Expedition Archive

Sep 01

Polar Talk #22 – Small Shells, Great Significance: Foraminifera in a Changing Arctic

Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms, ranging in size from approximately 50 µm to several centimetres. They have been present since 540 mio. years. They are globally distributed and play an important role in the ocean. As bioindicators, they provide information…

Feb 16

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The Cold Truth: Antibiotic Resistance in the Cryosphere

By Yannika Baier Cryosphere & Climate, Expedition, Feldbericht, Field report, Kryosphäre & Klima, Polar Ecology

Microbes from arctic environments. (© Daniel Gattinger) Antibiotic resistance was long considered a largely human-made problem, confined to urbanized areas and clinical settings. However, recent discoveries challenge the assumption that remote environments are inherently protected from this phenomenon. The cryosphere—the…

Jan 19

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Snapshots of Antarctic Cretaceous Paleoclimate

By Iris Blog, Climate Change, Expedition, Polar Ecology

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…

Sep 08

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Studying the lower troposphere at Villum Research Station

By Iris Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Expedition, Field report

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…

May 30

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Polar Talk #8: Insights into the adventurous world of scientific polar expeditions

By Iris Cryosphere, Expedition, Polar Ecology, PolarTalk

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…

May 22

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Glacier shapes unique Antarctic lake ecosystem

By Iris Cryosphere, Expedition, Polar Ecology

APRI members Klemens Weisleitner and Birgit Sattler (University of Innsbruck) joined a scientific expedition team to study the impact of a glacier on a unique Antarctic lake ecosystem. A glimpse behind the scenes of the Antarctic expedition that led to…

Jul 02

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FREYA Glacier: Long time no see!

By Iris Climate Change, Expedition, Field report, Glaciology

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…

Dec 21

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Tracking Microplastics in the High Arctic – Part II

By Iris Expedition, Field report, Polar Ecology

The following voyage had the island Jan Mayen as destination, where we wanted to climb the Beerenberg, the highest volcano in the Arctic, in order to be the first to collect samples from there. After a few days we reached…

Dec 07

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Tracking Microplastics in the High Arctic – Part I

By Iris Expedition, Feldbericht, Field report, Polar Ecology

Microplastics (MP) is one of the most current research topics for many scientists around the world and also at the Department of Ecology at the University of Innsbruck. APRI board member Dr. Birgit Sattler has been researching microplastics in the…

Expedition

Polar Talk #22 – Small Shells, Great Significance: Foraminifera in a Changing Arctic

The Cold Truth: Antibiotic Resistance in the Cryosphere

Snapshots of Antarctic Cretaceous Paleoclimate

Studying the lower troposphere at Villum Research Station

Polar Talk #8: Insights into the adventurous world of scientific polar expeditions

Glacier shapes unique Antarctic lake ecosystem

FREYA Glacier: Long time no see!

Tracking Microplastics in the High Arctic – Part II

Tracking Microplastics in the High Arctic – Part I

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