Chapters of the Report 2006/2007

Leads in Sea Ice: Heating the Atmosphere? (Page 18)
The Polar Oceans in the context of climate change – commons and contrasts (Page 22)
Scientific computing and oceanography for hazard management: The contribution of the Alfred Wegener Institute to the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (Page 26)
Climate archive in ice - the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) (Page 30)
Black shales near the North Pole decipher climate history: The Arctic Ocean at 45 Ma was as warm as the modern Baltic Sea (Page 34)
Life on Mars? Methane-forming microorganisms from Siberian permafrost soils as study objects (Page 38)
Elephant Seals help validate Finite Element Ice-Ocean Model (Page 42)
News in Krill research: Light controls life functions of krill (Page 46)
Living 400 years – what is the secret of the ocean quahog (Arctica islandica)? (Page 52)
Long-Term Ecological Research at Helgoland and Sylt: Keeping a Finger at the Pulse of the North Sea (Page 56)