Minister of Environment visits AWIPEV station

first hand information on climate change. Together with Karin Lochte and scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine research (AWI) she discusses global warming,

The Climates of the Geological Past

Publication
Alfred Wegener is known for his theory of continental drift which he published exactly 100 years ago in 1915. Slightly less known, but equally important are the studies on the climates of

First amber find on the Antarctic continent

conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. A team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg have just released a paper in the journal Antarctic

Longterm Observation Antarctic

floats while drifting in open waters (wiggled segments) and under ice (linear segments). (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Along their tracks they collect profiles of temperature and salinity between 2000m [...] trajectory of a single float. Note the near-surface warming event in austral summer 2016/17 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Mapping the temperature and salinity profiles of many floats to specific surfaces (e [...] entire time period from objective mapping of float data. (From Reeve et al., 2016) (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) More advanced analysis techniques even allow quantities estimates the transports associated

Mesocosms

running experiment at the mesocosms facility (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Six mesocosms for winter experiments in the greenhouse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Publications Moreno HD, Köring M, Di Pane [...] (AWISOM) Bird's eye view of the expanded AWISOM (AWI Sylt Outdoor Mesocosm Facility). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The AWI Sylt Outdoor Mesocosms (AWISOM) consists of 24 identical mesocosms, each with

High-latitude Biodiversity

environments in the future. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Temporary Head Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Prof

SIDESTREAM

out how these skills can be used technically and ecologically in European aquaculture. At the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, marine amphipods, which are able to synthesize valuable through [...] bioeconomy in Europe. Concept (Photo: Sintef Ocean) Makink animal meal from gammarides (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Project lead: Hilke Alberts-Hubatsch Staff: Sinem Zeytin-Schüning , Meeno Mathes Contact:

WG Long-term Ecology

Wadden Sea have been collected and analysed at the marine stations on Helgoland and Sylt of the Alfred Wegener Institute since 1962 and 1974, respectively ( www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/tran [...] -nordsee-auch-die-deutsche-bucht-ist-so-warm-wie-noch-nie.html ; Figure 1). Figure 1 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In addition to the research work, it is essential to make the data from the long-term

Matthew_Slater_AWI-Expert_UK.pdf

AWI EXPERT Matthew Slater is an aquaculture researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven. He was born in New Zealand in 1975, and studied [...] Bremerhaven, which has since become part of the Aquaculture and Marine Bionics section at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Since joining AWI, Slater has been responsible for the management of more than 23

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Haftungsfreistellungserklärung_minderjährige_Expeditionsteilnehmer-EN.pdf

the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research To the extent legally permissible under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, we hereby waive all claims against the Alfred-Wegener-Institute

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