🎉 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

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

🌈 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

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

⏳POLAR TALK #19 HEUTE! ⏳ Mehr hier👇 www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-1... 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! ⏳ Mehr👇 www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-1... #unigraz #geosphereaustria #b.geos #greenland #polartalk #sermilikstation #viennaevents #vienna @nhmwien.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social

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

🎉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👇

📢 Exciting new research from the Greenland Caves Project, published in Nature Geoscience! #northgreenland #latemiocene #caves #greenlandcaves #greenlandcavesproject #kalaallitnunaat #speleotherms #climaticdrivers #climatesensitivity #austrianpolarresearch

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

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

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🌱

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...

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❗️

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

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

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

#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

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

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

🚨 Next APECS Austria Meeting! 🚨 Are you an #ECS in Austria into polar research? ❄️ Join us Tuesday, 8 April, 15:00 on BigBlueButton to connect, share & get involved!✨ 👉 webconference.uibk.ac.at/rooms/gfl-4m... @polarsecco.bsky.social #APECSAustri​a #PolarResearch #PhDLife #APRI #Arctic

Join the APECS Austria Polar Talk next week at @nhmwien.bsky.social in Vienna✨🌎 📅 09.04. 18:30 📍Natural History Museum Vienna Free Entry - in German @apecs-science.bsky.social @polarsecco.bsky.social #APRI #viennaevents #polarscience

Another #FieldworkFriday from Svalbard!✨ APRI member J. Abermann co-taught AGF-212 Snow & Ice Processes for the 14th time! Hands-on training in climatological & geophysical methods with 19 students—after a record melt season & deep snow, it's been exciting!❄️ 📸©J. Abermann #APRI #Svalbard #UNIS

🌍 2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation – and glaciers are vanishing fast. Why does it matter? ❄️ APRI scientist Birgit Sattler explains the impact of glacier loss & what we can do. 🏔️✨ Article👉 www.polarresearch.at/glaciers-mat... #GlacierPreservation #IYGP #Glaciology #APRI

March 21 marked the World Glacier Day🌍 APRI Scientist B. Sattler & colleagues launched the Glacier Stewardship Program - it aims to slow glacier melt, reduce risks, and preserve microbial biodiversity. 🌱🔬 More🔗 www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/... @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social #IYGP #APRI #WorldGlacierDay

📅 Save the Date for Polar Talk #17❄️ Join APECS Austria ECR as they share insights on Greenland’s glaciers, Arctic soil microbiology & life in Arctic communities! 🤩 🗓 09.04. | 🕕 18:30 | 📍 NHM Vienna | 🎤 Talk in German | Free entry! 👉 www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-1... @polarsecco.bsky.social

No plans Friday afternoon?✨ Join us on Glacier Day for the URBI Science Talk in Graz! 🏔️❄️ APRI scientists share insights on glacier change in Austria & the Arctic. 📅 March 21, 16:00 📍 Meerscheinschlössel, Graz More info👉 urbi.uni-graz.at/de/neuigkeit... 📸©J. Abermann #IYGP #GlacierChange #APRI

Events for World Day for Glaciers in Innsbruck🚨 📅 March 20: Ice matters – Panel discussion in Galtür with APRI experts! 📅 March 21: Requiem in White – Outdoor documentary at Metropol Kino Innsbruck!🎥 Join us! 💬✨ 📸©C. Ruhsam #IYGP #GlacierProtection #APRI #ClimateChange

New paper out! ✨ APRI scientist A. Bartsch & colleagues review how Earth observation helps detect climate tipping points in ice sheets, permafrost, the Amazon & AMOC. They highlight data gaps & call for improved satellite monitoring!🌍 Paper👉 rdcu.be/eceAU #ClimateResearch #TippingPoints #APRI

It’s #FieldworkFriday!❄️ Florina taught at UNIS in Svalbard over the last weeks during polar night 🌑, teaching students on weather stations in the field and how to analyse data. They even skied through the darkness! 🎿✨ 📸©Florina Schalamon #PolarResearch #ArcticScience #Glaciology #ClimateChange

🌍 Since 2024, the University of Graz operates a polar research station at Sermilik Fjord, East Greenland! 🧊 Station leader Andreas Trügler shares his vision for the station's future in a new article. Check it out 👉 science.apa.at/power-search... #PolarResearch #ClimateChange #ArcticScience #APRI

New article features many APRI events as part of the International Year of Glaciers 2025!✨ Read 👉 science.apa.at/power-search... #Glaciers #Preservation #PolarResearch #APRI

Join the Earth Hour Webinar: Give an Hour for Water on Mar 13, 08:00–09:00.✨ Jakob Steiner from Uni Graz will share insights on how climate change affects glaciers and water resources.🌐 📸: ©C. Ruhsam 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/epbZBfCG #EarthHour #WaterSecurity #ClimateChange

Join us at Polar Talk #17 on April 9, 2025, 18:30 at the Natural History Museum Vienna. APECS Austria ECR share insights on Greenland’s climate, polar soils and arctic communities. Free entry, talk in German!❄️ 👉 www.polarresearch.at/polar-talk-17/ @polarsecco.bsky.social @nhmwien.bsky.social

🚧 Call for Papers! Join us at “Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene” in Vienna, Sep 22–24, 2025. Explore how infrastructures shape politics and futures. Submit by Apr 6, 2025!✨ 🔗 More: infranorth.eu/news/call-fo... #arctic #science #conference #polarresearch

🏔 Two APRI ECRs shared their research at the Alpine Glaciology Meeting!🌏 Marie Schroeder discussed turbulent fluxes in NW Greenland, while Jonathan Fipper explored how the lower troposphere affects melt at Flade Isblink Ice Cap. ❄️🌡️ #Glaciology #PolarResearch #Greenland #ECR #APRI

Fantastic opportunity to do Antarctic research by SCAR fellowships!

New Article is out!❄️ How is snow changing in the Arctic & Alps? The #Snow2School project connects scientists & students to track snow changes & their impacts on climate & daily life in GL and AUT. 🏔️✨ Read more👇 🔗 www.polarresearch.at/snow2school-... #PolarResearch #Arctic #Alps #ClimateChange

New study reveals five key risks of thawing Arctic permafrost—ranging from infrastructure damage to pollutant release. 🚨🌍 Read more about this transdisciplinary research by Alexandra Meyer & Susanna Gartler! 🌱✨ 👉 www.polarresearch.at/behind-the-s... #ClimateChange #Permafrost #Arctic #Sciecom