National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, or Scientists for Future. Now Prof Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), has been given a new role: as

ASP (Denmark) 9. SPF Ocean Rainforest (Faroe Islands) 10. PF Fiskaaling (Faroe Islands) 11. Alfred- Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum fur Polar- Und Meeresforschung (Germany) 12. Verein Zur Forderung

Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research BREMERHAVEN, Germany Technology Transfer Office Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Phone: +49 471/4831-1517 tto@awi.de

Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research BREMERHAVEN, Germany Technology Transfer Office Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Phone: +49 471/4831-1517 tto@awi.de

critical location for climate studies in the Indian Ocean. Dr. Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is the chief scientist for Expedition

Amy Forster preparing diatom slides (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The extraction of microfossil remains like diatom valves or chironomid head capsules requires a chemical preparation of sediment samples [...] keys. Chironomid head capsule of the genus Paralauterborniella sp. (Photo: Larisa Nazarova, Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

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Water isotope analytics – Mass spectrometry Finnigan-MAT Delta-S (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Three Finnigan MAT Delta-S Mass Spectrometers are used for Stable Water Isotope Analytics

L2120i Cavity RingDown-Spectrometer Picarro L2120i with vaporizer (photo: Alfred Wegener Institute, Levent Vorpahl) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Picarro L2140i Cavity RingDown-Spectrometer [...] with PAL HTC-xt Autosampler and A0211 Vaporizer for H and O isotopes (in water samples). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Picarro L2130i Cavity RingDown-Spectrometer 1 Picarro L2130i Cavity [...] with A0101 Autosampler and A0211 Vaporizer for H and O isotopes (in water samples). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: <link en science geosciences

( d 13 C- und d 15 N). Flash EA 2000 Autosampler (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ThermoFisher Delta V Mass Spectrometer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Polar Terrestrial Environmental