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Heiko Schmidt wins the Wilhelmshaven Science Slam!
Exhibits from the NIhK and the OLME incorporated into the REDBAD exhibition in Leeuwarden
The second volume of the Dunum trilogy has been published!
Excellent Weather Conditions and Plenty of Data: SUBNORDICA on an Exciting Research Expedition in…
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The Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research (NIhK) studies the development of settlements, landscapes, and vegetation of the German coastline and its surroundings starting in the last ice age and reaching into the present day. Our institute employs a wide range of methods, combining and continuously developing various techniques from microscopic environmental research to the study of whole landscapes and settlements.