ISOLAB Facility – Stable Isotope Lab AWI Potsdam

The ISOLAB FACILITY of the AWI in Potsdam develops and utilizes stable H, O, C, N isotope methods to decipher Quaternary environmental change in polar regions of both hemispheres.
The Laboratory for Stable Isotopes at AWI Potsdam does research in the Polar Regions of both hemispheres on natural materials such as water, ice, organic matter from soils and sediments and biogenic opal (i.e. diatoms). We use analyses on stable oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen isotopes to reconstruct the climate and environmental dynamics in high latitudes (both Arctic and Antarctic research). The research focus region is Siberia. The scientific orientation of research projects includes scientific applications of stable isotope methods in permafrost research, paleoclimate studies, and also in the fields of limnology, hydrology, ecology and glaciology.
The ISOLAB FACILITY is equipped with various isotope ratio mass spectrometers and cavity ring down spectrometers. The AWI ISOLAB FACILITY is a laboratory complex and consists of several sub-modules. For more details, please see the individual websites.