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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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News at APRI

Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting of the Austrian Polar Research Institute

The Annual Meeting of the Austrian Polar Research Institute will take place in Graz, on November 14th and November 15th. As usual, the different working groups will present updates on their current work, and invited guests will present their research…
News

Andreas Richter: “If we want to limit climate change, we need to act fast”

Andreas Richter was interviewed by the uni:view Magazin about his research on how climate warming affects arctic soils. Check out the interview where he emphasizes the need to act fast if we want to limit climate change (and join tomorrow's…
Lecture

Polar Talk #3

Am Mittwoch, dem 23. Oktober findet der Polar Talk #3 im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Richter hält einen Vortrag mit dem Titel "Was die Veränderung arktischer Ökosysteme für den globalen Klimawandel bedeutet". Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Richter ist…
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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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