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Feb 17

Snow2School – Citizen Science in the Arctic and the Alps

By Yannika Baier Climate Change, Social and Cultural Systems

The interdisciplinary citizen science project Snow2School, funded by Sparkling Science (OeAD Center for Citizen Science) brings together climatologists from the University of Graz, social anthropologists from the University of Vienna, and teachers and students from two local schools in Uummannaq,…

Jan 22

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Women in Cryospheric Sciences — Making Fieldwork more Inclusive

By Christoph Ruhsam APECS Ressourcen, Blog, Cryosphere

Polar fieldwork is essential for understanding our changing climate, but it still presents significant challenges for women. The blog post highlights these issues, from poor team dynamics and exclusion to inadequate preparation for personal needs like hygiene. Many women reported…

Oct 05

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Polar Talk #9 (in German)

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

Am 08.11.2023 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #9 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Glitzernde Flüsse schlängeln sich durch tiefe Wälder und Gebirge, Grizzlies fangen mit ihren Mäulern die springenden Lachse. Spendenaufrufe für den sterbenden Eisbären, der einsam auf der…

Sep 15

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Pre-opening of the Austrian Polar Research Station “Sermilik”

By Christoph Ruhsam Austrian Polar Research Station, Field report

Tobias, an East Greenlandic hunter who takes us in the open motorboat from Tasiilaq, the East Greenlandic administrative centre, to the station skilfully steers the boat over the wave crests rolling in from the open North Atlantic. The trip along…

Jul 27

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First results from the WEG_Re project

By Christoph Ruhsam Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Klimawandel, Kryosphäre & Klima, News

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

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…

Jan 14

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WEG_RE – The Wegener Reconnaissance-Expedition

By Christoph Ruhsam Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate

The project application by APRI member Jakob Abermann, University of Graz, which has recently been approved by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, has unique plans: to span nearly hundred years of Greenland's climatology and glaciology by combining Alfred Wegener's original…

Nov 14

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Novel Pan-Arctic Settlements Map

By Christoph Ruhsam Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate

The Austrian Polar Research Institute member Annett Bartsch, managing director of b.geos, has more than twenty years experiences in satellite image processing and focuses on research questions around permafrost and how it is impacted by the warming climate. Her recent…

Sep 10

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Bark Beetles and Climate Change

By Christoph Ruhsam Feldbericht, Field report

As we reported in the article about the Climate Walk project, the big Climate Walk from the North Cape to the Portuguese Atlantic coast has been postponed to 2022 due to Covid and replaced by a kind of test run…

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Women in Cryospheric Sciences — Making Fieldwork more Inclusive

Pre-opening of the Austrian Polar Research Station “Sermilik”

First results from the WEG_Re project

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

WEG_RE – The Wegener Reconnaissance-Expedition

Novel Pan-Arctic Settlements Map

Bark Beetles and Climate Change

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