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Lake on the 79°N Glacier is splitting the ice – leaving permanent changes

A new AWI study shows that an approximately 21 square kilometre meltwater lake has caused gigantic cracks in the ice and that the water flowing off is lifting the glacier

14.08.2025 · AWI
A Journey to the Origins of the Seafloor

Expedition SO314 investigates how sea-level change affects crust formation beneath the ocean

13.08.2025 · GEOMAR
ICON simulations nominated for Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling

Newly developed configurations of the climate model ICON allow for the simulation of decadal-scale climate change at km-scale resolution on the world’s most powerful computing systems.

11.08.2025 · MPI-M
Rainy tropics could face unprecedented droughts as Atlantic Ocean circulation slows down

New research warns that global rainfall patterns could shift dramatically as a result of climate change

30.07.2025 · AWI
Fossils Provide Insight into Climate Resistance of Reef Corals

An international team of Researchers has investigated unusually well-preserved fossils of reef corals from the subtropical Central Paratethys Sea.

29.07.2025 · UG
Researching Heat Waves in the Ocean: Divers Collect Temperature Data

With the help of divers, the BlueDOT project is collecting temperature data from the ocean.

21.07.2025 · MARUM
Tracking Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation using benthic foraminifera

New study: More oxygen in the oxygen-minimum zone associated with weaker Atlantic overturning circulation

17.07.2025 · MARUM
How the wind shapes the waves

Groundbreaking measurement method reveals previously hidden interactions between water and air above the ocean

09.07.2025 · HEREON
The oldest ice core on Earth at the Alfred Wegener Institute

As part of the EU-funded Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, a research consortium set up a drilling camp on the high plateau in East Antarctica in 2019

04.07.2025 · AWI
Journey through space and time

The latest Polarstern expedition is off to explore ice floe types from the past, present and future

02.07.2025 · AWI
Sea ice plays important role in variability of carbon uptake by Southern Ocean

New research reveals the importance of winter sea ice in the year-to-year variability of the amount of atmospheric CO2 absorbed by a region of the Southern Ocean.

20.06.2025 · AWI
More weather extremes in Europe during the summer under climate change

Due to global warming, the North Atlantic Oscillation, an atmospheric circulation pattern that strongly influences European weather, is becoming more extreme in the summer.

19.06.2025 · MPI-M
Little researched current impacting on winter sea ice in the Arctic

A research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute has for the first time gained insights into a current in the Barents Sea which affects Arctic sea ice

19.06.2025 · AWI
Weather forecasting and climate modeling move closer together

The ICON model can be used for weather forecasting as well as climate predictions and long-term projections

16.06.2025 · MPI-M
What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean

GEOMAR study analyses the impact of marine carbon dioxide removal methods on global ocean oxygen levels

13.06.2025 · GEOMAR

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

Lake on the 79°N Glacier is splitting the ice – leaving permanent changes

A Journey to the Origins of the Seafloor

ICON simulations nominated for Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling

Rainy tropics could face unprecedented droughts as Atlantic Ocean circulation slows down

Fossils Provide Insight into Climate Resistance of Reef Corals

Researching Heat Waves in the Ocean: Divers Collect Temperature Data

Tracking Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation using benthic foraminifera

How the wind shapes the waves

The oldest ice core on Earth at the Alfred Wegener Institute

Journey through space and time

Sea ice plays important role in variability of carbon uptake by Southern Ocean

More weather extremes in Europe during the summer under climate change

Little researched current impacting on winter sea ice in the Arctic

Weather forecasting and climate modeling move closer together

What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean

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