• Why are diatoms so successful? Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute find hints to this question in the algae’s evolution.

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• New multifunctional workshop building for the Alfred Wegener Institute on Heligoland – Inauguration and Open Day

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• Scientist from the Alfred Wegener Institute becomes new Executive Secretary of the international Antarctic Treaty Secretariat

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• Commissioning of the new research ship MYA II – Handing over to scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute on Sylt

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• 25th Anniversary of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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• Change at the helm of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven: Karin Lochte takes over from Jörn Thiede

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• ASTAR 2007 – Alfred Wegener Institute and German Aerospace Center send aircraft on Arctic mission

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• Even seaweeds get sunburned - Scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute on Spitsbergen investigate the response of seaweeds to increased ultraviolet radiation

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• A world novelty for an improved Tsunami Early Warning - Alfred Wegener Institute hands over simulation program for a German-Indonesian Early Warning System

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• How will the Arctic sea ice cover develop this summer? – Climate scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute present their own prognosis for the first time

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