Traces of Ice Age hunters discovered in the Baltic Sea
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Published: 13 February 2024
Researchers discovered a nearly 1-km-long Ice Age stone wall in Mecklenburg Bay, likely built 11,000 years ago by reindeer hunters. It’s the oldest known human-made structure in the Baltic Sea, shedding light on early post-glacial societies.
Keywords: stone wall, Baltic Sea, early humans, Alfred Wegener Institute, archaeology, Kiel University, AWI
The role of jellyfish as a food source in the Arctic winter
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Published: 14 February 2024
AWI researchers found that Arctic amphipods feed on jellyfish during the polar night, revealing jellyfish play a larger role in Arctic food webs than previously thought—likely increasing as climate change brings more warm-water species north.
Keywords: Arctic, jellyfish, amphipods, food web, polar night, DNA metabarcoding
POLARIN: Network for polar research infrastructures
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Published: 29 February 2024
The EU-funded POLARIN project will provide €14.6M to support access to 64 Arctic and Antarctic research infrastructures, fostering interdisciplinary polar science through physical, remote, and virtual access over the next five years.
Keywords: POLARIN, polar research, Arctic, Antarctic, Alfred Wegener Institute, EU funding, climate science
