research centre in Potsdam, where he focused on geochemical investigations of Siberia’s rivers, permafrost and Laptev Sea coast. During this time, he led eight German-Russian Siberian expeditions. In 2002

the research project PermaSAR and the main focus is on landsurface subsidence or heave caused by permafrost processes such as thawing and freezing. Field campaigns are conducted in collaboration with the

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

Konzert- event mit Mehrwert für die Wissen- schaftslandschaft kommt. MEIN PROJEKT D as Abtauen von Permafrost- Böden steht eigentlich am Ende eines Prozesses, während dessen sich dauerhaft gefrorener Untergrund [...] in Kombi- nation mit Vor-Ort-Messungen bei Expeditionen Rückschlüsse auf die Anfälligkeit des Permafrosts gegenüber natürlichen Einflüssen oder menschlicher Aktivität auf das fragile Gleichgewicht mit [...] die Hoch- schule Zittau/Görlitz. Seit Dezember 2012 ist er Präsident der FH Potsdam. Prognose zum Permafrost Der gebürtige Berliner Hasso Plattner (Jahrgang 1944) gründete nach dem Studium der Nachrichtentechnik

like what we now see in eastern Siberia. Today’s Arctic, with ice-covered Greenland, Siberian permafrost and sea ice at the North Pole, is a holdover of that glacial world. But for how much longer? As

sediments, documenting a former high stand of Lake Heihai. The fossil lake marls are affected by permafrost and disrupted by segregation ice. In the background, the glaciated peaks of the Kunlun Mountain

research focuses on e.g. the changes in ecosystems of the North Sea and the Wadden Sea, and the permafrost coasts of Siberia. Furthermore, she also coordinated Sylt & Helgoland Roads, two of the most important

framework of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ( ICDP ). In autumn 2008, a permafrost borehole was drilled next to the western shore of the lake, and in spring 2009, we drilled from

and refreezes there, for example as a ice vein in a frost crack. When we take samples from the permafrost today and analyse the isotope ratio of the ground ice in our laboratory, we also make this fingerprint [...] Environmental Systems Past Climate Change ISOLAB Facility - Stable Isotope Laboratory Potsdam Permafrost research at the AWI Glaciological research at the AWI Sample preparation: it couldn't be cleaner

ten times that of the equator. Thawing permafrost Two-thirds of Arctic coasts are not rock, but rather permanently frozen soft soil – better known as “permafrost”. Approximately half of the Earth´s carbon [...] carbon are stored underground, and this is mainly contained in the permafrost soils of the northern hemisphere. When permafrost thaws, also as a result of climate change, car- bon dioxide and methane are [...] for example submarine permafrost. Rising wa- ter temperatures could also cause this ice mass to thaw. In the western Laptev Sea in Siberia, for instance, the submarine permafrost currently has a temperature