland (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Germany) and The Lovén Centre - K

Head of the Climate Sciences Division at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Prof Dr Torsten Kanzow (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] and to map its future development – a responsibility that we, the climate researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, don’t take lightly. The guiding directive

New magazine of the Climate Sciences Division at the Alfred Wegener Institute Climate Research in Polar Regions Tracking Changes As polar researchers, we have the privilege of working in unique habitats

Dynamics‘ Prof. Dr. Gerrit Lohmann, head of the AWI Section ‘Paleoclimate Dynamics‘ (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Without models, we can’t grasp the interrelations in the system or explain the phenomena [...] Atmosphere‘ Dr Dörthe Handorf, Researcher in the Section ‘Physics of the Atmosphere‘ (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) We also need simplified climate models, which allow us to isolate some of these additional [...] Oceanography‘ Dr Claudia Wekerle, Researcher in the Section ‘Physical Oceanography‘ (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) If we can realistically simulate the past and present processes at work in the Fram

Marine Environment (ICBM), the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) were able to demonstrate that

water’s surface. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Deploying and retrieving the moorings involves hard physical work, and is done as a team on board the Polarstern. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Ocean currents [...] Contact Dr Wilken von Appen The gateway to the Arctic Ocean The mooring is part of one of the Alfred Wegener Institute’s most important long-term projects. Since 1997 AWI oceanographers have been monitoring [...] currents in the Fram Strait (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) One degree Celsius warmer No matter whether deep water formation or melting glaciers – the starting point for every research question is the

different region months later. This phenomenon is the subject of an article by researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, published in the current issue of the online journal Scientific Reports. Although

generally growing or shrinking.” Aerial photo of the Piedmont glacier in Northeast Greenland. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) As we all know, every planet produces an attracting force: its gravitational field [...] glacier, from board an AWI research aircraft during the flight campaign NETCARE, 2015. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) To better understand today’s situation, the AWI researcher is taking a look back in [...] coastlines. AWI research aircarft Polar 6: first measuring campaign with the new ice radar (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Since the most important contributing factor will naturally be the melting glaciers

has now announced the Lead Authors for its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), and experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) fulfil prominent roles in this

(Senior Scientist, FU Berlin) Sampling of fossil lake sediments in the Gaxun-Nur Basin. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)