ShrimpWiz: More animal welfare in indoor shrimp farming through AI
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Published: 27 January 2025
The ShrimpWiz project, led by AWI and Oceanloop, uses AI-based computer vision to enable non-invasive, real-time monitoring of shrimp welfare in indoor farms, aiming to boost sustainability, productivity, and consumer trust in shrimp aquaculture.
Keywords: indoor farming, real-time monitoring, clear water systems, digital aquaculture, deep learning
Global warming and mass extinctions: What we can learn from plants from the last ice age
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Published: 30 January 2025
AWI researchers used ancient plant DNA from lake sediments in Alaska and Siberia to uncover how warming at the end of the last ice age changed biodiversity. Their findings reveal that climate-driven plant extinctions may echo into our future.
Keywords: warming, lake sediments, ecological interactions, cushion plants, woody plants, plant migration, long-term impacts
Ancient plant DNA reveals the possible origin of the carbon in the ocean
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Published: 3 February 2025
Using ancient plant DNA from Pacific sediment cores, AWI researchers traced the origins of land-based carbon in the ocean, revealing how plant inputs shifted during climate transitions and how oceans function as dynamic carbon sinks.
Keywords: vegetation history, land-sea interaction, shotgun sequencing, riparian forests, biosphere, ocean carbon cycle
