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doctorate in geography from the Humboldt University in Berlin and carried out his research at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), in Potsdam. The work closes [...] physicist Dr. Jan Nitzbon. (Photo: Paolo Verzone) August 2021 Dr. Jan Nitzbon, scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was awarded the 2020 Wladimir [...] Zweigel, Luc Girod, Technical University of Denmark: Thomas Ingemann-Nielsen, Johanna Scheer, Alfred Wegener Institute: Paul Overduin, Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Rebecca Rolph, Jan Nitzbon, Frederieke

PermaRisk

Background Impacts of permafrost degradation (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Almost a quarter of the land surface of the northern hemisphere of the earth is characterized by permanently frozen soils [...] ecology and infrastructure are therefore critically important. The project Study sites (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The PermaRisk project aims to provide novel tools for the simulation of erosion and [...] crucial questions we will extend and improve the permafrost model CryoGrid3 developed by the Alfred Wegener Institute in cooperation with the University of Oslo. To ensure realistic model development,

Ocean biogeochemical modelling

Ocean Biogeochemistry Models that includes FESOM-REcoM." Group meeting Bad Bederkesa 2024 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Our approach We combine the unstructured mesh ocean model FESOM in the stand-alone

Karen Wiltshire

Coastal ecology Shelf Sea System Ecology Prof. Dr Karen Wiltshire was the Vice Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), and Director of the AWI sites [...] Karen Helen Wiltshire jpg | 13 MB EN: Karen Wiltshire, vice director of Alfred, jpg | 443 KB EN: Karen Wiltshire, vice director of Alfred, jpg | 579 KB Media National Geographic | 24.09.2021 From this tiny

MarESys

cycle and in the marine ecosystem. Interaktion zwischen marinem und atmosphärischem CO2 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Team leader Prof. Dr. Judith Hauck Team members Dr. Özgür Gürses (scientific programmer)

Ozone

System from the Global Atmospheric Watch ( GAWSIS ). Overview Ozone Hovmöller diagram (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

PFC

PFC: Preparative Fraction Collector Preparative fraction collector (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / J.Hefter) The preparative fraction collector (PFC) automatically collects single compounds after ga

Reports on Polar and Marine Research

on Polar and Marine Research The Reports on Polar and Marine Research (BzPM) are issued by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, succeeding [...] polarforschung.de@awi.de Editor Dr. Horst Bornemann Assistant Editor Susan Amir Sawadkuhi Publisher Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Archived reports Repository EPIC Expedition

Mesocosms

running experiment at the mesocosms facility (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Six mesocosms for winter experiments in the greenhouse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Publications Moreno HD, Köring M, Di Pane [...] (AWISOM) Bird's eye view of the expanded AWISOM (AWI Sylt Outdoor Mesocosm Facility). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The AWI Sylt Outdoor Mesocosms (AWISOM) consists of 24 identical mesocosms, each with

Kohnen Station

Christine Wesche Namesake Heinz Kohnen (1938 -1997) was head of the Logistics Department of the Alfred Wegener Institute for a long time. The Kohnen Station was named after him. Impressions from the work