Research
The institute has four major departments:
- Climate System Department, which studies oceans, ice and atmosphere as physical and chemical systems.
- Pelagic Ecosystems Department, which studies the ecology of plankton with regard to sea ice and sea shelf systems.
- Benthic Ecosystems Department, which studies the biology of ocean floors at a variety of depths.
- Geosystems Department, which studies climate development, especially as revealed by sediments.
Read more about this topic: Alfred Wegener Institute For Polar And Marine Research
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