Beyond EPICA explores the climate of the past – drilling commences

the Antarctic, which contains climate data from the past 1.5 million years. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute make up part of the team. Initial drilling is about to begin.

Meltwater influences ecosystems in the Arctic Ocean

on when carbon from the atmosphere is absorbed and stored, as a team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now determined with the aid of the FRAM ocean observation system. Their findings

Research vessel Polarstern visits Australia for the first time

that are new territory even for the Polarstern: Between two expeditions to East Antarctica, the Alfred Wegener Institute's research icebreaker reached Hobart in Tasmania on 30 January 2024 and will remain

Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics

thus explain the high microplastic concentrations in the sediment there. Researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute have now reported this in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

30 years of AWI airborne survey in the Arctic

Research aircraft from the Alfred Wegener Institute have been surveying the ice-covered Arctic Ocean for 30 years. The immense effort of the past 52 expeditions has paid off: 40,000 km of measurement data

German Environmental Satellite EnMAP Successfully Launched

unparalleled information on the current state of the planet’s vegetation, soils and waters. The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) will also use this data for future

2021 CO2 emissions at nearly 2019 level

globe, and how much was absorbed by natural sinks. Dr Judith Hauck, a climate researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute, is also part of the team. The project has just released its preliminary report in

Virtual research lab for MOSAiC data

MOSAiC expedition. In order to rapidly make user-friendly access to this information possible, the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with the DKRZ Hamburg and the DLR Jena, will develop a series of analytical

AWI Communications and Media Relations Department Wins the idw Prize for Science Communication

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Back-to-back successes: The Communications and Media Relations department of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) recently won the prize for the best

Substantial funding for Transregional Collaborative Research Centre

years. In January 2016 the research network will start. Research partners in the project are the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Leipzig University, the University of Bremen, the University of Cologne and the