Austrian Polar Research Institute

Dec 2025: Peter Schweitzer Appointed to the European Polar Board’s Executive Committee - InfraNorth Peter Schweitzer, Principal Investigator of InfraNorth, has been appointed to the Executive Committee (EXCOM) of the European Polar Board (EPB). His election took place during the Board’s autumn plena...

📣 We are excited to announce that Peter Schweitzer, Principal Investigator of #InfraNorth and APRI board member, has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the European Polar Board.

@europeanpolarboard.bsky.social @austrianpolar.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at #PolarResearch

Changing Planet - Polar Regions and High Mountains in the Anthropocene - APRI

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🎉 Don’t miss the new #APRI Exhibition

✨ Opening Event: 26.11 at 18:00 ✨

📅 26.11 – 17.12.2025
📍 Ágnes-Heller-Haus, #Innsbruck

Photos: Karl Steinegger; Gloria Rech; Christoph Ruhsam; Bernhard Hynek; Klemens Weisleitner; Birgit Sattler
Layout: Iris Hansche
Animation: Klemens Weisleitner

Das Eis der Antarktis im Rückzug – Beobachtungen vor Ort und aus dem Weltraum - APRI

Im Rahmen der #APRI Jahreshauptversammlung in #Innsbruck lädt APRI zu einem spannenden öffentlichen Vortrag ein. Dr. Helmut Rott spricht zum Thema: „Das Eis der #Antarktis im Rückzug – Beobachtungen vor Ort und aus dem Weltraum“.

#massenbilanz #eisdynamik #Satellitendaten #innsbruckevents

#PolarPride2025 #PolarPrideDay2025 #APECS #LGBTQIAinSTEM #ScienceForAll #DiversityInPolarScience #DiversityInPolarScience #APECSaustria

🌈 Happy PolarPrideDay is coming! 🌈
☕ Join APECS Austria on 18 Nov at 9:00 CET for an informal Virtual Coffee!
Link to join👇

@florinaroana.bsky.social @apecs-germany.bsky.social @apecs-denmark.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social

Record grounded glacier retreat caused by an ice plain calving process - Nature Geoscience An Antarctic glacier retreated after the loss of landfast ice at a peak rate almost an order of magnitude faster than previously recorded because of buoyancy-driven ice calving, according to an analys...

New article by APRI member, @drnaomio.bsky.social and colleagues!

👆 Main takeaway: ice plain bedrock geometry can drive rapid retreats of glaciers if they undergo dynamic thinning, and in this case after the loss of stabilizing fast ice in 2022.

#UniInnsbruck #NatureGeoscience #Hektoriaglacier

Vortrag | f37c677e-d335-d9ac-1a5f-6835660422d7default Wissenschaftler*innen des Museums und Gastvortragende präsentieren neueste Forschungsergebnisse und aktuelle Themen.

⏳POLAR TALK #19 HEUTE! ⏳

Mehr hier👇
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Und hier👇👇

#unigraz #geosphereaustria #b.geos #greenland #polartalk #sermilikstation #viennaevents #vienna
@nhmwien.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social

⏳ Nur noch eine Woche bis zum Polar Talk #19! ⏳

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#unigraz #geosphereaustria #b.geos #greenland #polartalk #sermilikstation #viennaevents #vienna
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Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf cavity observations reveal multiyear sea ice dynamics and deepwater warming in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica Abstract. Pine Island Bay (PIB), situated in the Amundsen Sea, is renowned for its retreating ice shelves and highly variable sea ice. While brine rejection from sea ice formation and glacial meltwate...

2⃣ For the second paper, published in Ocean Science, the team drilled through Thwaites Glacier to measure ocean temperatures beneath the ice and found bursts of warm water that can speed up melting and retreat. Big insights into how this massive glacier is changing.

🔗 Find the paper here👇

Monitoring shear-zone weakening in East Antarctic outlet glaciers through differential InSAR measurements Abstract. The stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet depends on ice flux into the ocean through major outlet glaciers, which is resisted by shear stresses in the lateral shear margins, both on grounded ...

1⃣ The first one, on satellite remote sensing of an Antarctic glacier, was published in the Cryosphere. The key takeaway: Radar measurements can reveal not only the hidden Antarctic coastline beneath the ice, but also information about the strength of the ice.

🔗 Read it here👇

Our new APRI member Christian T. Wild (Univ. Innsbruck) just published two papers together with colleagues 🌍❄️

👇 Links & details below

#antarctic #antarcticicesheet #priestleyglacier #eastantactica #InSAR #ThwaitesGlacier #westantarctica #pineislandbay #seaice #polarresearch #apri

APRI Director Birgit Sattler honoured as ‘Austrian of the Year’ - APRI

🎉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

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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...

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

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

Polar Talk #19 - Save the Date - APRI

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

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...

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👇

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...

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

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...

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🌱

Tiefseeforscher: Weniger CO2 in Atmosphäre bringen

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...

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...

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❗️

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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

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...

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/...

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

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