The eighth cohort of the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute successfully completed their training on October 26, 2021.

International Cooperation
The Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA) and the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding

regions and oceans are central drivers of climate-related processes. (Photo: Stefan Hendricks, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Oceans cover seventy percent of the Earth’s surface. Characterised by their fascinating [...] climate. As an internationally respected centre of expertise on polar and marine research, the Alfred Wegener Institute is one of the very few scientific institutions in the world that are equally active [...] Combining innovative approaches, outstanding research infrastructure and years of expertise, the Alfred Wegener Institute explores nearly all aspects of the Earth system – from the atmosphere to the ocean

Staff
Professor Antje Boetius, Alfred Wegener Institute, was elected as Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. Furthermore, she will be awarded the Goldschmidt Medal 2016 due to be presented in

recognition of her outstanding scientific contributions, Prof Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, was recently awarded the “2019 Erna

Young scientists
The Alfred Wegener Institute welcomes the new scholarship holders of the Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography. The international young scientists will be embarking a ten-month

lf re d- W eg en er -I ns ti tu t Professor Maarten Boersma has been Interim Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research since 1 May 2025. At the same time [...] years as a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Limnology in Plön, Germany, he moved to the Alfred Wegener Institute in 2001. From 2015-2024, Boersma headed the „Ecology of Shelf Seas“ section on Helgoland [...] for the Department of Biology for several years before being appointed Deputy Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute and Head of the Section „Coastal Ecology“ at the Wadden Sea Station on Sylt in 2024

Arctic will affect Germany, Europe and the whole world. Therefore the German Arctic Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute serves as an information and cooperation platform for German stakeholders invested [...] Germany has established itself as a recognized player in international Arctic research. The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research has been working in the Arctic for [...] research and policy at international conferences. Head: Dr Volker Rachold German Arctic Office Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Telegrafenberg A5 14473 Potsdam / Germany

Marine plankton
In cooperation with the Alfred Wegener Institute scientists at DESY, a Research Centre of the Helmholtz Association, have developed novel lenses that enable X-ray microscopy with record

22 scientific expedition participants around deep-sea biologist Dr Thomas Soltwedel from the Alfred Wegener Institute is currently conducting research on board RV Maria S. Merian in the so-called AWI