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After more than six months, the research icebreaker Polarstern is returning to its home port of Bremerhaven after a successful Antarctic season. The expeditions to the southern hemisphere and the transit there focussed on the oceanography and geology of East Antarctica as well as student training. Because of this special study area for the Polarstern, there was a change of personnel in Hobart, which was the first port call in Australia in her more than 40-year history.
Find out more >Forschende des Max-Planck-Instituts für Marine Mikrobiologie unter Beteiligung des Alfred-Wegener-Institut haben im Meer eine bisher unbekannte Partnerschaft zwischen einer Kieselalge und einem Bakterium gefunden, die für große Teile der Stickstofffixierung in weiten Ozeanregionen verantwortlich sein kann. Der neu beschriebene, bakterielle Symbiont ist eng verwandt mit stickstofffixierenden Rhizobien, die mit vielen Kulturpflanzen zusammenleben. Diese jetzt in der Fachzeitschrift Nature beschriebene Entdeckung könnte neue Wege für die Entwicklung von…
Find out more >Over the past two days, Berlin hosted the Arctic Circle Forum. More than 100 speakers, including Arctic researchers, policy makers and indigenous representatives, took part in over 20 sessions. In addition to AWI Director Antje Boetius, participants included Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, Icelandic Research Minister Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir and H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
When: We, 24.04.2024 - Fr, 24.05.2024
Where: Collegium Hungaricum
Who: Collegium Hungaricum
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