• Awards and honors

      Prof. Dr. Beate Ratter und Dr. Martin Döring. BRIESE-Prize for marine research Luisa von Albedyll is awarded with the BRIESE-Prize for Marine Research 2022 for her doctoral thesis in 2023. The jury recognizes [...] influence of the Earth’s orbital parameters on major ice rafting. Analyses of coarse-grained ice-rafted debris and planktonic foraminifers revealed a strong reaction to the precession signal. Since 130,000 yr [...] of surface seawater. Both situations result in a southward penetration of polar water. Thus, the marine record of dropstones documents ice rafting not only during Weichselian stades but also during cold

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    • Dr. Melanie Bergmann

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      , Bremerhaven

    • Heinrich Award

      influence of the Earth’s orbital parameters on major ice rafting. Analyses of coarse-grained ice-rafted debris and planktonic foraminifers revealed a strong reaction to the precession signal. Since 130,000 yr [...] of surface seawater. Both situations result in a southward penetration of polar water. Thus, the marine record of dropstones documents ice rafting not only during Weichselian stades but also during cold [...] 1988 . Sediments in the North Atlantic ocean contain a series of layers that are rich in ice-rafted debris and unusually poor in foraminifera1. Here we present evidence that the most recent six of these ‘Heinrich