• Dr. Thomas Opel

    Thomas.Opel@awi.de
    +49-331-58174-5693
    , Potsdam

  • Dr. Simone Maria Stünzi

    simone.stuenzi@awi.de
    +49(331)58174-5421
    , Potsdam

  • Data Platform on the State of the World’s Permafrost Regions

    Permafrost is an important carbon storage on Earth. However, climate change and its effects are increasingly altering permafrost landscapes around the world, releasing greenhouse gases. To monitor the [...] the state of permafrost comprehensively, long-term and sustainably, the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) has been collecting high-quality measurement data in its data platform since the 1990s [...] 1990s. Over the last few years, scientists from the Permafrost Section in Potsdam have reorganized the data platform and now made it public on the new GTN-P website . The data is continuously collected

  • Prof. Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten

    Hans-Wolfgang.Hubberten@awi.de
    +49(331)288-2136
    Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam

  • DACH Permafrost Conference

    fixed : Overview Agenda 16th DACH Permafrost Conference (Graphic: D-A-CH Permafrost Union) Detailed Agenda 16th DACH Permafrost Conference (Graphic: D-A-CH Permafrost Union) Map HVHS Seddiner See (Graphic: [...] connected with several international networks: International Permafrost Association (IPA) Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) Association of Polar Early [...] 16th DACH Permafrost Conference 21–24 January 2026 | HVHS am Seddiner See, near Potsdam, Germany We are pleased to invite you to the 16th DACH Permafrost Conference , taking place from 21 to 24 January

  • 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

  • SO-Clim

    I have loved snow and ice since I was little, which is why I wrote my doctoral thesis on Arctic permafrost. I then shifted my professional focus to management, organization, and communication in science

  • Dr. Maren Jenrich

    maren.jenrich@awi.de
    +49(331)58174-5437
    , Potsdam

  • Home

    more Online news New Data Platform on the World’s Permafrost Regions AWI permafrost researchers make worldwide collected data on the state of permafrost regions publicly accessible. Find out more Press

  • Dr. Claire Treat

    claire.treat@awi.de
    +49(331)58174 5412
    Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam