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Researchers simulate the emergence of leads in sea ice

Sea-ice modelling
Scientists from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) and the University of Hamburg have succeeded in realistically simulating the emergence of large channels in the Artic sea ice in

Minister of Environment visits AWIPEV station

first hand information on climate change. Together with Karin Lochte and scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine research (AWI) she discusses global warming,

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

25 years of the Arctic Station in Svalbard

ago, the German Arctic Station in Svalbard was officially opened by the former directors of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Prof. Gotthilf Hempel and Dr

Long-awaited breakthrough in the reconstruction of warm climate phases

Climatology
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have overcome a seeming weakness of global climate models. They had previously not been

In times of great famine, microalgae digest themselves

Microbiology
In a recent study, scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have determined the molecular mechanisms which microalgae apply in order

Open waters around the North Pole: Arctic sea ice in retreat

for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN). His colleague Prof. Christian Haas from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) confirms: "The trend continues." Currently, the Northeast and Northwest Passages

Plate tectonics without jerking

same process in other regions leads to many minor earthquakes, according to geophysicists of the Alfred Wegener Institute.

Ice algae: The engine of life in the central Arctic Ocean

greater role for the Arctic food web than previously assumed. In a new study, biologists of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research showed that not only animals that live

Great potential for comprehensive monitoring of the water masses in the ocean

is a very big question, which is concerning scientists around the world. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now published, together with international colleagues, the usage of a new optical