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Austrian Polar Research Institute
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Official account of the Austrian Polar Research Institute APRI, promoting and coordinating research and education in the polar sciences. https://www.polarresearch.at/
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🎉We are extremely proud that our very own APRI Director, @birgitsattler.bsky.social, has been honored as “Austrian of the Year” in the Climate Initiative category at the Austria Gala 2025!

#austrianoftheyear #austriagala2025 #austrianpolarscience
@uniinnsbruck.bsky.social

More here👇
APRI Director Birgit Sattler honoured as ‘Austrian of the Year’ - APRI
www.polarresearch.at
Einladung zum Polar Talk #19
Sermilik Research Station – Erste Einblicke in Österreichs neue Forschungsstation in der Arktis.

🗓 Mittwoch, 12.11.2025
🕕 18:30 Uhr
📍 Naturhistorisches Museum Wien @nhmwien.bsky.social

#polartalk #nhmwien #polarforschung #Sermilik #sermilikstation #unigraz
Polar Talk #19 - Save the Date - APRI
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APRI members Olga Povoroznyuk and Peter Schweitzer (@univie.ac.at) are currently in Anchorage, Alaska, organizing the co-creative community workshop “Biocultural Heritage and Climate Adaptation in Arctic Cities" as part of the ARCA project.
More here: ksa.univie.ac.at/forschung/fo...
ARCA
ARCA
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Congratulations to APRI’s Iris Hansche (Uni Graz) who got short-listed for the Graham-Cogley Award 2024 for her paper “The vertical atmospheric structure of the partially glacierised Mittivakkat valley, southeast Greenland”

#GrahamCogleyAward #mittivakkat #sermilik #eastgreenland
Graham Cogley Award 2024
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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New paper!! APRI members, Tiago Silva (first author), Jakob Abermann and Wolfgang Schöner (University of Graz) together with several international partners show how crucial the timing of snowmelt and spring soil moisture levels are for plant growth🌱
Bio-climatic factors drive spectral vegetation changes in Greenland
Abstract. Terrestrial ecosystems (ice-free areas) in Greenland have undergone significant changes over the past decades, affecting biodiversity. Changes in near-surface air temperature and precipitati...
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APRI Member, microbial oceanographer Gerhard Herndl (University of Vienna), was on "Ö1 Journal um acht" this morning.
Listen here 🎧👇
oe1.orf.at/player/20250...

And if you want more: here’s an interesting article in the Rudolphina Research Magazine 📄👇
rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/ocean-exp...
Tiefseeforscher: Weniger CO2 in Atmosphäre bringen
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APRI contributions in "ORF ZIB Magazin Klima" about the Uni Graz Sermilik Research Station in East Greenland and climate change in the Arctic📺
Find the ZIB Magazin Klima here👇️
on.orf.at/video/142903...
But don’t wait too long, the link will expire on October 6 2025❗️
ZIB Magazin Klima: Grazer Polarforschungsstation vom 06.09.2025
Die Arktis erwärmt sich fünfmal schneller als der Rest der Welt. Schon im nächsten Jahrzehnt könnte sie im Sommer komplett eisfrei sein. Welche Auswirkungen das für das Klima weltweit hat, untersucht...
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New Article Alert!🧊
What drives young scientists to study the coldest regions on Earth? Polar Talk #17 spotlighted their passion on April 9 in Vienna.🌏

From glaciers to Arctic soils—read the recap now👉 www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-1...

