Most accurate map of Antarctica published

scientists under the Head of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute. The map, called Bedmap3, covers more than six decades of survey data collected by

Underwater Node Helgoland

Margate underwater experimental field. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig. 2) Underwater node system with connectors for power and internet. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig. 3) Underwater lander system [...] system with various sensors. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The AWI-COSYNA Helgoland Underwater Observatory was initiated in 2012 by installing a remote operated underwater node system about 500m North of

World Press Photo Award for AWI Photographer

the MOSAiC ice camp – with this image Esther Horvath, a photographer and photo editor at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), won the World Press Photo Award

Arctic sea ice once again shows considerable melting

ice shrank to roughly 4.7 million square kilometres, as was determined by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, the University of Bremen and Universität Hamburg. Though slightly larger than last

Ocean acidification stimulates mass development of toxic algae

Canary Islands conducted by an international group of scientists with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute. The results have now been published in the international journal Nature Climate Change

Prof. Antje Boetius receives the 2018 German Environmental Award

Award goes to Antje Boetius and a team of wastewater experts from Leipzig. The Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is glad to see the deep seas

Signs of tipping point for oxygen minimum zone in the ocean

suddenly. This was the key finding of a study by group of researchers led by geologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which has now been published

Happy Birthday, Jörn Thiede!

director of today's GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and long-time director of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, celebrates his 80th

New Information Material on a Proposal for a Marine Protected Area in the Antarctic Weddell Sea

revising the proposal to establish a Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have also updated the fact sheet and short video about this proposal. The two publications

Negotiations on an MPA in the Weddell Sea

regarding the establishment of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute were instrumental in preparing the application for the European Union (EU), which was