Across Germany, there are many institutes doing polar research. On the map in blue are clusters where several research groups are in the same location.
Explore the research activities of German polar research in the following.
![Map of polar research groups in Germany](https://scar-iasc.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Polar-research-group-locations-map-1.jpg)
Universities
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
AWI Bremerhaven
AWI Potsdam
Institute of Coastal Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre Hereon
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Long-term observation and modeling for legacy and emerging organic contaminants in the Polar Regions
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
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Ecological roles of fungal parasites on benthic diatoms in polar coastal waters
Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung
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Was schwebt denn da? Partikel in der Atmosphäre und deren Einfluss auf das Klima
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
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Polar biodiversity research in a changing environment
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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