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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Alfred Lothar Wegener. | Apr 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Science - Alfred Wegener. | Dec 22, 2025 | ||
| Added Quick Facts box. | Nov 19, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Learning from Alfred Wegeners pioneering field observations in West Greenland after a century of climate change. | Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: USGS Publications Warehouse - Alfred Lothar Wegener: Moving continents. | Aug 09, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Physical Society - January 6, 1912: Alfred Wegener Presents His Theory of Continental Drift. | Dec 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Meteorological Society - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society - 100 Years Later: Reflecting on Alfred Wegener?s Contributions to Tornado Research in Europe. | Sep 17, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indian Academy of Sciences - Wegener and his Theory of Continental Drift. | Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Alfred Lothar Wegener. | Feb 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rogers Williams University - Alfred Wegener and the Theory of Plate Tectonics. | Dec 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Alfred Wegener: Building a Case for Continental Drift. | Sep 25, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Jan 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Alfred Wegener and Harry Hess. | Dec 30, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Alfred Wegener. | Oct 03, 2022 | ||
| Noted that Wegener was mentored by German climatologist Wladimir Köppen and married Köppen's daughter, Elsa, in 1913. | Dec 17, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Nov 05, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Biography of Alfred Wegener. | Feb 23, 2017 | ||
| Changed article title from Alfred Lothar Wegener to Alfred Wegener. | Sep 30, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Age of the Sage - Transmitting the Wisdoms of the Ages - Biography of Alfred Wegene. | Jun 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Alfred Wegener. | Jun 26, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 22, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Strange Science - Biography of Alfred Wegener. | Apr 17, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: United States Geological Survey - Alfred Lothar Wegener - Moving Continents. | Nov 07, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Biography of Alfred Wegener. | Jun 26, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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