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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.
News at APRI
Glaciers matter: APRI in the UN International Year for Glaciers´ Preservation
Matterhorn glacier, Antarctica. (© Birgit Sattler) Pecora Escarpment, Antarctica. (© Birgit Sattler) The future of our glaciers is not the brightest: under the pressure of the climate crisis glaciers vanish by losing their ice masses. Even under the most ambitious…
Polar Talk #17 – Young perspectives on the Polar World
On 09.04.2025 at 18:30 the #17 Polar Talk will take place at the Natural History Museum Vienna. This event offers a look at the polar regions through the eyes of young researchers. From investigating the climatic drivers of Greenland's…
Snow2School – Citizen Science in the Arctic and the Alps
The interdisciplinary citizen science project Snow2School, funded by Sparkling Science (OeAD Center for Citizen Science) brings together climatologists from the University of Graz, social anthropologists from the University of Vienna, and teachers and students from two local schools in Uummannaq,…
