Potsdam. Permafrost Arctic Coastal Processes Arctic Coastal Geochemistry The permafrost coasts of the Arctic make up 34 per cent of the world's coastline and represent a key interface for human-environmental [...] Thaw on the Arctic permafrost coasts Prof. Dr. Hugues Lantuit, head of the Arctic coastal erosion research group at the Alfred Wegener Institute and professor for polar coasts at the University of Potsdam [...] high biodiversity and productivity and support indigenous lifestyles. At the same time, Arctic permafrost coasts are a particularly heat-sensitive area. Rising air and water temperatures as well as increasing

Geosciences (atmosphere, ocean, ice and land) · Coastal systems · Terrestrial Arctic ecosystems and permafrost · Marine and polar life · Marine bioeconomy (aquaculture) · Marine data science ( MarDATA ) The

the permafrost – with a host of grave consequences. Typical permafrost landscape in Yukon, Canada (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) What does permafrost look like? Some landscapes in the permafrost regions [...] Can permafrost only be found on land? How deep does the permafrost go? To what depth does it thaw in summer? Why is thawing permafrost important for the climate? How much carbon does the permafrost contain [...] How fast is the permafrost thawing? Why are permafrost coasts increasingly collapsing? How is the thawing permafrost affecting people living in these regions? How is the thawing permafrost affecting economies

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Permafrost Research in Polar and Alpine Regions This international conference is the central forum of the DACH Permafrost Union, a permanent working group of the German Society for Polar Research (DGP) [...] and the WMO, making the 2nd European Conference on Permafrost a timely meeting for scientists seeking to emphasise the… Find out more Exploring Permafrost in a Future Earth 739 participants from more than [...] to present their latest findings and develop new project ideas and collaborations in permafrost research and permafrost engineering. Find out more

threat to permafrost ecosystems” (ThinIce) investigates the short and long-term environmental risks associated with the potential release of contaminated industrial wastes due to permafrost thaw. In recent [...] accumulated in the Arctic. For a long time, permafrost was assumed to be a perfect storage for these potentially hazardous wastes. Nowadays, the permafrost thaws Arctic-wide and increases the risk of [...] that characterize intact permafrost ecosystems. to understand the resilience of ecosystems to pollutants (self-healing ability) to assess pollutant mobilization caused by permafrost thaw to develop strategies

research focuses on e.g. the changes in ecosystems of the North Sea and the Wadden Sea, and the permafrost coasts of Siberia. Furthermore, she also coordinated Sylt & Helgoland Roads, two of the most important

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

g., on the composition and spreading of marine sediments, on the substance- and energy flow in permafrost regions, and on the structure and change in the earth's crust and polar ice caps. The necessary [...] personal Awards Our fields of expertise Geophysics Marine Geochemistry Glaciology Marine Geology Permafrost Research Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems

from the Arctic for the local population, for science and for local politics Find out more Putting permafrost in the classroom The Arctic’s frozen soils are thawing – with consequences for climate and humans [...] Together with partner schools in Germany, schoolchildren from Aklavik, Canada are helping to gather permafrost data Find out more Climate protection in your own backyard What can I personally do to combat climate