• Endurance test for AWI robot "Tramper" in the deep sea

      vessel Sonne (So 242-2), researchers and engineers from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) successfully used the autonomous AWI robot, Tramper, for the first time on a deep-sea mission. The

    • Large amounts of meltwater on the East Antarctic ice shelf

      than previously assumed. A research team in cooperation with the Alfred Wegener Institute has detected large amounts of meltwater on the Roi Baudouin shelf ice. This is due to strong winds that blow away

    • Microbes use carbon from ancient rocks

      fossil greenhouse gases. This is the result of a study led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, which has now been published in the journal Nature Geosciences .

    • Tatiana M. Torres, J.D./D.C.L./M.Sc.

      tatianamichelle.torres @ awi.de Project Manager Ocean Gardens Alfred Wegener Institut Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven E-1005

    • Katha Paetz, M.Sc.

      candidate in the wild and in aquafarms. katharina.paetz @ awi.de Alfred Wegener Institut Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven E-1030

    • Vegetation Surveys

      dendrometers for monitoring tree growth). Dr. Stefan Kruse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Stefan Kruse [Translate to English:] anorama Aufwuchs nördlicher Wald nach Feuer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut

    • High-latitude Biodiversity

      Alaska expedition 2024 under Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Research in the High latitude biodiversity group focuses on the reconstruction of past ecosystem changes in response [...] high-altitude environments in the future. Ulrike_Alaska (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Temporary Head Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh Team Dr. Andrej Andreev (PostDoc) Dr.

    • Oceanic microseisms

      stars mark the oceanic microseisms research projects. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact An ice-going OBS has emerged in a Polynia (ice-free area). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Prof. Dr. Vera

    • Sediment core shows climate changes in the Patagonian ice sheet

      from the Antarctic in the Earth's history. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now used a sediment core to demonstrate the climate sensitivity of this ice sheet over the last 140,000 years

    • Artificial Intelligence for Ethical and Sustainable Shrimp Farming

      of shrimp farming, is the outcome of a consortium combining the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Oceanloop and Sander Holding. Over the past two years, the