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– the Austrian Polar Research Institute

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About

APRI is a research consortium that promotes and coordinates research and education in the area of polar sciences →

Research

APRI focuses on three research areas: Cryosphere & Climate, Polar Ecology, and Social & Cultural Systems →

Faculty

APRI involves 17 research groups, including about 50 scientists, specialized in one of the three research areas →

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About

APRI – the Austrian Polar Research Institute

The Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI) is a research consortium that promotes and coordinates research and education in the area of polar sciences at the participating organisations. The APRI involves about 50 scientists in 18 research groups.

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News at APRI

The “Blue Economy” and the Arctic

APRI associate member Edward Canuel summarizes his recent “PolarTalk #4” where he focused on the blue economy - namely, what it is, what it means in practice, and the various interdisciplinary issues which intersect it. Looking to the Arctic as…
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The Hidden Ocean

The deep sea is the largest ecosystem on Earth, yet we know so little about it. This holds especially true for the bottom of the Arctic deep sea, where – due to remoteness and sea ice cover – only very…
Cryosphere

Die Klimakrise und der Permafrost: “Was wir gerade tun, ist komplett unverantwortlich”

APRI Mitglied Andreas Richter berichtet in einem Interview mit uni:view über die Folgen einer Politik und Gesellschaft, die nur das Allernötigste unternimmt, um den Klimawandel einzubremsen. Die Erwärmung des Klimas lässt sich besonders gut an den Veränderungen des Permafrostes beobachten.…
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Research Focus

Polar Ecology

The Austrian Polar Research Institute aims at providing fundamental understanding of the (a) the evolutionary, genetic, and ecological adaptations of organisms and communities in polar (marine, terrestrial, and ice/snow) environments and (b) of the role polar ecosystems play in global biogeochemical cycles and potential feedbacks to climate changes.

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Cryosphere & Climate

The reaction of the polar cryosphere to climate change is a key focus in climate research. Major research topics of APRI on polar ice and climate are the response of grounded ice to the disintegration of northern Larsen Ice Shelf at the Antarctic Peninsula, paleo-temperature interpretation from ice cores in Antarctica with respect to meteorological influences on the relationship between stable water isotopes and air temperature.

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Social & Cultural Systems

Indigenous peoples have inhabited the arctic and subarctic regions for millennia. In recent centuries, the colonial reach of southern states and empires has changed the political and demographic situation of these regions significantly. Even more recently, economic migrants from the Global South have started to move north, contributing to the colorful ethnic and cultural mosaic that characterizes the “New North”.

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