• DNA quantity & quality

      Next-Generation sequencing. PCR cycler (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Istitut, Levent Vorpahl) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 4200_TapeStation.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • DNA isolation & library prep

      DNA isolation & library prep Fast-Prep®-24 Instrument (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) The FastPrep-24™ Instrument is a high-speed homogenizer for the lysis of sediment or plant samples

    • Coastal Waters Under Pressure

      habitats that are so vital for humans could suffer as a result, warns a team of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. To better understand these critical de

    • Research

      and functional shifts in future climate scenarios. FRAM operations beneath the ice (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/FRAM/Sabine Lüdeling) FRAM - Our Work group is also involved in the context of the Arctic

    • Asymmetric development of the polar ice sheets changed ice age cycles

      Pleistocene, around 2 million years before today: the so-called mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT). The Alfred Wegener Institute was involved in the study, which was published in the journal Science .

    • A belly full of jelly

      assumed that jellyfish were a dead-end food source for predatory fish. However, a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute together with the Thünen Institute has now discovered that fish in Greenland waters

    • Salt Marshes and Seagrass Meadows

      salt marsh area of around 15% in the last 30 years. [Translate to English:] Mesokosmen (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Esther Horvath) Seagrass meadows are often found in the sea adjacent to or in close [...] nutrient discharges would be needed in order to initiate a seagrass recovery here. Seegras (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) AWI experts Tobias Dolch Physical geographer Dr Tobias Dolch, expert on habitat changes

    • Water Meets Land – Coastal Hydrography and Geology

      understanding of the Holocene formation and long-term evolution of coastal areas. Oyster reef (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Mathias Wegner) How exactly habitats and sediment structures form is highly dependent [...] lectures on Sylt - for example on 15 October 2024 at a lecture by Jasper Hofmann. Figure 1 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) AWI experts Lasse Sander Physical geographer Dr Lasse Sander, expert on the topic of

    • The Wadden Sea Over the Course of Time

      Wadden Sea. Wadden Sea Station Sylt (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Lars Grübner) Figure 1 (Graphic: Wiltshire, Amorim et al. 2022) Figure 2 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) AWI experts Victor Odongo En

    • Riddle of Varying Warm Water Inflow in the Arctic Now Solved

      the Norwegian coast. But this rhythm can be thrown off for years at a time. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research finally have an explanation for why: