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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 14 research groups.

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Reportage über Gina Moseley’s Expedition in Grönlands Unterwelt

START-Preisträgerin Gina Moseley (Uni Innsbruck) leitete vor Kurzem eine Expedition durch bisher unerforschte Höhlen in Nord-Grönland. Die Erforschung von Tropfsteinen und anderen Kalkablagerungen in den Höhlen gibt einen Einblick in das Klima der Vergangenheit und trägt somit zur Klimageschichte Grönlands bei. Sie…
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APRI involved in a major international project to advance the adaptive capacity of Arctic communities

Advancing adaptive capacity of Arctic communities. This is the aim for CHARTER, a new EU Horizon 2020 funded project. The European Commission has just signed the papers and work can begin. APRI member b.geos (Annett Bartsch) is a partner in…
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The Arctic Science Summit Week 2023 will be held in Austria

We are happy to announce that the Arctic Science Summit Week 2023 will be held in Austria! 2023 is a special year for polar research in Austria since it marks the 150th anniversary of the Austro-Hungarian expedition to Franz Josef Land.…
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Peter Schweitzer wins ERC Advanced Grant to investigate Arctic infrastructures
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APRI member Jakob Abermann teaching in Svalbard
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Wolfgang Schöner and Christoph Ruhsam on the Faroe Islands to talk about climate change
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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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