• Yedoma Permafrost Landscapes

    Yedoma Permafrost Landscapes as Past Archives, Present and Future Change Areas The Research Topic „Yedoma permafrost landscapes as past archives, present and future change areas” was published in Frontiers [...] this Yedoma Research Topic represent a broad view on current know-ledge in permafrost research with respect to Yedoma permafrost landscapes. Since about 150 years research was undertaken to highlight the [...] Frontiers in Earth Science in July 2022. Ice-rich permafrost deposits of late Pleistocene age (Yedoma Ice Complex) covered several million km² of the Arctic main land between the Taymyr Peninsula and the Yukon

  • Common Grounds – Permafrost Sonification

    Common Grounds – Permafrost Sonification The circumpolar region of the arctic is the fastest warming place on earth. While finally acknowledged by the public, and already felt as more frequent extreme [...] Halperin-Kaddari of the Sono-Choreographic Collective in collaboration with Tobias Grewenig and the Permafrost research group led by Julia Boike at Alfred-Wegener-Institut Potsdam. Common Grounds ATD Documentation [...] Participants (extern) Kerstin Ergenzinger, Bnaya Halperin-Kaddari, Tobias Grewenig Section (AWI) Permafrost Research

  • Permafrost Thaw

    Permafrost Thaw Action Group The Permafrost Thaw Action Group was part of the Terrestrial Multidisciplinary distributed Observatories for the Study of Arctic Connections (T-MOSAiC). Together with MOSAiC [...] d collection of field data for quantifying permafrost thaw. It addresses the need for integrated observations of multiple connected components of permafrost landscapes, including soils, snow, and vegetation [...] vegetation. Illustration of the standarized permafrost monitoring protocol. The five spheres (snow, water, permafrost, vegetation and soil) with the associated parameters, measurement modes, and observation

  • Permafrost Coasts

    Coastal Permafrost Profile About 34% of the world's coasts are affected by Arctic permafrost and are particularly sensitive to climate change. The frozen bluffs lose the cohesion provided by the permafrost [...] as well as ecosystem services of permafrost coasts. Using a multitude of methods we investigate: the content of particulate and dissolved organic material in permafrost sediments and their bottom ice and [...] ble to quantify the amount of eroded sediment and organic material more accurately. The group "Permafrost Coasts" investigates the velocity and character of sediment and organic matter transport into the

  • Permafrost Remote Sensing

    Permafrost Remote Sensing Profile Permafrost landscape dynamics are intensifying in rapidly warming Arctic-Boreal high northern latitude regions. Relying on field studies we observed and understand a wide [...] continuous time series data of land cover change, permafrost landscape change, or other environmental dynamics. We particularly focus on permafrost region landscape characteristics, land cover change [...] Friedrich Röseler Annabeth McCall Carl Stadie Guest: Kathrin Maier Projects FLO CHAR ESA Permafrost CCI ESA GlobPermafrost ERC PETA-CARB (2013-2018) IPA Action Group - The Yedoma Region

  • Permafrost Biogeochemistry

    inducing more permafrost thaw and carbon release. To assess the concern of a permafrost-climate feedback and to develop a better understanding of future permafrost-carbon dynamics, the Permafrost Biogeochemistry [...] drastic changes in Arctic permafrost landscapes, such as active layer deepening, thermal erosion and development of rapid thaw features. Organic matter stored frozen in permafrost deposits for thousands of [...] Characterizing the past, present and future changes of permafrost organic matter under warming climate and changing land use. Mission Statement: The Permafrost Biogeochemistry Working Group focuses its efforts

  • Permafrost Research

    multiproxy analyses of permafrost and lacustrine records. Our Permafrost Section staff has diverse expertise and uses a wide range of methods. Methods for studying past permafrost conditions and environmental [...] environments and dynamics of permafrost landscapes Methods for studying the current and future state of permafrost: Continuous measurements of hydroclimatic data and permafrost temperatures Study of water [...] Lantuit Assistant Melanie Reinhardt Website Sebastian Laboor Stations Permafrost Data Permafrost Long-term Observatories In Focus - Permafrost Publications Expedition Reports

  • EUCOP II 2005

    Isotope and Geochemistry of Permafrost Permafrost Monitoring and Modelling in the Context of Global Change Coastal and Offshore Permafrost PA WG on Coastal and Offshore Permafrost, IPA-IASC project Arctic [...] Themes Conference Theme Organized in association with Permafrost Records of Past Climate and Environments IPA Antarctic Permafrost WG Permafrost Affected Soils, Microbiology and Trace Gas Releases IPA [...] and Environment Permafrost as Analog for Extraterrestrial Systems Hydrology and Sediment Fluxes in Permafrost Regions ESF project SEDIFLUX Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Isotopes in Permafrost Research PA WG

  • Research Focus

    Submarine Permafrost and coastal interaction Coordination: Dr. Paul Overduin Find out more Simulating erosion processes in permafrost landscapes Coordination: Dr. Moritz Langer Find out more Permafrost archives [...] Permafrost Region Greenhouse Gases Coordination: Dr. Carolina Voigt Find out more Energy and Water Fluxes in Permafrost landscapes Coordination: Prof. Dr. Julia Boike Find out more Erosion of the coasts [...] Dr. Hugues Lantuit Find out more Permafrost Remote Sensing Coordination: Prof. Dr. Guido Grosse Find out more Characterisation of organic matter in changing permafrost landscapes Coordination: Dr. Jens

  • Guido Grosse

    Arctic permafrost: The ground is thawing Prof. Dr Guido Grosse, Head of Permafrost Research Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Permafrost Greenhouse gases Climate change Permafrost is the technical [...] Download AWI permafrost expert Dr. Guido Grosse is, jpg | 1 MB AWI permafrost expert Dr. Guido Grosse and, jpg | 710 KB AWI permafrost expert Dr. Guido Grosse in, jpg | 816 KB Researcher for permafrost Prof. [...] quantities of ground ice, which, when permafrost thaws, leads to melting of the ice and surface sinking. This can dramatically change the landscapes and water cycle in permafrost regions, while also affecting