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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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Events

APRI Annual Meeting and General Assembly 2020

The Austrian Polar Research Institute's Annual Meeting will take place in Vienna on November 11th and 12th. In the scientific part of the meeting, on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, the research groups will provide updates on their work. On…
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Co-creating research projects in the Arctic

The Saami Council in collaboration with Arctic researchers, including Gertrude Saxinger (APRI), has published a public note on co-designing research projects in the Arctic. The authors share their reflections on their experiences with co-creating proposals and research projects and highlight…
Allgemein

On the occasion of the untimely death of the Swiss Polar Institute’s (SPI) Scientific Director, Konrad Steffen, the Austrian Polar Research Institute wants to express its heartfelt condolences to the SPI and to the family and friends of Konrad Steffen.…
Allgemein
Poster about Gender in Polar Research
Allgemein
Peter Schweitzer im OE1 über tauenden Permafrost in Sibirien
Allgemein
Reportage über Gina Moseley’s Expedition in Grönlands Unterwelt
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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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