Climate change in the Arctic and its consequences for nature and people are widely reported in the media. What is much less well known is that climate change is particularly pronounced in the Arctic and has a direct impact on…
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Future shifts in soil cover type and abundance may alter soil functions in the vulnerable and fast changing Antarctic ecosystems. Characterizing the specific influences of different soil cover types for subjacent soils might enable us to better understand the implications…
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Am 26.06.2024 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #14 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Gehen Sie mit dem Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI) auf eine fesselnde Expedition durch die Sonderausstellung "Arktis. Polare Welt im Wandel". Tauchen Sie ein in…
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APRI scientists from the CC-MoRe (Climate Change in Mountain Regions) research group at the University of Graz investigated the timing of the seasonal ice cover break-up of lakes in Greenland and identified its strong dependence on altitude. The temperatures of…
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On 15.05.2024 at 18:30 the #13 Polar Talk will take place at the Natural History Museum Vienna. The implementation of the energy transition, the European Green Deal policy and the efforts of society in Europe to make the economy and…
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The climate-induced collapse of the Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves Larsen A in 1995 and Larsen B in 2002 caused acceleration and retreat of tributary glaciers, leading to major losses in ice mass. Since then, the glaciers have been out of…
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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…
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The 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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