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Official account of the Austrian Polar Research Institute APRI, promoting and coordinating research and education in the polar sciences. https://www.polarresearch.at/

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ARCA ARCA

APRI members Olga Povoroznyuk and Peter Schweitzer (@univie.ac.at) are currently in Anchorage, Alaska, organizing the co-creative community workshop “Biocultural Heritage and Climate Adaptation in Arctic Cities" as part of the ARCA project.
More here: ksa.univie.ac.at/forschung/fo...

07.10.2025 08:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Graham Cogley Award 2024 Welcome to Cambridge Core

Congratulations to APRI’s Iris Hansche (Uni Graz) who got short-listed for the Graham-Cogley Award 2024 for her paper “The vertical atmospheric structure of the partially glacierised Mittivakkat valley, southeast Greenland”

#GrahamCogleyAward #mittivakkat #sermilik #eastgreenland

18.09.2025 13:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bio-climatic factors drive spectral vegetation changes in Greenland Abstract. Terrestrial ecosystems (ice-free areas) in Greenland have undergone significant changes over the past decades, affecting biodiversity. Changes in near-surface air temperature and precipitati...

New paper!! APRI members, Tiago Silva (first author), Jakob Abermann and Wolfgang Schöner (University of Graz) together with several international partners show how crucial the timing of snowmelt and spring soil moisture levels are for plant growth🌱

16.09.2025 13:10 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tiefseeforscher: Weniger CO2 in Atmosphäre bringen

APRI Member, microbial oceanographer Gerhard Herndl (University of Vienna), was on "Ö1 Journal um acht" this morning.
Listen here 🎧👇
oe1.orf.at/player/20250...

And if you want more: here’s an interesting article in the Rudolphina Research Magazine 📄👇
rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/ocean-exp...

12.09.2025 09:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ZIB Magazin Klima: Grazer Polarforschungsstation vom 06.09.2025 Die Arktis erwärmt sich fünfmal schneller als der Rest der Welt. Schon im nächsten Jahrzehnt könnte sie im Sommer komplett eisfrei sein. Welche Auswirkungen das für das Klima weltweit hat, untersucht...

APRI contributions in "ORF ZIB Magazin Klima" about the Uni Graz Sermilik Research Station in East Greenland and climate change in the Arctic📺
Find the ZIB Magazin Klima here👇️
on.orf.at/video/142903...
But don’t wait too long, the link will expire on October 6 2025❗️

10.09.2025 13:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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10.09.2025 13:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New Article Alert!🧊
What drives young scientists to study the coldest regions on Earth? Polar Talk #17 spotlighted their passion on April 9 in Vienna.🌏

From glaciers to Arctic soils—read the recap now👉 www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-1...

#PolarTalk #Cryosphere #YoungScientists #ClimateScience

26.06.2025 08:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Harmonising digitised herbarium data to enhance biodiversity knowledge: Major steps towards an updated checklist for the flora of Greenland Herbaria worldwide hold centuries of plant data that are key to understanding and protecting biodiversity; however, even with increased digital access, differences in plant naming systems make it dif...

A recent contribution with APRI involvement (Jakob Abermann and Tiago Silva) allows for getting closer towards a harmonized assessment of Greenland flora.🌏🌿

Dive into the paper👉 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

17.06.2025 08:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Preparations underway at Sermilik Station!🔧❄️

A UNI Graz team is heading north soon to finalize Austria’s first polar research station before scientists arrive in August. Big thanks to all involved!🏔️

📸 © Steinegger & Ruhsam

#SermilikStation #PolarResearch #APRI #Fieldwork #Arctic

03.06.2025 11:22 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#FieldworkFriday from Freya Glacier, Greenland❄️🌎

A Team from Geosphere Austria conducted glaciological fieldwork at Freya Glacier in Northeast Greenland.
They also fixed the Webcams at the Glacier that you can find on our Website 👉 www.polarresearch.at/multimedia

📷 B. Hynek, A. Neureiter

23.05.2025 18:59 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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🍽️ Hungry for food & polar connections? Join the APECS Austria Lunch at Uni Graz tomorrow!✨

