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

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

Here the focus lies on geoscientific studies in periglacial areas at the edge of ice sheets and in permafrost regions, as well as on modelling and experimental investigations on atmospheric processes in the [...] and the Arctic. They increasingly devote themselves to Arctic research - in particular to the permafrost areas of Siberia and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard – because these regions hold the keys to [...] to the understanding of the climate events in Europe. Site Infos InnoLab for Arctic Research Permafrost Research Atmospheric Physics Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems How to get here Potsdam is situated

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

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

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

Permafrost
Lakes in the northernmost latitudes are widely considered to be a significant source of the greenhouse gas methane. In order to improve currently available climate-change projection models

in the Arctic are no longer just the domain of scientists. The shrinking sea ice and collapsing permafrost coasts are now also becoming topics on the agenda of international politics and industry. To be

emissions of the greenhouse gases methane and nitrogen so high outside the vegetation periods in permafrost regions? How do the carbon and nitrogen cycles and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions differ

and Professor at the University of Bremen. Radiocarbon dating Paleoceanography Sediment transport Permafrost The seafloor is a gigantic repository. Every particle that is not consumed by marine animals, including [...] not only to reconstruct the Arctic’s climate history, but also to understand the role of thawing permafrost in past climate changes. Based on this knowledge, they can make more accurate predictions about