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Email	Jens Strauss
Phone	+49(331)288-2185
Fax	+49(331)288-2137
Address	Alfred Wegener Institute Telegrafenberg A45 14473 Potsdam ( Room A45-108)
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Publications and more

Publications, Presentations and Reports: EPIC repository
Data: PANGAEA repository
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Responsibilities

• Coordinator of the 'Permafrost Biogeochemistry' research focus at the Permafrost Research Section


• Permafrost Carbon and Nitrogen Laboratory lead at the Permafrost Research Section


• Principal Investigator: Changing Arctic Carbon cycle in the cOastal Ocean Near-shore (CACOON), funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and by NERC


• Coordinator of the master module 'Permafrost Landscapes' (MGEW15) at the University of Potsdam

Research interests

Topic: Quantification of deep permafrost carbon pools and their vulnerability to mobilization
Details: Arctic landscapes underlain by permafrost are threatened by climate warming and may degrade by gradual active layer deepening or rapid thaw. Moreover, permafrost deposits are estimated to store substantial amounts of ancient carbon that is potentially vulnerable to mobilization. My research focusses on quantitative and qualitative assessments of permafrost deposit organic carbon pools in thermokarst and Yedoma environments of the circum-arctic permafrost region. A second focus is the characterization of the vulnerabilities particularly of deep (below 1 m depth) carbon pools to rapid thaw.

Research program

PACES II 1: Changes and regional feedbacks in Arctic and Antarctic
PACES II 3: The earth system from a polar perspective: Data, modelling and synthesis
PACES II 1.3: Degrading permafrost landscapes; carbon, energy and water fluxes
PACES II 3.1: Circumpolar climate variability and global teleconnections at seasonal to orbital time scales