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Oct 05

Polar Talk #9 (in German)

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

People! Beyond „wild and romantic" nature in an „untouched" ArcticEine Veranstaltung des Austrian Polar Research Institute APRI mit Jakob Abermann, Helena Bergstedt, Sophie Elixhauser, Susanna Gartler, Alexis Sancho Reinoso, Birgit Sattler, Gertrude Saxinger, Katrin Schmid, Wolfgang Schöner, Peter Schweitzer, Klemens...

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...

Jul 27

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First results from the WEG_Re project

By Christoph Ruhsam Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Klimawandel, Kryosphäre & Klima, News No Comments

In the first part of our expedition report, we focused on project planning and execution. In the following, we will describe the initial findings in comparison to Alfred Wegener's insights. In the initial phase of the project, we focused on...

Jul 20

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

By Christoph Ruhsam Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Klimawandel, Kryosphäre & Klima, News No Comments

Since the approval of WEG_Re (Centennial Climate Drivers of Glacier Changes in Greenland) by the Austrian Science Fund FWF in November 2021, the APRI team of the University of Graz together with the Know Center Graz has been working on...

Mar 17

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

By Christoph Ruhsam Climate Change, Cryosphere, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

The great landslide of Assapaat in June 2021 on the Nuussuaq Peninsula in West Greenland, is a result of thawing permafrost. This is shown in a recent study involving APRI researcher Daniel Binder of the Geological Survey of Denmark and...

Nov 13

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Understanding the Ice Edge of Northwest Greenland

By Christoph Ruhsam Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

The two APRI members Jakob Abermann (Graz University) and Rainer Prinz (Innsbruck University) visited the vertical ice cliffs of Northwest Greenland in 2017 and observed changes in ablation since the 1950's. The impressive near-vertical ice cliff is part of a...

Oct 11

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On the understanding of paleoclimate using modern data

By Iris Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

Another scientific study of our APRI members from the University of Graz and Innsbruck was recently published on the International Journal of Climatology. The collaboration between Tiago Silva, Manuela Lehner and Elisabeth Schlosser produced a thorough analysis of 25 years...

Jul 02

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FREYA Glacier: Long time no see!

By Iris Climate Change, Expedition, Field report, Glaciology No Comments

Glacier Monitoring in Northeast-Greenland in Spring 2022 by Signe H. Larsen and Bernhard Hynek (Copyright: Bernhard Hynek). In Northeast Greenland near Zackenberg research station (74 degrees north), ZAMG in cooperation with the University of Graz and GEUS (Denmark) has been...

Jun 01

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

By Christoph Ruhsam Climate Change, Cryosphere, PolarTalk No Comments

Polar Talk #6 at the museum of natural history, Vienna, by Dr. Jakob Abermann, May 25, 2022 Skitouring in the mountains of the fjord system of Nuuk (© Jakob Abermann). Dr. Jakob Abermann is a meteorologist and glaciologist at...

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Studying the lower troposphere at Villum Research Station

First results from the WEG_Re project

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

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

Understanding the Ice Edge of Northwest Greenland

On the understanding of paleoclimate using modern data

FREYA Glacier: Long time no see!

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

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