• Projects

    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

  • Profile

    research the atmosphere, ice, oceans and coasts. They explore the deep seas, the glaciers and the permafrost soils of the polar regions first-hand. And they analyse data from climate archives like sediment

  • Pre-Quaternary

    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)

  • Research program

    provision of natural resources. AWI focuses on understanding the rapid changes in Arctic-Boreal permafrost regions and their global impact. Topic 6: Marine and Polar Life How will global change impact marine

  • Awards_and_honors_Geo.pdf

    February 1st, 2025, Carolina Voigt and her junior researcher group COLDSPOT will be established in the Permafrost section. The junior researcher group deals with CH4 and N2O www.uni-potsdam.de/de/umwe

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  • Young Investigator Groups

    Contact Directorate's Office Dr Corinna Kanzog Helmholtz Junior Research Groups Observation of permafrost on Herschel Island (Photo: Boris Radosavljevic) With the Helmholtz Junior Research Groups, the

  • Junior Groups

    Contact Directorate's Office Dr Corinna Kanzog Helmholtz Junior Research Groups Observation of permafrost on Herschel Island (Photo: Boris Radosavljevic) With the Helmholtz Junior Research Groups, the

  • Methods for Arctic Lake Research

    reach remote lake sites. In summer we use helicopters, because the absence of roads on thawing permafrost does not allow the use of cars. Yakutia 2016 Bykovsky 2017 Chukotka 2018 Polar Terrestrial Env

  • Wochenbericht_Alaska2021_Woche3_eng.pdf

    track across the street, Claire thinks it is a toss-up for the winner. We also tried to locate our permafrost auger, which we shipped to Kotzebue in the first week already. On the other hand, this week blessed

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  • Publications

    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