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Aug 01

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

By Iris Blog, Climate Change, Polar Ecology No Comments

Climate change is a powerful story in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. While the natural sciences agree that the archipelago is profoundly impacted by accelerating climate change, locally there are multiple and diverging stories about climate change and adaptation.The aim of this research…

Jul 11

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Why is the Arctic relevant for our weather and climate?

By Iris Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Klimawandel, PolarTalk No Comments

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…

Jul 04

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Mosses and Biocrusts: Pioneers on Antarctic Soil

By Iris Blog, Climate Change, Polar Ecology No Comments

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…

May 07

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

By Iris Blog, Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

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…

Apr 05

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Antarctic Peninsula Glacier Response to Climate Change

By Iris Blog, Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

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…

Feb 12

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Arctic Warming: Model Insights and Challenges

By Iris Blog, Climate Change, Klimawandel, Kryosphäre & Klima No Comments

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…

Jan 19

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Snapshots of Antarctic Cretaceous Paleoclimate

By Iris Blog, Climate Change, Expedition, Polar Ecology No Comments

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…

Oct 05

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Polar Talk #9 (in German)

By Iris Climate Change, Events, PolarTalk, Social and Cultural Systems

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…

Sep 08

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Studying the lower troposphere at Villum Research Station

By Iris Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Expedition, Field report No Comments

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…

Climate Change

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

Why is the Arctic relevant for our weather and climate?

Mosses and Biocrusts: Pioneers on Antarctic Soil

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

Antarctic Peninsula Glacier Response to Climate Change

Arctic Warming: Model Insights and Challenges

Snapshots of Antarctic Cretaceous Paleoclimate

Studying the lower troposphere at Villum Research Station

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