• Into the ice – RV Polarstern opens the arctic season by setting course for Spitsbergen

      its home port in Bremerhaven, setting a course for the Arctic. Led by Dr Ilka Peeken from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) a team of 53 researchers from

    • UV workstations

      UV workstations UV hood workstations (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) The UV workstations are designed for clean operations providing protection against contamination. They are equipped

    • Katha Paetz, M.Sc.

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

    • Publications

      for publications and presentations of ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) of the Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research. ePIC is an open access repository with

    • Accessibility

      Accessibility Statement The Alfred Wegener Institute is committed to making its website accessible. This accessibility statement applies to www.awi.de. Compliance status This website is partially compliantiv [...] 09.2021 and updated on 30.01.2026. The technical review of accessibility was carried out by: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Feedback and contact information: We

    • Oceanic microseisms

      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 Schlindwein Dr. Mechita

    • AWI publishes magazine on climate research in the Arctic and Antarctic

      Climate Research
      Making climate research accessible – it was with this goal in mind that the Alfred Wegener Institute released the magazine “Tracking Changes”. In articles, interviews and infographics

    • Why permafrost might thaw sooner than expected

      Permafrost
      Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) and the University of Oslo have determined that much

    • AWI Director honoured

      contributions to his or her field of science specialty. Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, now receives the award. The Cody Award

    • Groundbreaking Ceremony for the AWI Technical Centre

      City of Bremerhaven celebrated this milestone together with the Directorate and staff of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.