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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · 5d

🎉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

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · 12d

📢 Exciting new research from the Greenland Caves Project, published in Nature Geoscience!

#northgreenland #latemiocene #caves #greenlandcaves #greenlandcavesproject #kalaallitnunaat #speleotherms #climaticdrivers #climatesensitivity #austrianpolarresearch

Late Miocene Arctic warmth and terrestrial climate recorded by North Greenland speleothems - Nature Geoscience

The Late Miocene terrestrial climate in eastern North Greenland displayed elevated temperatures at moderate atmospheric CO2 levels and was highly variable, reflecting the shifting orbital and ocean ci...

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · 19d

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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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · 27d

New paper from APRI member @florinaroana.bsky.social:
"The role of large-scale atmospheric patterns for recent warming periods in Greenland from 1900–2015"

#PaperAlert #PolarResearch #Greenland #AlfredWegener #AtmosphericScience #uummannaq #Maamorilik #qaamarujuk #APRI #APECS
Read it here👇

The role of large-scale atmospheric patterns for recent warming periods in Greenland from 1900–2015

Abstract. Large-scale atmospheric patterns strongly determine Greenland's regional climate through air mass advection and local weather conditions, making them essential to understand atmospheric vari...

wcd.copernicus.org

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · 28d

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

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Sep 18

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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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Sep 16

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...

doi.org

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

oe1.orf.at

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Sep 10

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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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Jun 26

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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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Jun 17

A recent contribution with APRI involvement (Jakob Abermann and Tiago Silva) allows for getting closer towards a harmonized assessment of Greenland flora.🌏🌿

Dive into the paper👉 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Harmonising digitised herbarium data to enhance biodiversity knowledge: Major steps towards an updated checklist for the flora of Greenland

Herbaria worldwide hold centuries of plant data that are key to understanding and protecting biodiversity; however, even with increased digital access, differences in plant naming systems make it dif...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Jun 3

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

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · May 23

#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

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · May 22

🍽️ 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

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · May 22

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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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · May 16

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

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · May 13

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

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Klemens Weisleitner PhD @weisleitner.bsky.social · May 12

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!!

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · May 7

🌟 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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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · May 2

#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

Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · May 2

🧭 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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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Apr 30

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

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Austrian Polar Research Institute @austrianpolar.bsky.social · Apr 10

🌍❄️ 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

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Carolin Hirt @carolinhirt.bsky.social · Apr 8

Join us at @nhmwien.bsky.social tomorrow!

@twinpolitics.bsky.social @austrianpolar.bsky.social
@polarsecco.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @erc.europa.eu

#APECS #APECSAustria #Polarresearch #DigitalTwin

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