Two top teams join forces: German deep-sea researchers and space travel technologists jointly develop robot systems for the exploration of extreme regions
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Published: 25 January 2013
ROBEX, a groundbreaking German alliance led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, brings together space and deep-sea researchers to develop autonomous robotic systems capable of long-term missions in extreme environments like the deep sea and the moon.
Keywords: ROBEX, Alfred Wegener Institute, autonomous robots, deep-sea exploration, moon missions, Helmholtz Alliance
Research vessel Polarstern returns home after one and a half years in the Antarctic
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Published: 9 April 2014
After 18 months in the Antarctic, RV Polarstern returns with crucial data from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. Scientists studied sea ice, ocean currents, and biodiversity, aiding future climate models and understanding of this rapidly changing region.
Keywords: biodiversity, satellite buoys, Weddell seals, hydrography, deep-sea biology, AWI, marine research.
New actors in the Arctic ecosystem: Atlantic amphipods are now reproducing in Arctic waters
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Published: 12 December 2013
For the first time, Alfred Wegener Institute biologists have confirmed that Atlantic amphipods are reproducing in Arctic waters near Spitsbergen, signaling a shift in zooplankton communities that could impact Arctic food webs and top predators.
Keywords: Alfred Wegener Institute, amphipods, Arctic, Atlantic species,HAUSGARTEN, food web, Marine Ecology Progress Series, ocean warming, biodiversity.
