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  • Cooperations

    Networks Permafrost Carbon Network: www.permafrostcarbon.org IPA Action Group Yedoma Carbon: ipa.arcticportal.org/images/stories/AG_reports/AG4_for_website.pdf PYRN (Permafrost Young Researchers [...] Institute of Earth Sciences Russia Northeast Science Station, Cherskii Dr. Sergei Zimov Mel'nikov Permafrost Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Yakutsk Dr. Alexandr Fedorov, Dr. Pavel

  • International Symposium 20 Years of Lena Expeditions

    three languages (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Siberian permafrost ecosystems in transition - over 25 years of joint research Siberian permafrost and the ecosystems there are of global importance due to [...] Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven and Potsdam Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science (MPI SB RAS), Yakutsk German Centre for [...] with the climate. For more than 25 years we have been researching the interrelationships between permafrost, biodiversity and climate in close and friendly cooperation. With joint Arctic expeditions, jointly

  • When the Arctic coast retreats, life in the shallow water areas drastically changes

    Coastal erosion in the Arctic
    The thawing and erosion of Arctic permafrost coasts has dramatically increased in the past years and the sea is now consuming more than 20 meters of land per year at some

  • Canada

    around Trail Valley Creek from Polar 5 Thaw slump on the edge of a lake in Canada due to thawing permafrost Yukon River Yukon Five-Finger-Rapids Richards Mountains from dempster highway

  • Stable Isotopes Lab

    seasonal temperature and precipitation dynamics as key driver of permafrost changes in East Siberia. To this end, caves and permafrost exposure will be studied in East Siberia along a transect from the [...] different types of relict permafrost ice, (iii) Deduce changes in seasonality, moisture dynamics, and continentality based on results from objectives 1 and 2, and corresponding permafrost response to climate [...] orientation of research projects include scientific applications of stable isotope methods in permafrost research, palaeoclimate studies, by also in the fields of limnology, hydrology, ecology and glaciology

  • Great potential for comprehensive monitoring of the water masses in the ocean

    climbing temperatures. In addition, the rivers are carrying large amounts of sediment from thawing permafrost. How the Arctic Ocean will react to such changes is a very big question, which is concerning scientists

  • Past Climate Change

    seasonal temperature and precipitation dynamics as key driver of permafrost changes in East Siberia. To this end, caves and permafrost exposure will be studied in East Siberia along a transect from the [...] different types of relict permafrost ice, (iii) Deduce changes in seasonality, moisture dynamics, and continentality based on results from objectives 1 and 2, and corresponding permafrost response to climate [...] Mellat Dr. Amelie Stieg Philip Meister Projects, Cooperations, Networking Reconstructing Siberian permafrost dynamics using stable and clumped isotopes (IsoPerm) (2021-2025) This joint project with Northumbria

  • Methane

    temporal resolution in the Elbe estuary. Another hot spot of unknown magnitude is the rapid thawing of permafrost soils and sediments in the arctic region. In In the framework of MOSES and in cooperation with [...] institutes (AWI-Periglacial Research, GFZ, Geomar) we plan to assess the influence of rapidly thawing permafrost on the distribution of methane in the aquatic environment. Especially the winter situation, the

  • Transfer storys

    from the Arctic for the local population, for science and for local politics Find out more Putting permafrost in the classroom The Arctic’s frozen soils are thawing – with consequences for climate and humans [...] Together with partner schools in Germany, schoolchildren from Aklavik, Canada are helping to gather permafrost data Find out more Climate protection in your own backyard What can I personally do to combat climate