A young North Sea shrimp from the mudflats (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Not a typical mudflat dweller - researcher stuck in the mud (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The brown [...] cragnon is a typical inhabitant of the mudflats. (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) A research traveller (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

oceans are central drivers of climate-related processes. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Oceans cover seventy percent of the Earth’s surface. Characterised by their fascinating diversity, they hold [...] respected centre of expertise on polar and marine research, the Alfred Wegener Institute is one of the very few scientific institutions in the world that are equally active in the Arctic and Antarctic. [...] ” at Neumayer Station III’s meteorological observatory. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Outstanding logistics: the research aircraft Polar 5 during an expedition in the Arctic. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut

Events in the Research Division Alfred Wegener Lecture Every two years, the Climate Science Reseach Division of the Alfred Wegener Institute invites to the “Alfred Wegener [...] “Friday Seminar” comprises scientific lectures by guests of the Alfred Wegener Institute as well as by AWI employees. The aim of this event is to benefit from each other scientifically through the [...] Kick-off Workshop, both in presence in Bremerhaven at the Alfred Wegener Institute, and online, with participants from the Americas to East Asia and Australia connecting to Bremerhaven. There were

Seafloor spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the globe (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) It wasn’t until the mid-1960s, around third years after Wegener’s death, that his ideas received recognition in [...] The AdP - Archive for German Polar Research preserves parts of Wegener's inheritance as well as historical images of his expeditions. Related research Geophysics Bathymetry Magnetometer More about Alfred Wegener Continental drift Alfred Wegener

procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany Technology Sample processing Contacts: AWI MICADAS laboratory (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

Research locations of the Alfred Wegener Institute AWI Helgoland Kurpromenade 201 27498 Helgoland 0 47 25 / 819 0 Helgoland AWI Sylt Hafenstraße 43 25992 List [...] //www.awi.de/awipev Kohnen-Station www.awi.de/kohnen The Alfred Wegener institute maintains different infrastructures to support research in remote areas. The research stations - partly maintained

Layer Experiment (STABLE) STABLE was as a joint project of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, of the University of Hamburg (ZMAW), of University Hannover (IMUK) [...] of AWI during STABLE between 28 Feb and 28 March 2013 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut Amelie Tetzlaff) The general goal of STABLE was to obtain in-situ data of processes in the polar atmospheric boundary

carried out in this project. Shrimps from a BioFlocsystem (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Monika Weiß , Mirko Bögner Phd : Janek Neuse Contact: Mail to Monika , Mirko or Janek (0)471 4831 2204 [...] Co.KG Founding: AWI Innovationsfonds BioFlocsystem at AWI (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Litopenaeus vannamei are kept in the system. (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Concentrated sample from the biofloc tank (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

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

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