Tag: Alfred Wegener Institute

“Polarstern” Launches Expedition to the Weddell Sea

Heiner Kubny

The German research icebreaker Polarstern has set out on an international research expedition to the Antarctic Weddell Sea.

International Cooperation Optimizes Antarctic Logistics for a Decade

Heiner Kubny

Three leading polar programs – the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) – are launching a long-term logistics partnership.

Significantly fewer pressure ridges in the Arctic sea ice

Julia Hager

The sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean has not only shrunk and thinned due to global warming but has also become significantly flatter over the past three decades.

What are the dangers of contaminated industrial sites in permafrost?

Polygonaler Permafrostboden und Oberflächengewässer auf Herschel Island, Yukon, Kanada. Foto: Jaroslav Obu

Guest Author

A research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute is investigating the environmental risks posed by drilling mud pits in the Canadian Mackenzie Delta.

Annual sea ice minimum in the Arctic

Heiner Kubny

Sea ice extent in the Arctic Ocean reached its annual minimum of 4.81 million square kilometers on September 12, 2021. This puts the year in twelfth place on the negative list of absolute values.

Climate Change makes Arctic Ozone Loss Worse

Heiner Kubny

In spring 2020, the MOSAiC expedition recorded a record loss of ozone in the Arctic stratosphere. As evaluations now show, ozone depletion could intensify.

Polarstern expedition investigates iceberg A74

Heiner Kubny

A huge iceberg broke off from the Antarctic ice sheet about two weeks ago. Photographs taken from the seafloor show an astonishing diversity of life.

It's noisy in the oceans

Heiner Kubny

Marine construction and shipping are making the oceans noisier and noisier. A study now shows that far more animal species are affected by this noise in their behaviour.

Lufthansa flies non-stop to the Falklands

Heiner Kubny

Lufthansa plans to make history: To replace researchers at the Neumayer Station in Antarctica, Lufthansa is planning one of the longest flights in its history.

Alfred Wegener - The World Understander

Greta Paulsdottir

Alfred Wegener was a meteorologist and polar and geoscientist. His most important contribution is his theory of continental shift.