• Energy and Waterfluxes

    fluxes at the plot and landscape scales in different permafrost affected ecosystems; Developing a process-oriented model for the typical Arctic permafrost system to predict subsurface processes (soil water [...] working on the following projects: MOMENT MOSES SIOS HEIBRiDS Climate and Permafrost Sonification Citizen Science Projekt Permafrost Thaw We cooperate with scientists around the world, including: Wilfrid [...] Laura Becker Moritz Rath Sofia Bauriedl Publications Projects BMBF MOSES Permafrost Thaw Action Group Common Grounds – Permafrost Sonification HEIBRiDS FLO CHAR PERMANOR EU PAGE21 PermaSAR

  • Circulation in the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas

    continental slopes to the bottom waters of the shallow shelves, some of which contain submarine permafrost and gas hydrates. Offshore-directed winds in winter frequently open leads and polynyas in the ice

  • Samoylov

    special focus on the interaction of permafrost landscapes with recent climate warming and its consequences. Numerous long-term measuring stations for monitoring permafrost conditions, micrometeorology, the [...] largest nature reserves. This unique region is crucial for understanding the processes that influence permafrost in the Siberian Arctic. The station, operated by the Trofimuk Institute of Oil and Gas Geology [...] Marine Research, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in St. Petersburg and the Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Department, Russian Academy of Sciences in Yakutsk. The aim of the fieldwork

  • LTO Samoylov

    (Photo: Julia Boike) Observational data density in the permafrost region is low. At the Samoylov site in the Lena River Delta, Siberia, the mean permafrost temperature was −8 °C, with a zero-amplitude depth [...] layer, temperature down to 26 m in the permafrost. Since the data provide observations of temporally variable parameters that mitigate energy fluxes between permafrost and atmosphere, they are suitable for [...] for use in integrating, calibrating and testing permafrost as a component in earth system models. Science: Prof. Dr. Julia Boike Technique: Niko Bornemann Data and Publications: LTO-Trendviewer LTO-Data

  • Social impacts of thawing permafrost

    The thawing of permafrost poses various endangerments to the Arctic environment and the livelihoods of people. An international team examined the social risks for Arctic regions and identified five key risks related to infrastructure, transport and supply, water quality, food security and health. Press release of the University of Vienna

  • Ocean Warming and Thawing Permafrost Reduce the Arctic Ocean's Biological Carbon Storage and CO2 Uptake

    primary production) over the past two decades, according to remote-sensing studies. At the same time, permafrost thaw is accelerating due to warming, releasing more nutrients and carbon into the Arctic Ocean

  • Site Infos

    studies in the permafrost regions, which deal with the past and future fate of frozen ground, carbon cycling, coastal erosion, and changes in ecology (AWI Research Divisions: Permafrost Research and Polar [...] funding of 2.75 million euros for the operation of the Potsdam InnoLab for Arctic Research . Air, Permafrost, Vegetation and Climate of the Past These elements provide Potsdam's polar researchers with the

  • What dangers lie in industrial contaminated sites in permafrost?

    Industrial waste lurks in thousands of sites in the Arctic permafrost regions – some of it is highly toxic. If the permafrost thaws increasingly deeper due to the massive warming of the Arctic deeper and [...] is part of the joint project "ThinIce" (Thawing industrial legacies in the Arctic - a threat to permafrost ecosystems), which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research with 1.9

  • Earth System Complexity

    large-scale components of the Earth, like the ice sheets and ocean circulation, boreal forest and permafrost. We strive to increase our understanding of the relevant processes driving dynamics within these

  • Outreach

    Outreach Lesson Plan "Permafrost in the Arctic" The lesson plan “Permafrost in the Arctic” explores the subject of degrading permafrost and its effects on men and environment from different spatial and [...] changed in the Arctic over the last decades? What is permafrost? How does thawing permafrost affect the Arctic environment? How does thawing permafrost affect Arctic infrastructure? The teaching material [...] investigate current permafrost research topics or explore the conflict of interests of different Arctic stakeholders. Lesson Plan Permafrost in the Arctic Living in the wild North The Permafrost Risk The Ocean