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Alfred Lothar Wegener (/ ˈveɪɡənər /; [1] German: [ˈʔalfʁeːt ˈveːɡənɐ]; [2][3] 1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar …

Nov 2, 2024 · Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is the new name for what used to be called Wegener’s granulomatosis. It’s an autoimmune disease that can affect your whole body, but …

Dec 22, 2025 · Alfred Wegener (born November 1, 1880, Berlin, Germany—died November 1930, Greenland) was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete …

Jan 14, 2025 · Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a rare disease that causes swelling, also called inflammation, of small blood vessels. This condition mainly affects blood vessels in the nose, …

Wegener is not only the father of the theory of continental drift, he was the first to describe the process (now called the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen procedure) by which most raindrops form, and he also …

Wegener thought that the continents were moving through the earth's crust, like icebreakers plowing through ice sheets, and that centrifugal and tidal forces were responsible for moving the continents.

Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift - the idea that Earth's continents move. Despite publishing a large body of compelling fossil and rock evidence for his theory between 1912 and …

Wegener was one of the first to realize that an understanding of how the Earth works required input and knowledge from all the earth sciences. Wegener's scientific vision sharpened in 1914 as he was …

Wegener experimented with kites and balloons, and with his brother Kurt set a world record in an international balloon contest, flying 52 hours straight. That was in 1906, the year he made his...