• Micro-plastic particles in edible fish and herbivores

    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

  • The new Polarstern features a high-tech heart

    gas aftertreatment system. Many of the components are genuine market innovations with which the Alfred Wegener Institute and TKMS are setting new standards in research navigation.

  • Fields of Research

    Research Focus Innovation Strategy Unit BL (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Basic Research Especially the examination of the shell structure, the formation mechanisms, and the ability of the structure

  • Graduation of scholars of oceanography on Helgoland

    countries officially end the seventh year of the Nippon Foundation POGO Centre of Excellence at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) on Helgoland on 15 July. Thus

  • A glimpse into deep ocean-floor structures

    critical location for climate studies in the Indian Ocean. Dr. Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is the chief scientist for Expedition

  • AWI research aircraft lands at Bremen Airport for the first time

    for Polar 6 at the Bremen Airport today. The aircraft is one of two research planes that the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) currently uses for scientific

  • Polarstern returns from geo-expedition in the Arctic

    Arctic Expedition
    This morning, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) research icebreaker Polarstern returned to her homeport in Bremerhaven. Over the previous

  • AWI hosts the King and Queen of the Netherlands

    Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will visit the Alfred Wegener Institute as part of their tour of the State of Bremen. Dutch and German researchers will report

  • Keeping a Close Eye on Ice Loss

    satellites burnt up in the atmosphere. Although this loss was planned, for the experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute it left a considerable gap in monitoring ice loss in the Antarctic and Greenland. Now

  • Climate Research in the Southern Ocean

    Polarstern Expedition
    The Alfred Wegener Institute has risen to the challenge of undertaking an expedition to the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic under pandemic conditions. Consequently, the participants