interdisciplinary European Scientific Diving Training Course 2025 Course description In 2025, the Alfred Wegener Institute Centre for Scientific Diving (CSD) in cooperation with the Laboratoire d'Océanographie

changes of our planet and to be able to estimate the results for mankind, scientists of the Alfred Wegener institute undertake expeditions in inhospitable however fascinating regions of the Earth. Our fleet

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few of native species are actually benefiting from the developments. In the field (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Wadden Sea – an ecological treasure trove of immeasurable value With an area of 11 [...] ground and refuge for millions of coastal and migratory birds. Diadumene lineata (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) What are neobiota? The term neobiota – “new life” – refers to species that, through human

(Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) PERPLEX is a software program that can be used to plan and efficiently execute expeditions with research vessels. The software was developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute [...] Waypoints Technologie Transfer Offers to the private sector Screenshots Perplex7 GUI. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Perplex7 starts with this window, where you can switch between the different tabs as needed [...] the menu for creating a new trip will automatically open Perplex 7 Route viewer.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The 'Maps' tab displays the travel route, where e.g. new waypoints can be interactively

Unlocking polar climate archives Thanks to a new high-tech tool, the Alfred Wegener Institute can finally unlock many polar climate archives for the first time. At its C-14 dating laboratory, AWI researchers [...] gathered from the seafloor requires high-precision analytical work – a challenge that the Alfred Wegener Institute’s C-14 lab has now overcome. To do so, the scientists use a method called radiocarbon dating

magnetic field. An oyster is placed in the experimental chamber for MR scanning. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The NMR lab: A shared resource At their laboratory for NMR ( N uclear M agnetic R esonance) [...] much oxygen – and are suffering from temperature-related stress. NMR spectrometer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Chemical changes in organisms and the environment While the large NMR machine is used to [...] carbon cycle. Preparation of samples for metabolomic studies based on NMR spectroscopy (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Unlocking the secrets of molecular structures In the context of other research, the experts’

s about the future of our climate has to first know how it developed in the past. At the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Proxy-Lab, researchers from the Marine Biogeosciences Section are delving hundreds of [...] following info-graphic. Close-up of the femtosecond laser in the AWI Proxy Laboratory (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Discover more AWI Proxy Lab: Cutting-edge technology AWI section Marine Biogeosciences [...] Dr. Albert Benthien Infograph Workflow in the AWI Proxy Laboratory (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) Video Traces of the Past: Research in the AWI Proxy Laboratory In the depths of the ocean the history

In pursuit of the oldest ice and the newest data Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) regularly brave temperatures down to 20 degrees below zero, embarking on journeys that take them to