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The Cold Truth: Antibiotic Resistance in the Cryosphere

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…
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Polar Talk #20 – Save the Date (in German)

Am 18.03.2026 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #20 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. „Permafrost? Er bedeutet Stabilität für unser Land, unsere Tiere, unsere Nahrung, unser Wasser – für alles.“ Was geschieht, wenn der Boden, der all dies zusammenhält,…
Events

Focus on glaciers: Review of the activities of the Austrian Polar Research Institute in the Year of Glacier Preservation

In the International Year of Glacier Preservation, the Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI) took the opportunity to raise awareness of the central role played by glaciers among the general public, politicians and decision-makers. A key objective was to use three…
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Changing Planet – Polar Regions and High Mountains in the Anthropocene
Annual Meeting
Das Eis der Antarktis im Rückzug – Beobachtungen vor Ort und aus dem Weltraum (in German)
Award
APRI Director Birgit Sattler honoured as ‘Austrian of the Year’
Events
Polar Talk #19 – Save the Date (in German)
APECS Events
Polar Talk 17: Young Perspectives on the Polar World
Events
Polar Talk #18 – Save the Date (in German)
Feldbericht
Research Expedition to the Sermilik Station: How Eduard Orel’s Great-Great-Grandson is Learning Polar Research
Allgemein
Glaciers matter: APRI in the UN International Year for Glaciers´ Preservation
APECS Events
Polar Talk #17 – Save the Date
Climate Change
Snow2School – Citizen Science in the Arctic and the Alps
Blog
Behind the Scenes – A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis reveals key risks from Arctic permafrost thaw
APECS Ressourcen
Women in Cryospheric Sciences — Making Fieldwork more Inclusive
Cryosphere & Climate
Freya Glacier: Avalanches do matter!
Austrian Polar Research Station
Into the Wild and Back
Blog
The Arctic Permafrost Atlas — A Journey Through Icy Worlds
History
China and the Arctic – A Historical Perspective
Events
Die Forschungsstation Sermilik (in German) (auch Online-Teilnahme möglich)
Austrian Polar Research Station
The Austrian Polar Research Station ‘Sermilik’ has its First Station Manager
Events
Polar Talk #15: The Arctic Permafrost Atlas – A journey Through Icy Worlds
Events
Polar Talk #16: China und die Arktis – Eine Historische Perspektive
Blog
Polar Research in the Alps: Looking Back at the 29th International Polar Conference
Blog
Why Care for Plastics in Polar Regions?
Events
Public Events at the 29th International Polar Conference
Blog
‘Melting Worlds’ and ‘Climate Myths’: Stories of Climate Change in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Events
29th International Polar Conference 16 – 20 September 2024
Climate Change
Why is the Arctic Relevant for our Weather and Climate?
Blog
Mosses and Biocrusts: Pioneers on Antarctic Soil
Events
Polar Talk #14 (in German)
Blog
Climate Change in Greenland: Timing of lake ice break-up and its consequences
Events
Polar Talk #13
Blog
Antarctic Peninsula Glacier Response to Climate Change
Franz Josef Land
The discovery of Franz Josef Land 150 years ago and its Impact on International Polar Research – Part 2
Blog
The discovery of Franz Josef Land 150 years ago and its Impact on International Polar Research
Blog
Arctic Warming: Model Insights and Challenges
Events
Polar Talk #12 (in German)
Blog
Snapshots of Antarctic Cretaceous Paleoclimate
Events
Polar Talk #11 (in German)
Climate Change
Polar Talk #9: People! Beyond a “romantic-wild” nature in an “untouched” Arctic
Events
Polar Talk #10 (in German)
Climate Change
Polar Talk #9 (in German)
Austrian Polar Research Station
Pre-opening of the Austrian Polar Research Station “Sermilik”
Climate Change
Studying the lower troposphere at Villum Research Station
Austrian Polar Research Station
The History of Sermilik Station
Climate Change
First results from the WEG_Re project
Climate Change
Revisiting Alfred Wegener’s Work in Greenland after almost 100 Years: The WEG_Re Project
Blog
Arctic Coastal Communities: Global Connectivity and Ethnography of Maritime Infrastructure
Cryosphere
Polar Talk #8: Insights into the adventurous world of scientific polar expeditions
Cryosphere
Glacier shapes unique Antarctic lake ecosystem
Climate Change
How much infrastructure do the people of the Arctic need?
Blog
Green Colonialism in Sápmi
Events
Andreas Richter – APRI-Laureate 2023
Events
Polar Talk #8
Cryosphere & Climate
A glimpse of APRI’s scientific contributions to the Arctic Science Summit Week 2023
Climate Change
The great landslide of Assapaat – a result of thawing permafrost?
Events
APRI meets Canadian Ambassador during ASSW23
Events
The Social Facets of ASSW23
Austrian Polar Research Station
Construction phases of the Austrian Polar Station Sermilik
Cryosphere & Climate
Of Caves and Climate Changes
