Ecosystems Variation of molecular structure improves the stability of crab enzymes (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) All biological processes are run or controlled by enzymes. They facilitate intracellular

public engagement About the WP Leader Gesche Krause Gesche Krause is a social scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. She was trained at the

a 2-year research stay at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, she connected to a broad in

community. About the WP Leaders Kerstin Jerosch and Andrea Piñones Kerstin Jerosch is a scientist at Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI, department Functional Ecology)

CoastCarb Collaboration of Work Packages (WP) Planned exchange in CoastCarb Partner institutes Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI, DE) Carl von Ossietzky University

the Beagle Channel? In the southernmost part of South America! (Map done with ESRI) (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) - Beagle Channel is 240 km long and about 5 km wide at its narrowest point - The border

important facts and information about permafrost are summarized on these four pages. Julia Boike, Alfred Wegener Institute, Permafrost, Arctic Circle 2015 Presentation This presentation was held at the Arctic

research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), has found large quantities of plastic waste and microplastics in a remote marine

temperature measurements across the plateau of Antarctica. Installing borehole electronics (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

Japan's Tohoku University and the Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC. The Alfred Wegener Institute is part of the new institute.