The Arctic has heated up much faster in recent decades than any other region in the world. Analysis of the Arctic energy budget provides important clues about the processes behind this pronounced warming trend. Figure 1: Map showing the Arctic…
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Am 28.02.2024 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #12 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Die Arktis scheint weit weg von Österreich zu sein. In ihrer Wirkung auf die Atmosphäre und damit auf das Wettergeschehen und das Klima ist sie…
Read MoreThe Cretaceous Austral-Antarctic microfossil record can be understood as paleoenvironmental archive documenting the vast variability of paleoclimatic settings from the middle Cretaceous hothouse to the gradual cooling towards the end of this period. The research vessel JOIDES Resolution and the…
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Am 31.01.2024 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #11 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Der Polartalk #11 am 31. Januar 2024 befasst sich mit der Entdeckung von Franz-Josef-Land im Jahr 1873, die unerwartet war und einen wesentlichen Impuls für…
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As part of the celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the Austrian Polar Research Institute APRI and the opening of the special exhibition "Arctic. Polar World in Transition", the ninth Polar Talk took place as a "science slam" at…
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Am 06.12.2023 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #10 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Eine Gletscherbachzuckmücke (Diamesa Steinboecki) unter dem Mikroskop. @Leonhard Füreder. In den nördlichsten Bereichen der Arktis fallen besonders Eismeer und Gletscher als die dominierenden Landschaftselemente auf. Daneben…
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Am 08.11.2023 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #9 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Glitzernde Flüsse schlängeln sich durch tiefe Wälder und Gebirge, Grizzlies fangen mit ihren Mäulern die springenden Lachse. Spendenaufrufe für den sterbenden Eisbären, der einsam auf der…
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APRI members Wolfgang Schöner and Jonathan Fipper spent three weeks in the High North in August 2023. During this time, they collected data about the vertical temperature structure of the near-surface atmospheric boundary layer in the vicinity of the Villum…
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Tiksi in Russia, Nome in the US, and Kirkenes in Norway are three socially and culturally different Arctic coastal communities. Still, in this post I argue, that their colonial histories as well as present-day identities and development plans share a…
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The photographer and limnologist Klemens Weisleitner currently works at the Department of Ecology at the University of Innsbruck. His research has led him to remote regions in the Arctic and Antarctic. In a fascinating multimedia lecture, he provided insights into…
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