Last week, the UN Ocean Conference in Nice came to an end. Time to look back at our session "No Time to Waste: Tackling Submerged Munitions in European Seas" Aboard the research vessel Meteor. The thematic station “What are the environmental risks of munitions in the sea?” was jointly represented by AWI, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, and the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences. We informed visitors about the already measurable biological effects of legacy munitions on marine organisms. Special emphasis was placed on the fact that this is a global issue, affecting nearly all marine environments worldwide. Studies conducted in European seas show, a significantly increased occurrence of severe liver diseases in fish, as well as the presence of explosive residues in fish fillets. Photos: Sarah Uphoff, Romina Schuster
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As the Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, the Alfred Wegener Institute is primarily active in the cold and temperate regions of the world. Working together with numerous national and international partners, we are actively involved in unravelling the complex processes at work in the “Earth System”. Our planet is undergoing fundamental climate change; the polar regions and the oceans, which play central roles in the global climate system, are in flux. How will planet Earth evolve? Do the phenomena we’re observing represent short-term fluctuations or long-term trends? Polar and marine research has always been a fascinating scientific challenge; today it is also research into the future.
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http://www.awi.de
External link for Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
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Frank Oliver Glöckner
Head of Data & PANGAEA
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A. Murat Eren
Professor of Ecosystem Data Science at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity
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Katherine Richardson
Professor in Biological Oceanography at the Globe Institute, UCPH. Leader of Research Centre ROCS. Planetary Boundaries Framework developer. Board…
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Thilo Gross
Network and Data Scientist, Professor of Biodiversity Theory
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Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research reposted this
Diese Woche fand in Nizza die dritte UN-Ozeankonferenz der Vereinten Nationen statt, gemeinsam ausgerichtet von Frankreich und Costa Rica. Im Interview zieht Katja Matthes, Direktorin des GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, zum Abschluss Bilanz: Sie teilt persönliche Eindrücke, ordnet die zentralen Ergebnisse ein und erklärt, welche Bedeutung sie für den Schutz unserer Meere haben. Jetzt mehr lesen 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8zqze-u Bild: Felix Gross, CAU
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🚢 Happy Sunday from our research icebreaker Polarstern, which is currently ploughing through the 🧊 ice for our annual sampling campaign at HAUSGARTEN observatory to assess the impact of #ClimateChange in the #Arctic #DeepSea 🦑. (🎥 Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Deep-Sea Group) Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren e.V.
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Today we had our UNOC3 session on Antarctica InSync, POLARIN and the TARA Polaris drift aboard RV METEOR. We discussed the critical role of polar regions in the global climate and ocean system. All three projects showed how polar science fosters international cooperation and provides key insights into the interconnected challenges of climate change, ocean health, and biodiversity loss. It was a wonderful afternoon and a well attended session. Our special thanks go to the crew of RV METEOR and the colleagues from PTJ who were amazing in helping us setting up this event. #AntarcticaInsync, #POLARIN, #TARAPolaris, #PolarScience, #InternationalCooperation, #UNCOC3, #AboardMETEOR
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📢 🤩 POLARIN at United Nations Ocean Conference 2025 🆕 This week #POLARIN will be featured at the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference #UNOC3, again in Nice, France. On Thursday, June 12, from 13:00 to 15:00 CEST, the project will be presented aboard the METEOR Research Vessel in Port Lympia during the session “Polar oceans, climate, biodiversity: synergies of international science collaboration”, organised by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). The central theme of this conference is “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean”. It aims to support further and urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and identify further ways and means to support the implementation of #SDG14. ➡️ Read more on this here: https://lnkd.in/dnrsztuH Tara Ocean Fondation Antarctica InSync #SaveOurOcean #AboardMeteor #HorizonEurope #EUPolarCluster #PolarResearch
