technology for the polar regions Sea Ice Drift and Deformation Drift and deformation of sea ice Permafrost Charting the Arctic Tundra Polynias Observation of coastal polynias Snow Accumulation Retrieval

/ NSIDC) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Remote sensing technology for the polar regions Permafrost Permafrost landscape in the Lena delta (© NASA / Landsat , 2000) (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Charting

special focus on the interaction of permafrost landscapes with recent climate warming and its consequences. Numerous long-term measuring stations for monitoring permafrost conditions, micrometeorology, the [...] largest nature reserves. This unique region is crucial for understanding the processes that influence permafrost in the Siberian Arctic. The station, operated by the Trofimuk Institute of Oil and Gas Geology [...] Marine Research, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in St. Petersburg and the Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Department, Russian Academy of Sciences in Yakutsk. The aim of the fieldwork

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Permafrost
Permafrost makes up a quarter of the landmass in the Northern Hemisphere. Climate change means that Arctic coasts are thawing and eroding at an ever greater pace, releasing additional greenhouse

including these highly dynamic permafrost environments in future permafrost carbon estimations. Link to journal Carbon and nitrogen pools in thermokarst-affected permafrost landscapes in Arctic Siberia Top: [...] order to account for high variability of permafrost and thermokarst environments in pan-permafrost soil C and N pool estimates. Link to journal Deep Yedoma permafrost: A synthesis of depositional characteristics [...] observed in permafrost regions of Eurasia and North America. Link to journal Tundra fires destabilize permafrost Comparison between the two airborne LiDAR datasets showing clear permafrost terrain subsidence

Permafrost
According to estimates, Alaska's thawing permafrost soils cost the USA several 100 million dollars every decade – primarily because airports, roads, pipelines and settlements require relocation

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

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

BMWi funding) and Validation : ESA CCI Permafrost Validation team for the Permafrost_cci Products circumarctic Ground Temperature, Active Layer Thickness, Permafrost Probability our main activities: qualitative