• Frozen-Ground Cartoons

      been published on Inuktitut - the language of the Inuit. Michael Fritz is a scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam, responsible for the German version and one of the authors of "ES TAUT!"

    • NikoDe

      Technology ( BMWi ) and the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs ( ZIM ) Inside ZAF Center (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut)

    • Sample processing

      Sample processing AWI MICADAS sample processing workflow (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / T. Gentz) In the 14 C laboratory at the AWI, samples from various materials can be analyzed by accelerator mass

    • EA - Elemenal analyzer

      EA: Elemental analyzer EA - Elemental analyzer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / G. Mollenhauer) The EA converts carbon contained in organic (soil, plant material, specific compounds etc.) samples into

    • Technology

      CHS Vacuum line AGE GIS PFC MICADAS key features Accelerator unit of the AWI MICADAS (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / T. Gentz) 200kV accelerator Helium stripping, 47% 14 C transmission Permanent ("Green")

    • AGE

      AGE: Automated Graphitization Equippment Automated Graphitization (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / J.Hefter) Graphite targets are customarily required for radiocarbon measurements. For this purpose, CO

    • CHS

      CHS: Carbonate-Handling-System CHS - Carbonate handling system (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / G. Mollenhauer) The CHS converts carbonate samples to CO 2 . It consists of an autosampler with a double

    • GIS

      GIS: Gas Interface System GIS - Gas interface system (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / G. Mollenhauer) The GIS facilitates the direct measurement of CO 2 (instead of graphite) in the MICADAS and thus of

    • Vacuum line

      Vacuum line Sealing of a glass ampulla containing a CO2 sample (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Various freezing and melting operations can be carried out on a vacuum line, so that pure CO 2 can be sealed

    • Food Web Analysis - From sample to model

      Model - 2017 edition Summer school in network analyses, edition 2016 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) header (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Aim of the course Introduction into food web analysis using the [...] communicated by explaining and exercising simple modelling. Venue Wadden Sea Station on Sylt of the Alfred- Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Target audience Advanced students,