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🎉 Wieder ein Jubiläum – heute live um 20:30 Uhr steigt Episode 175 von #WfW. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eYvMuK-F Wir freuen uns sehr auf Dominik Eulberg, Techno-DJ, Biologe und Bestseller-Autor und Natalia Eulberg, Photographin, Designerin und Schmetterlingszüchterin. Es wird ein Erlebnis der besonderen #Art, das aufzeigt, wie #Kunst und #Kultur mit #Umweltbildung verknüpft werden kann, um Menschen für die #Artenvielfalt zu begeistern! Wie wunderschön sich Liebe für #Natur, #Biodiversität und elektronische #Musik verbinden zeigen die beiden hier: 🎼 https://lnkd.in/ef_uEbUD 🦜 Und für alle die schon vorab ein kleine Elektroparty mit Dominik feiern wollen und gute Hintergrundmusik für den heutigen Arbeitstag suchen: 🎛️ https://lnkd.in/ewSQXffB 🎶 #Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer wird euch von den #AWIs4Future präsentiert, einer Gruppe von Mitarbeitenden des Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung die sich in ihrer Freizeit u.a. für mehr #Wissenschaftskommunikation einsetzt. Franziska Pausch, Corina Peter, Corinna Dubischar, Dr Melanie Bergmann, Rebecca McPherson, Melanie Habermann, Christian Gutsche, Lea Grosse, Victor Smetacek, Valentin Ludwig, Nicola Schäfer, Katja Schwarz
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Grönland und die Arktis sind Themen der aktuellen Folge des ZDF Magazin Royale mit Jan Böhmermann. AWI-Experte und Leiter des Deutschen Arktisbüros, Volker Rachold hat die Redaktion während der Recherchen unterstützt und kommt auch in der Folge zu Wort. #TeamAWI https://lnkd.in/ds3pK3jC
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Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research reposted this
We're ready – are you? 🎉 Join us today, June 11, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM for Research Data Day – open to everyone! The Glashalle at the University of Bremen has been transformed into an exciting space featuring: 🍹 DataNord Data Bar 🎮 FAIRplay Station (with Data Snacks!) 📊 Poster exhibition 📚 A wide range of informative offerings Connect with data professionals, explore new ideas, and get inspired! Meanwhile, over at the State and University Library Bremen (SuUB), you’ll find: 🛠 Interactive sessions and hands-on workshops Drop by, get involved, and experience the future of research data! Cooperating in DataNord: #UBRA member institutions: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), DLR Institut für den Schutz maritimer Infrastrukturen, DLR Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum, Fraunhofer IFAM, Fraunhofer MEVIS, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie – BIPS, Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien - IWT, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, and Universität Bremen as well as Hochschule Bremen, BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH, ifib - Institut für Informationsmanagement Bremen, DLR - The Remote Sensing Technology Institute Also involved in program and organization are the following initiatives: Data Science Center (DSC) der Universität Bremen, GFBio - German Federation for Biological Data e.V., Qualiservice, NFDI4Health, NFDI-MatWerk, NFDI4Biodiversity, KonsortSWD – NFDI4Society, NFDI4Ing, NFDI4Memory, NFDI4Objects, NFDI4Culture, NFDI4Microbiota, NFDI4Energy, PANGAEA. Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science, WiNoDa Knowledge Lab | Scientific Collections & Data Frank Oliver Glöckner, Rolf Drechsler, Dr. Lina Schaare, Tanja Hörner, Lena Steinmann
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🌊 🌍 "Our Ocean, Our Future, Our Responsibility" – The third United Nations Ocean Conference #UNOC2025 is in full swing. AWI-experts are on site in Nice, France, to come together politics, science, civil society, business, and indigenous communities. https://lnkd.in/dXxNiUv9
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Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research reposted this
Antarctica InSync is at the UNOC3 in Nice. Alexander Haumann presented yesterday the scientific topics and the reasons for this large scale endeavour at the session Frontlines of Cryospheric Science-Challenges, Campaigns and Collective Actions in the Cryosphere Pavillion. More to come on Thursday 12th on board of the German research vessel METEOR #UNOC3, #PolarScience, #AntarcticaInSync,#InternationalCooperation, #AboardMETEOR
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