Climate Change
Understanding the Ice Edge of Northwest Greenland
Cryosphere & Climate
Exploration and Climate Research in the World’s Northernmost (Greenland) Caves
Climate Change
On the understanding of paleoclimate using modern data
Events
Polar Talk #7
Austrian Polar Research Station
Sermilik – The Austrian Polar Research Station in East Greenland
Climate Change
FREYA Glacier: Long time no see!
Climate Change
Greenland – the ‘land of the people’ under the influence of climate change
Field report
Exploring Canada’s Northern Transport Infrastructures
Climate Change
Polar Talk #6
Polar Ecology
DNA-degrading microorganisms identified from Greenland sediments
Climate Change
Immersing into the snow
Climate Change
Exploring changes in snow
Climate Change
Into the Snowy Realm
Climate Change
New insights of a warmer and moister atmosphere over the Greenland Ice Sheet in a changing climate
Blog
“People about Longyearbyen”: a collaboration between architects and social scientists at 78 degrees North
Climate Change
WEG_RE – The Wegener Reconnaissance-Expedition
Expedition
Tracking Microplastics in the High Arctic – Part II
Expedition
Tracking Microplastics in the High Arctic – Part I
Arctic human impact map
Climate Change
Novel Pan-Arctic Settlements Map
Events
Polar Talk #5
Polar Ecology
The antibiotic crisis: Can hunting for antibiotics in the World´s coldest place help?
Feldbericht
Bark Beetles and Climate Change
Cryosphere
Monitoring of a Rock Glacier in West Greenland
Cryosphere & Climate
Glacier Elvis from Outer Space – Part II
Climate Change
The Climate Walk – Walking for Change in the World
Cryosphere & Climate
Glacier Elvis from Outer Space – Part I
Polar Ecology
Methane gas emissons in the ice of Siberian Arctic lakes
The “Blue Economy” and the Arctic
News
The Hidden Ocean
Cryosphere
Die Klimakrise und der Permafrost: “Was wir gerade tun, ist komplett unverantwortlich”
Expedition
PLASTICS IN THE ARCTIC?
Events
Austria signs the joint statement of the 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial
Blog
On hold – Polar research during a global health-crisis
Events
Polar Talk #4: Exploring the Blue Economy
Yukon mining history from First Nation Elders’ perspectives
West Greenland coast
Kryosphäre & Klima
New Greenland Satellite Study
Kryosphäre & Klima
Der Standard: Tauende Permafrostböden werden zur globalen Klimagefahr
Allgemein
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Events
Next Event
Annual Meeting
Presenting the new APRI Management Team
News
Newly discovered foraminifera species named after Viennese paleonthologist
News
Q-ARCTIC receives ERC Synergy Grant
Annual Meeting
Public talk: Arctic monitoring across disciplines – APRI members’ contributions
© Christoph Ruhsam, www.pure-landscapes.net | APRI
Events
Update: APRI Annual Meeting and General Assembly 2020
Events
Foto Exhibition “Eis” at the International Nature Film Festival
News
Co-creating research projects in the Arctic
Allgemein
Allgemein
Poster about Gender in Polar Research
Allgemein
Peter Schweitzer im OE1 über tauenden Permafrost in Sibirien
Allgemein
Reportage über Gina Moseley’s Expedition in Grönlands Unterwelt
Allgemein
APRI involved in a major international project to advance the adaptive capacity of Arctic communities
Allgemein
The Arctic Science Summit Week 2023 will be held in Austria
News
Peter Schweitzer wins ERC Advanced Grant to investigate Arctic infrastructures
Lecture
APRI member Jakob Abermann teaching in Svalbard
Events
Wolfgang Schöner and Christoph Ruhsam on the Faroe Islands to talk about climate change
News
New paper about the seismic monitoring of jökulhlaups at the A.P. Olsen Ice Cap
News
ORF: “Die Datensammler des Klimawandels”
Lecture
Torradagar, Faroe Islands
Lecture
EnMoTe Lecture: Everything you always wanted to know about the Sámi Council
Events
Barbara Hinterstoisser im KinderUni Interview über den Klimawandel in der Arktis
Lecture
Vanishing Ice: Workshop and Panel Discussion
News
The University of Graz about avalanche research on Greenland
Annual Meeting
APRI Annual Meeting in Graz
News
uni:view Video about Sigrid Irene Wentzel’s Research
Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting of the Austrian Polar Research Institute
News
Andreas Richter: “If we want to limit climate change, we need to act fast”
Events
Polar Talk #3
Allgemein
Polar Film Fest at the University of Innsbruck
Events
EnMoTe Lecture: Michael Bravo
Odobenus rosmarus (Miller) | Renate Degen | APRI
Blog
An ecological database for the Arctic Ocean
News
Uni Vienna Medienportal: Andreas Richter on his cool permafrost research
Blog
The ESA on Annett Bartsch and b.geos’ projects
News
10 Questions for Peter Schweitzer
Lecture
Peter Schweitzer: The High North as Part of the Global South?
© Christoph Ruhsam, www.pure-landscapes.net | APRI
Events
Multimedialer Vortrag “Frozen Latitudes”
Lecture
EnMoTe Lectures
Report
Report of the 2nd Arctic Science Ministerial
Online
Research Group EnMoTe has launched its new website
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