📆 Fri, 23 May | ⏰ 12:30
📍 KF Erde, ReSoWi 1st floor, Universitätsstraße 15

Let’s meet, eat & chat!🌍

📸 © C. Ruhsam

@polarsecco.bsky.social @florinaroana.bsky.social
#APRI #PolarResearch #ECS #ScienceLunch

22.05.2025 08:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Polar Talk #18: Snow and ice as a mirror of our society - APRI

2 weeks to go until Polar Talk #18!❄️
Join us on June 4 at NHM Vienna for a talk by Birgit Sattler on glacier melt, microplastics & microbes in ice – part of the UN’s Year of Glaciers. Talk in German, free entry!⛰️

📍18:30 | www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-18

📸 © B. Sattler

@nhmwien.bsky.social

22.05.2025 08:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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APECS Austria at the Polar Early Career World Summit!🌍

Florina joined 120 ECRs in Boulder to shape the future of polar science & co-led a workshop on Inclusive Fieldwork. Missed it? Join the online summit on May 28!💬

📸©F.S.

@polarsecco.bsky.social @florinaroana.bsky.social
#APRI #ECR #IPEV2030

16.05.2025 08:47 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Austrian Arctic science meets the screen!🎬
The ZDF Terra X team filmed at Sermilik Station with APRI scientists & actor Sebastian Ströbel.✨
Station Leader A. Trügler also had some networking including the Austrian Embassy in Copenhagen.🌏

📸© A. Trügler

#APRI #PolarResearch #TerraX #ArcticScience

13.05.2025 14:34 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Proud to co-curate “ICE – a vanishing good”, opening May 19, 17:00 at Landhaus II, #Innsbruck. My photos are featured alongside works by Birgit Sattler, Christoph Ruhsam from @austrianpolar.bsky.social & amazing Italian artist Gloria Rech. Hosted by Land #Tirol. On view until June 5. ❄️Please share!!

12.05.2025 06:11 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Polar Talk #18 - APRI

🌟 Save the Date!🌟
Polar Talk #18 at @nhmwien.bsky.social in Vienna: Birgit Sattler explores how glacier microbes reveal links between nature & society.🔬

📅 June 4, 18:30

Free entry, talk in German.

More info 👉
www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-1...

#PolarResearch #Glaciers #Microbiology #APRI

07.05.2025 13:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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#FieldworkFriday from Greenland!❄️

Snow2School & WEG_Re joined forces in Uummannaq—workshops, exhibitions for Snow2School & glacier monitoring for WEG_Re in Qaamerujup. A succesful spring mission made possible by great local support! 🌏

📸© Trügler & Abermann

#PolarResearch #Greenland #APRI

02.05.2025 12:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Research Expedition to the Sermilik Station: How Eduard Orel's Great-Great-Grandson is Learning Polar Research - APRI

🧭 From Franz-Josef-Land to East Greenland: 150 years after Eduard Orel’s discovery of Franz-Josef-Land, his great-great-grandson joins an excursion to Austria's first Polar Research Station Sermilik.❄️
Read his story
👉 www.polarresearch.at/research-exp...

#PolarResearch #GlacierMonitoring

02.05.2025 12:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Great vibes at the APECS networking event at EGU Vienna! 🌍❄️
We loved connecting with polar ECRs from around the world. Big thanks to APECS Germany for organizing together with is. Enjoy the last days of #EGU25! ✨

@polarsecco.bsky.social

#PolarResearch #ECRcommunity #APECS #APRI

30.04.2025 14:29 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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🌍❄️ Yesterday’s #PolarTalk17 brought APECS Austria on stage! Young researchers shared fresh insights on glaciers, Arctic microbiomes & political science perspectives on Digital Twins. ✨
Big thanks to all speakers & guests!😍

📸 © C. Ruhsam
@polarsecco.bsky.social
#PolarResearch #APRI #PhDLife #Arctic

10.04.2025 11:25 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Join us at @nhmwien.bsky.social tomorrow!

@twinpolitics.bsky.social @austrianpolar.bsky.social
@polarsecco.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @erc.europa.eu

#APECS #APECSAustria #Polarresearch #DigitalTwin

08.04.2025 14:21 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 Next APECS Austria Meeting! 🚨
Are you an #ECS in Austria into polar research? ❄️ Join us Tuesday, 8 April, 15:00 on BigBlueButton to connect, share & get involved!✨

👉 webconference.uibk.ac.at/rooms/gfl-4m...

