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Helmholtz Association - Earth System Knowledge Platform
ESKP (Earth System Knowledge Platform) is the knowledge platform of the Research Field Earth and Environment of the Helmholtz Association. The platform is supported by eight Helmholtz Centres:AWI: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine ResearchDLR: German Aerospace CenterFZJ: Forschungszentrum JülichGEOMAR: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research KielGFZ: Helmholtz ...
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
To understand the natural and anthropogenic dynamic of our planet and its living world and to shape it in view of a sustainable development requires an understanding of the biological and geological processes within the earth system. Concerning - the analysis of biodiversity, its continuous changes, and their role in the earth system, - satisfying the corresponding need for knowledge in science ...
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI)
As the Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, the Alfred Wegener Institute is primarily active in the cold and temperate regions of the world. Working together with numerous national and international partners, we are actively involved in unravelling the complex processes at work in the “Earth System”. Our planet is undergoing fundamental climate change; the polar regions and the ...
Alfred-Wegener-Institut - Seaiceportal
Sea ice in the polar regions of the Arctic and Antarctic covers approximately seven percent of our planet, which is bigger than the total area of Europe. These seven percent have a relatively large impact on global climate. Sea ice is particularly driving heat and freshwater exchange of the polar oceans and therefore plays a key role in the earth's climate system. Structure, volume and spatial ...
pacific garbage screening
The oceans and seas are the basis of all life on earth, but humans are increasingly destroying it. More than ten percent of plastic ends up in the oceans worldwide. In 2015 322 million tons of plastic were produced worldwide, and that number is rising every year. The pile of plastic garbage grows each day. Most of the plastic produced since 1959 can be found in its original form in landfill ...