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Climate Change and Adverse Incidents in the Arctic

Although the examples in this study are from the Barents Sea region, they are relevant for most areas in the High North. Historically, the Earth’s climate has alternated between cold (glacial) and warm (interglacial) periods. This means that natural climate…

Climate Change

Polar Talk #21: The Arctic – Energy balance of a defrosting fridge

The polar caps can be compared with a fridge – energy is constantly extracted from them due to radiation to space and replenished with heat from lower latitudes. Only a slight imbalance between the fluxes is already sufficient to cause…

Austrian Polar Research Station

Julius Nielsen, Station Technician at the Sermilik Polar Research Station

I had the opportunity to meet Julius during my stay at the station in the summer of 2025. He gave me an insight into his daily tasks at the Sermilik station, where temperatures can be extremely low and conditions are…

News at APRI

Climate Change and Adverse Incidents in the Arctic

Polar Talk #21: The Arctic – Energy balance of a defrosting fridge

Julius Nielsen, Station Technician at the Sermilik Polar Research Station

Invitation to the Sermilik Workshop

Polar Talk #22 – Save the Date

Polar Talk #21 – Save the Date

The Hunga Tonga eruption continues to have an impact on weather patterns

In the Shadow of Climate Change – What Remains of the “Eternal Ice”?

The Cold Truth: Antibiotic Resistance in the Cryosphere

Polar Talk #20 – Save the Date (in German)

Focus on glaciers: Review of the activities of the Austrian Polar Research Institute in the Year of Glacier Preservation

Changing Planet – Polar Regions and High Mountains in the Anthropocene

Das Eis der Antarktis im Rückzug – Beobachtungen vor Ort und aus dem Weltraum (in German)

APRI Director Birgit Sattler honoured as ‘Austrian of the Year’

Polar Talk #19 – Save the Date (in German)

Polar Talk 17: Young Perspectives on the Polar World

Polar Talk #18 – Save the Date (in German)

Research Expedition to the Sermilik Station: How Eduard Orel’s Great-Great-Grandson is Learning Polar Research

Glaciers matter: APRI in the UN International Year for Glaciers´ Preservation

Polar Talk #17 – Save the Date

Snow2School – Citizen Science in the Arctic and the Alps

Behind the Scenes – A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis reveals key risks from Arctic permafrost thaw

Women in Cryospheric Sciences — Making Fieldwork more Inclusive

Freya Glacier: Avalanches do matter!

Into the Wild and Back

The Arctic Permafrost Atlas — A Journey Through Icy Worlds

China and the Arctic – A Historical Perspective

Die Forschungsstation Sermilik (in German) (auch Online-Teilnahme möglich)

The Austrian Polar Research Station ‘Sermilik’ has its First Station Manager

Polar Talk #15: The Arctic Permafrost Atlas – A journey Through Icy Worlds

Polar Talk #16: China und die Arktis – Eine Historische Perspektive

Polar Research in the Alps: Looking Back at the 29th International Polar Conference

Why Care for Plastics in Polar Regions?

Public Events at the 29th International Polar Conference

‘Melting Worlds’ and ‘Climate Myths’: Stories of Climate Change in Longyearbyen, Svalbard

29th International Polar Conference 16 – 20 September 2024

Why is the Arctic Relevant for our Weather and Climate?

Mosses and Biocrusts: Pioneers on Antarctic Soil

Polar Talk #14 (in German)

Climate Change in Greenland: Timing of lake ice break-up and its consequences

Polar Talk #13

Antarctic Peninsula Glacier Response to Climate Change

The discovery of Franz Josef Land 150 years ago and its Impact on International Polar Research – Part 2

The discovery of Franz Josef Land 150 years ago and its Impact on International Polar Research

Arctic Warming: Model Insights and Challenges

Polar Talk #12 (in German)

Snapshots of Antarctic Cretaceous Paleoclimate

Polar Talk #11 (in German)

Polar Talk #9: People! Beyond a “romantic-wild” nature in an “untouched” Arctic

Polar Talk #10 (in German)

Polar Talk #9 (in German)

Pre-opening of the Austrian Polar Research Station “Sermilik”

Studying the lower troposphere at Villum Research Station

The History of Sermilik Station

First results from the WEG_Re project

Revisiting Alfred Wegener’s Work in Greenland after almost 100 Years: The WEG_Re Project

Arctic Coastal Communities: Global Connectivity and Ethnography of Maritime Infrastructure

Polar Talk #8: Insights into the adventurous world of scientific polar expeditions

Glacier shapes unique Antarctic lake ecosystem

How much infrastructure do the people of the Arctic need?

Green Colonialism in Sápmi

Andreas Richter – APRI-Laureate 2023

Polar Talk #8

A glimpse of APRI’s scientific contributions to the Arctic Science Summit Week 2023

The great landslide of Assapaat – a result of thawing permafrost?

APRI meets Canadian Ambassador during ASSW23

The Social Facets of ASSW23

Construction phases of the Austrian Polar Station Sermilik

Of Caves and Climate Changes

Understanding the Ice Edge of Northwest Greenland

Exploration and Climate Research in the World’s Northernmost (Greenland) Caves

On the understanding of paleoclimate using modern data

Polar Talk #7

Sermilik – The Austrian Polar Research Station in East Greenland

FREYA Glacier: Long time no see!

Greenland – the ‘land of the people’ under the influence of climate change

Exploring Canada’s Northern Transport Infrastructures

Polar Talk #6

DNA-degrading microorganisms identified from Greenland sediments