@polarsecco.bsky.social

#APECSAustri​a #PolarResearch #PhDLife #APRI #Arctic

07.04.2025 14:43 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Join the APECS Austria Polar Talk next week at @nhmwien.bsky.social in Vienna✨🌎

📅 09.04. 18:30
📍Natural History Museum Vienna
Free Entry - in German

@apecs-science.bsky.social @polarsecco.bsky.social

#APRI #viennaevents #polarscience

02.04.2025 16:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Another #FieldworkFriday from Svalbard!✨

APRI member J. Abermann co-taught AGF-212 Snow & Ice Processes for the 14th time! Hands-on training in climatological & geophysical methods with 19 students—after a record melt season & deep snow, it's been exciting!❄️

📸©J. Abermann

#APRI #Svalbard #UNIS

28.03.2025 19:40 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Glaciers matter: APRI in the UN International Year for Glaciers´ Preservation - APRI

🌍 2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation – and glaciers are vanishing fast. Why does it matter? ❄️

APRI scientist Birgit Sattler explains the impact of glacier loss & what we can do. 🏔️✨

Article👉 www.polarresearch.at/glaciers-mat...

#GlacierPreservation #IYGP #Glaciology #APRI

24.03.2025 09:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Startschuss für internationales Gletscherschutz-Projekt Die Universität Innsbruck ist federführend am Glacier Stewardship Program beteiligt, einem internationalen Projekt, dessen Ziel es ist, die noch bestehenden Gletscher zu schützen, die ökologischen und...

March 21 marked the World Glacier Day🌍
APRI Scientist B. Sattler & colleagues launched the Glacier Stewardship Program - it aims to slow glacier melt, reduce risks, and preserve microbial biodiversity. 🌱🔬

More🔗 www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/...

@uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
#IYGP #APRI #WorldGlacierDay

23.03.2025 15:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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APRI - Austrian Polar Research Institute The APRI is a research consortium that promotes and coordinates research and education in the area of polar sciences. It involves about 50 scientists.

📅 Save the Date for Polar Talk #17❄️
Join APECS Austria ECR as they share insights on Greenland’s glaciers, Arctic soil microbiology & life in Arctic communities! 🤩

🗓 09.04. | 🕕 18:30 | 📍 NHM Vienna | 🎤 Talk in German | Free entry!

👉 www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-1...

@polarsecco.bsky.social

19.03.2025 09:49 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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URBI Science Talk: Im Schatten des Klimawandels Was bleibt vom ewigen Eis? Status und Zukunft der Gletscher der Welt Freitag, 21. März 2025, 16 Uhr Festsaal Meerscheinschlössel, Mozartgasse 3, 8010 Graz Der Klimawandel setzt Gletscher weltweit mass...

No plans Friday afternoon?✨

Join us on Glacier Day for the URBI Science Talk in Graz! 🏔️❄️ APRI scientists share insights on glacier change in Austria & the Arctic.

📅 March 21, 16:00
📍 Meerscheinschlössel, Graz

More info👉 urbi.uni-graz.at/de/neuigkeit...

📸©J. Abermann

#IYGP #GlacierChange #APRI

18.03.2025 14:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Events for World Day for Glaciers in Innsbruck🚨

📅 March 20: Ice matters – Panel discussion in Galtür with APRI experts!
📅 March 21: Requiem in White – Outdoor documentary at Metropol Kino Innsbruck!🎥

Join us! 💬✨

📸©C. Ruhsam

#IYGP #GlacierProtection #APRI #ClimateChange

13.03.2025 16:40 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Monitoring the Multiple Stages of Climate Tipping Systems from Space: Do the GCOS Essential Climate Variables Meet the Needs?

New paper out! ✨
APRI scientist A. Bartsch & colleagues review how Earth observation helps detect climate tipping points in ice sheets, permafrost, the Amazon & AMOC. They highlight data gaps & call for improved satellite monitoring!🌍

Paper👉 rdcu.be/eceAU

#ClimateResearch #TippingPoints #APRI

11.03.2025 15:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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