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Sep 08

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...

Jan 30

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Construction phases of the Austrian Polar Station Sermilik

By Christoph Ruhsam Austrian Polar Research Station, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

The building of the Sermilik polar station in the Tasiilaq district of East Greenland is finished since fall 2022 and has already proven its polar suitability during the first Autumn-Piteraq. Tasiilaq Construction activities are well advanced thanks to the efforts...

Jan 02

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Of Caves and Climate Changes

By Christoph Ruhsam Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

Gina Moseley is exploring the world’s most northern caves in Greenland looking for clues the past might hold for a warmer and wetter future in the arctic. On the first evening of APRI's 2022 annual general meeting in Innsbruck, APRI...

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...

Nov 03

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

By Iris Cryosphere & Climate, Events, News

Exploration and Climate Research in the World's Northernmost (Greenland) CavesBy Dr. Gina Moseley On 24.11.2022 at 18:30 the public lecture will take place in lecture hall 1 at the Faculty of Theology Innsbruck (Karl-Rahner Platz 1). Caves were first documented...

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...

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Cryosphere & Climate

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?

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

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