• 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

  • Germany starts gearing up for the 2032/33 polar year

    The 25th Arctic Dialogue
    The 25th Arctic Dialogue at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Potsdam focused on international cooperation in polar research

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Global CO₂ emissions reach record high in 2025

    Project (GCP), an association of international scientists. Researchers from LMU Munich and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) / University of Bremen were leading contributors to the study.

  • Important phenomenon discovered in the Arctic

    An international study led by the University of Copenhagen and involving the Alfred Wegener Institute has discovered an important phenomenon under the Arctic sea ice that was previously thought to be

  • 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

  • How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton

    been found by the first targeted experiments on the topic, which were recently conducted at the Alfred Wegener Institute’s AWIPEV Station. The phytoplankton’s behaviour primarily depends on the cooling phases

  • Tracking marine litter in the Arctic from the air

    Marine Litter
    On the current Polarstern expedition, scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have deployed a multicopter with a high-resolution camera to quantify marine litter floating on the sea