First UNEP Permafrost Report relies on expertise of the Alfred Wegener Institute

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    Environmental Prize for Permafrost Researcher

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    Rising permafrost temperatures raise emission of the climate gas methane

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    International Honour for Permafrost Research in Potsdam - The International Permafrost Association elects Prof. Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten as its New President

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    Permafrost soil is possible source of abrupt rise in greenhouse gases at end of last ice age

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    Surprising climate balance: In the long term lakes in permafrost areas have sequestered more greenhouse gas from the atmosphere than they released during their formation

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    Thawing Permafrost: The speed of coastal erosion in Eastern Siberia has nearly doubled

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    Putin’s promised new building now in operation: AWI permafrost researchers start work in the new research station in the Russian Lena Delta

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    Where is the world’s permafrost thawing?

    first online data portal on global permafrost. In the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (www.gtnp.org) researchers first collect all the existing permafrost temperature and active thickness layer [...] layer data from Arctic, Antarctic and mountain permafrost regions and then make it freely available for download. This new portal can serve as an early warning system for researchers and decision-makers

    Gradual but steady thaw: an international team of researchers gains new insights into arctic permafrost

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