Project "Permafrost Change" For most people, permafrost is a distant phenomenon that seems to have little to do with their own lives, making it hard for them to relate to. With the help of the resources [...] people have the chance to see, hear, touch and smell permafrost, thanks to original archaeological artefacts from the Ice Age and hands-on permafrost experimentation boxes. More over visitors can use a [...] virtual permafrost world. Lastly, ‘before-and-after’ lenticular images, together with video and audio recordings from expeditions to the Arctic, will help illustrate the thawing of the permafrost, and the

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

stages were the long-range periods of permafrost aggradation. Interglacial periods were characterized by extensive permafrost degradation. Circum-arctic Permafrost dynamics and Quaternary environmental [...] Permafrost Archives Development, stability and degradation of permafrost have strongly been connected with natural climate fluctuations of cold and warm periods during the Quaternary earth history of the [...] for three decades. Characteristics of frozen sediments and ice structure therein inform how the permafrost deposits have been formed and transformed. Ice wedges can say something about the composition of

arctic tundra is an unglaciated, treeless landscape characterized by the presence of continuous permafrost. The tundra is vegetated by low vegetation such as grass and sedges, herbs, little bushes, lichens [...] opportunity to receive information about the state of the tundra in large areas near real time. Permafrost in Greenland Geocoded TerraSAR-X scene of Zackenberg valley (© DLR 2013) (Photo: Alfred Wegener

Profile submarine permafrost (Foto: Volker Rachold /AWI) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) What is submarine permafrost? Subsea permafrost in the Arctic is generally relict terrestrial permafrost, inundated after [...] Why is it important? Submarine permafrost is similar to its terrestrial counterpart, but lies beneath the coastal seas. And as with terrestrial permafrost, subsea permafrost is a substantial reservoir and/or [...] of submarine permafrost and the influence of future climate system changes on submarine permafrost. Key lines of inquiry include: seasonal and interannual variability of sea floor permafrost boundary conditions

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

Permafrost data Data from the Permafrost Research Section or on permafrost can be found in the following repositories and data portals: Arctic Permafrost Geospatial Centre (APGC) The Arctic Permafrost [...] changed. Web address: https://permafrost-lto.awi.de/ Contact: Julia Boike Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) The website of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) provides a dynamic [...] of project-specific WebGIS projects. The Permafrost Research Section is involved in several WebGIS projects (e.g. ESA GlobPermafrost , Ice-Rich Yedoma Permafrost or Samoylov) Web address: maps.awi

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

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. Claire Treat 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

deep permafrost soil carbon pools to rapid thaw and resulting impacts. The three research topics were: (1) Systematic measurement of rapid permafrost thaw, (2) Characterization of deep permafrost SOC stocks [...] PETA-CARB wordle (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut) What is Permafrost? Carbon in Permafrost Arctic landscapes, especially those underlain by permafrost, are threatened by climate warming and may degrade in [...] Wegener Institut) Arctic permafrost deposits are estimated to freeze-lock as much carbon in the atmosphere, allowing a potentially significant climate warming feedback loop when permafrost thaws and carbon is