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ThermoFisher Delta-V-Advantage Mass Spectrometer

( d 13 C- und d 15 N). Flash EA 2000 Autosampler (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ThermoFisher Delta V Mass Spectrometer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Polar Terrestrial Environmental

Polar Day and Polar Night

Solar altitude, daily maximum and minimum at Neumayer (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Day and night at Neumayer (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Civil Twilight: The sun is less that 6° below the horizon

Fe-Mn Limitation

Southern Ocean phytoplankton ecology? The diatom Chaetoceros debilis. Photo: F. Pausch (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Primary production by phytoplankton is governed by several factors such as light and [...] under a changing climate. Contact: Franziska Pausch Franziska Pausch. Photo: F. Pausch (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

Centre of Excellence NF-POGO

NF-POGO CofE had been hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany's foremost polar and marine research institution. The 10th and final cohort at the Alfred Wegener Institute began in May 2023 and will

Litter is present throughout the world’s oceans: 1,220 species affected

marine litter concentrated, and which species and ecosystems does it affect? Researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have for the first time compiled all scientific data published on marine litter in

Litter Levels in the Depths of the Arctic are On the Rise

the Arctic Ocean has risen 20-fold. This was recently reported in a study by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

Together for a sustainable Arctic

Finland to Iceland. To inform the German Arctic interested parties, the Arctic Office of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, has organized a symposium with the

Glacial melt in the high Mountains of Asia

growing, a team of researchers led by the University of St Andrews and with contributions from the Alfred Wegener Institute has concluded.

Visualisation of the Invisible

27th International Cartographic Conference
The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the TU Dresden’s Institute for Cartography present their joint thre