decades of the 21st century. The establishment of multidisciplinary ocean observatories by the Alfred Wegener Institute will help to provide the means to accomplish this goal. Ecological time-series work

In spring 2025, the Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Prof Antje Boetius, will be appointed president of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in California. MBARI is one of the

Arctic research, data analysis, remote sensing and numerical weather prediction. Alfred Wegener Institute Alfred Wegener Institute Section Atmospheric Physics Principal Investigator: Dr. Ralf Jaiser Post [...] Artic and mid-latitudes is thus essential. Partner SynopSys is a collaborative project involving Alfred Wegener Institute, University of Bremen and Deutscher Wetterdienst. The collaboration enables a unique [...] Dr. Mark Weber , Dr. Alexey Rozanov PhD student: Falco Monsees German Weather Service (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Department Research and Development Principal Investigator: Alexander Cress Post Doc:

Dumping of warfare agents Dr Matthias Brenner, marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Chemical warfare agents Dumping Coastal waters North Sea In the past century, around 1.6 million tons of

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

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though a 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 [...] breeding 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

(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 [...] 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 [...] samples 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

Earth’s 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) [...] too 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 [...] 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