Putting permafrost in the classroom The Arctic’s permanently frozen soils are increasingly thawing – with far-reaching consequences for the climate and for people living in the region. Together with partner [...] schoolchildren from Aklavik, Canada are helping the Alfred Wegener Institute gather valuable data on permafrost. By doing so, they’re improving the joint understanding of the changes at work on their doorstep [...] has consequences for the day-to-day lives of the roughly five million people who live atop the permafrost. Entire sections of coastline are washed away by the sea, while elsewhere the ground collapses

in the region. In August 2016, the town Point Lay in Alaska lost its nearby lake. Due to thawing permafrost soils, the lake had steadily lost stability and ultimately drained entirely into the Kokolik River

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making permafrost visible. Permafrost Change What are the effects of a warmer climate on permafrost? Find out more The sound of data Art and Science, an enhancing connection. Find out more Permafrost Resources [...] Why does permafrost matter? illustration of permafrost thaw and climate change during the Long Night of Sciences (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Currently we see glaciers melting and observe how sea ice [...] mostly unrecognized. Creating awareness for the processes of permafrost thaw, is our motivation. We want to show what happens, when permafrost thaws - what it means to ecosystems and people living in the

G. Lohmann, N. Steinert, S. Stuenzi, M. Werner, S. Westermann, M. Langer, 2024: No respite from permafrost-thaw impacts in absence of a global tipping point. Nature Climate Change www.nature.co [...] C. Contoux, M. Chandler, N Tan, Q Zhang, S Hunter, Y Kamae 2023: Highly restricted near-surface permafrost extent during the mid-Pliocene warm period. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120

PostDoc: Jan Nitzbon Cooperation partner: AWI: Permafrost Research PERMICE aims to develop a modular permafrost model for AWI-ESM to enhance understanding of permafrost's role in the climate system, addressing [...] consequences) over a wide range of climate backgrounds: paleo - present-day - future. Modeling permafrost and ground ice in AWI-ESM (PERMICE) Funding programme: AWI INSPIRES, International Science Program [...] EU's Horizon Europe program, investigates climate change impacts on inland ice, snow cover, and permafrost in critical regions like the Alps, Norway, High Mountain Asia, Greenland, and Svalbard. It integrates

M. A., Tan, N., Zhang, Q., Hunter, S. J. and Kamae, Y. (2023): Highly restricted near‐surface permafrost extent during the mid-pliocene warm period, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(36)

should be protected now to enable tundra biodiversity and related ecosystem services, including permafrost protection, to survive the future warming peak?” and “How can conservation planning help resolve [...] should be protected now to enable tundra biodiversity and related ecosystem services, including permafrost protection, to survive the future warming peak?” and “How can conservation planning help resolve

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

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