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Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven

Senckenberg’s first branch office was founded in 1928 to establish a permanent research facility on the North Sea. It is the world’s first marine research institution focused on geosciences and follows a simple yet ingenious principle: to explain phenomena that arose millions of years ago, it is sufficient to observe current processes, because the laws of physics do not change.

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Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt

The goal of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre is to investigate how biological diversity and climate influence and change each other. Innovative research approaches and modern methods help in this endeavor—from satellite-based remote sensing of climate, area, and ecosystem responses to molecular genetics and mass spectrometry. Past and present processes are documented and analyzed in order to develop reliable projections and decision-making bases for the future.

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Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Tübingen

The biological and cultural evolution of humans in their environment is a central question for humanity. The research at Senckenbergs Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment is based on the assumption that the biological and early cultural evolution of humans and their ancestors was significantly influenced by changes in the paleoenvironment and paleoclimate.

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German Entomological Institute, Müncheberg

Insects are the focus of this research institute, which was founded in Berlin in 1886. The institute concentrates on identifying and reclassifying species (taxonomy), analyzing their relationships (phylogeny and evolution), and investigating their interaction with the environment (ecology) and the dynamics of their distribution (biogeography).

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Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main is the headquarters of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research. Since its founding in 1817, its activities have been focused on three goals: analyzing the importance of biodiversity in the Earth system, maintaining natural history collections as archives of life, and strengthening public awareness of nature.

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Natural History Collections Dresden

The roots of Dresden’s natural history collections date back to the 16th century. The collections are the oldest natural science museums in the world. Today, these institutions benefit from their enormous collections and state-of-the-art technical equipment, which enables first-class geoscientific and zoological research.

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Museum of Natural History, Görlitz

The roots of the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Görlitz date back to 1811, when the “Ornithological Society of Görlitz” was founded. Today, the museum records the diversity of life on Earth and studies the interactions between organisms and their position and function in the ecosystem.

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Institute for Plant Diversity, Jena

The Senckenberg Institute for Plant Diversity Jena (SIP) was founded in June 2024 in cooperation with Friedrich Schiller University Jena. In Jena, biodiversity change in the Anthropocene will be comprehensively analyzed in the future using modern and innovative methods in terms of both time depth and spatial breadth.

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