Alfred Wegener died on Nov. 2, 1930, while in Greenland studying polar air circulation, some 30 years before his continental-drift theory was validated. Wegener has finally received the credit he ...

The theory of Plate tectonics – developed from Alfred Wegener’s theory of Continental Drift to explain the movement of the continents – has become the prevailing theory underpinning our ...

Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin in 1880, where his father was a minister who ran an orphanage. From an early age he took an interest in Greenland, and always walked, skated, and hiked as though ...

So, plate tectonics is often referred to as the unifying theory of modern Earth science and I think that’s correct. Music: Fifties Rock and Roll Johnny Be Bad Fred Vine ...

Wegener, Alfred 1880-1930 Grönland-Expedition (1929-1931) Contents Scientist and explorer -- Wegener's shocking idea -- The world reacts to Wegener's idea -- Preparing for Greenland -- Arriving in ...

Bremerhaven, July 20th 2009. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have researched the geology of the seabed in the Labrador Sea on board of the research vessel Maria S. Merian. They have ...

WE really are one world, according to the findings of AlfredWegener, a guy who really knew his weather. Born on Nov. 1, 1880, in Germany, he received a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Ber… ...