An international group of experts with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute receives a grant of $5 million from Google.org for the development of an AI system that can be used to study the

Endurance, which sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915. The researchers on board include experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI).

visible. With the aid of high-resolution satellite imagery, a team led by Dr Ingmar Nitze from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Potsdam have now created a [...] Dr Ingmar Nitze E-Mail Prof Dr Guido Grosse E-Mail Lakes in arctic permafrost regions (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) How is climate change affecting the soils of the Arctic? This question has preoccupied [...] manifested between 1999 and 2015, down to a scale of 30 metres. Drained lake ground (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In one region in eastern Siberia, for example, local lakes have grown in size by an

ago, the German Arctic Station in Svalbard was officially opened by the former directors of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Prof. Gotthilf Hempel and Dr

regenerated primary production during summer in Arctic fjords using 13C and 15N jmatz @ geomar.de Alfred Wegener Institut Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven E-1030

years earlier. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Conceptual diagram illustrating differences in nutrient transport between benthic algae and seagrasses. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The seagrass meadows [...] seawater contains too many nutrients. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) If the water is nutrient-rich, green algae overwhelm the seagrass meadows. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Why are seagrass beds important [...] of Pellworms from the year 1936. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Aerial photograph of seagrass beds north of Pellworms from the year 2010. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Measuring water quality The Water

European Oyster
The Alfred Wegener Institute’s project to “establish the sustainable production of seed oysters for a long-term reintroduction programme (PROCEED)” has now been named an official project

most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken. The Alfred Wegener Institute directly participated in an expedition during which researchers explored the structure

Arctic Ocean. The group will receive financial support from the Helmholtz Association and the Alfred Wegener Institute.

June 2019, 33 young scientists from around the globe will be celebrating their graduation at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Ten scholarship holders have come to the end of a 10-month programme, and 23 young