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How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton

Experiments conducted at the AWIPEV Station in Svalbard on this increasingly common phenomenon

[17. May 2024]  The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton, responds to heatwaves much differently than to constantly elevated temperatures. This has been found by the first targeted experiments on the topic, which were recently conducted at the AWI’s AWIPEV Station.

Jellyfish may dominate the future Arctic Ocean

New AWI study shows: jellyfish in the Arctic Ocean are profiting from climate change and spreading farther and farther north

[15. May 2024]  Climate change is putting countless marine organisms under pressure. However, jellyfish in the world’s oceans could actually benefit from the rising water temperatures – also and especially in the Arctic Ocean, as researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now successfully shown.

Return from East Antarctica

Research Icebreaker Polarstern expected in Bremerhaven

[10. May 2024]  After more than six months, the research icebreaker Polarstern is returning to its home port of Bremerhaven after a successful Antarctic season. The expeditions to the southern hemisphere and the transit there focussed on the oceanography and geology of East Antarctica as well as student training. Because of this special study area for the Polarstern, there was a change of personnel in Hobart, which was the first port call in Australia in her more than 40-year history.

100 excellent international experts trained for global marine science

The Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography celebrates ten highly successful years at the Alfred Wegener Institute

[24. April 2024]  A decade of excellence: Over the past ten years 100 scholars from 47 countries to become experts in marine science were trained at the Alfred Wegener Institute. This highly effective programme funded by the Nippon Foundation and the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and the Alfred Wegener Institute is successfully completed. This is a perfect occasion to celebrate all candidates and their teachers, and the graduation of the ten current participants from ten different countries in Berlin at the Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science.

Drifting with the clouds

Experts investigate the role of clouds in the Arctic

[12. April 2024]  The role of clouds and warm air masses from the open ocean for the rapid warming of the Arctic is at the heart of a recent Alfred Wegener Institute project on Svalbard. The researchers are applying a new perspective and tracking how individual air masses cool above the sea ice, form clouds, and lose moisture through precipitation. To do so, they’re using specially designed weather balloons capable of continually measuring the temperature and humidity within a given air mass.

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