#PolarTalk #Cryosphere #YoungScientists #ClimateScience
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Preparations underway at Sermilik Station!🔧❄️

A UNI Graz team is heading north soon to finalize Austria’s first polar research station before scientists arrive in August. Big thanks to all involved!🏔️

📸 © Steinegger & Ruhsam

#SermilikStation #PolarResearch #APRI #Fieldwork #Arctic
#FieldworkFriday from Freya Glacier, Greenland❄️🌎

A Team from Geosphere Austria conducted glaciological fieldwork at Freya Glacier in Northeast Greenland.
They also fixed the Webcams at the Glacier that you can find on our Website 👉 www.polarresearch.at/multimedia

📷 B. Hynek, A. Neureiter
🍽️ Hungry for food & polar connections? Join the APECS Austria Lunch at Uni Graz tomorrow!✨

📆 Fri, 23 May | ⏰ 12:30
📍 KF Erde, ReSoWi 1st floor, Universitätsstraße 15

Let’s meet, eat & chat!🌍

📸 © C. Ruhsam

@polarsecco.bsky.social @florinaroana.bsky.social
#APRI #PolarResearch #ECS #ScienceLunch
2 weeks to go until Polar Talk #18!❄️
Join us on June 4 at NHM Vienna for a talk by Birgit Sattler on glacier melt, microplastics & microbes in ice – part of the UN’s Year of Glaciers. Talk in German, free entry!⛰️

📍18:30 | www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-18

📸 © B. Sattler

@nhmwien.bsky.social
Polar Talk #18: Snow and ice as a mirror of our society - APRI
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APECS Austria at the Polar Early Career World Summit!🌍

Florina joined 120 ECRs in Boulder to shape the future of polar science & co-led a workshop on Inclusive Fieldwork. Missed it? Join the online summit on May 28!💬

📸©F.S.

@polarsecco.bsky.social @florinaroana.bsky.social
#APRI #ECR #IPEV2030
Austrian Arctic science meets the screen!🎬
The ZDF Terra X team filmed at Sermilik Station with APRI scientists & actor Sebastian Ströbel.✨
Station Leader A. Trügler also had some networking including the Austrian Embassy in Copenhagen.🌏

📸© A. Trügler

#APRI #PolarResearch #TerraX #ArcticScience
Reposted by Austrian Polar Research Institute
Proud to co-curate “ICE – a vanishing good”, opening May 19, 17:00 at Landhaus II, #Innsbruck. My photos are featured alongside works by Birgit Sattler, Christoph Ruhsam from @austrianpolar.bsky.social & amazing Italian artist Gloria Rech. Hosted by Land #Tirol. On view until June 5. ❄️Please share!!
🌟 Save the Date!🌟
Polar Talk #18 at @nhmwien.bsky.social in Vienna: Birgit Sattler explores how glacier microbes reveal links between nature & society.🔬

📅 June 4, 18:30

Free entry, talk in German.

More info 👉
www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-1...

#PolarResearch #Glaciers #Microbiology #APRI
Polar Talk #18 - APRI
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#FieldworkFriday from Greenland!❄️

Snow2School & WEG_Re joined forces in Uummannaq—workshops, exhibitions for Snow2School & glacier monitoring for WEG_Re in Qaamerujup. A succesful spring mission made possible by great local support! 🌏

📸© Trügler & Abermann

#PolarResearch #Greenland #APRI
🧭 From Franz-Josef-Land to East Greenland: 150 years after Eduard Orel’s discovery of Franz-Josef-Land, his great-great-grandson joins an excursion to Austria's first Polar Research Station Sermilik.❄️
Read his story
👉 www.polarresearch.at/research-exp...

#PolarResearch #GlacierMonitoring
Research Expedition to the Sermilik Station: How Eduard Orel's Great-Great-Grandson is Learning Polar Research - APRI
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Great vibes at the APECS networking event at EGU Vienna! 🌍❄️
We loved connecting with polar ECRs from around the world. Big thanks to APECS Germany for organizing together with is. Enjoy the last days of #EGU25! ✨

@polarsecco.bsky.social

#PolarResearch #ECRcommunity #APECS #APRI
🌍❄️ Yesterday’s #PolarTalk17 brought APECS Austria on stage! Young researchers shared fresh insights on glaciers, Arctic microbiomes & political science perspectives on Digital Twins. ✨
Big thanks to all speakers & guests!😍

📸 © C. Ruhsam
@polarsecco.bsky.social
#PolarResearch #APRI #PhDLife #Arctic