A paper about the seismic monitoring of jökulhlaups, or glacial outburst floods, at the AP Olsen Ice Cap in North-East Greenland is out. Read the paper in the Journal of Glaciology here.
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Der ORF gibt in diesem Artikel einen Einblick in die österreichische Klimaforschung. Annett Bartsch (b.geos) und Marion Greilinger (ZAMG) vom APRI erzählen über die Erforschung arktischer Permafrostböden und heimischer Gletscher. Hier geht es zum Beitrag: https://orf.at/stories/3148167/
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In the upcoming EnMoTe Lecture on January 16th, Gunn-Britt Retter will be talking about the Sámi Council. She is Head of the Artic and Environment Unit of the Sámi Council and has been involved in issues related to indigenous peoples and…
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Was bedeutet der Klimawandel für Tiere und Pflanzen in der Arktis? Physikerin Barbara Hinterstoisser von der Universität für Bodenkultur Wien hat im Gespräch mit den Ö1-KinderunireporterInnen über die Folgen des Klimawandels in der Arktis gesprochen. Das Interview kann ab dem…
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The Vienna Anthropocene Network in cooperation with APRI is organizing a two-days event about "Vanishing Ice", dealing with the physical and social dimensions of climate change and melting ice. The panel discussion "Das große Schmelzen - Vom Schwinden des Eises im…
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The University of Graz has published an article about Jakob Abermann's research on unusual avalanche events on Greenland, using remote sensing and in situ observations. This juxtaposition shows how the landscape looked before and after a heavy rain event and…
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The APRI Annual Meeting in Graz was a great success. We had a total of 16 presentations, including two guest lectures. We gained interesting insights into the different members' research activities, got some updates on upcoming APRI activities and projects,…
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University Vienna's uni:view Magazin made a short video about Sigrid Irene Wentzel's research in Yakutia. Sigrid is a doctoral student at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna and part of Peter Schweitzer's research group.…
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The Annual Meeting of the Austrian Polar Research Institute will take place in Graz, on November 14th and November 15th. As usual, the different working groups will present updates on their current work, and invited guests will present their research…
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Andreas Richter was interviewed by the uni:view Magazin about his research on how climate warming affects arctic soils. Check out the interview where he emphasizes the need to act fast if we want to limit climate change (and join tomorrow's…
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