Preliminary Tool To Explore Changing Arctic Permafrost Regions

By Anna Irrgang | November 28, 2022 |
Village of Point Lay, Northern Alaska

Introducing the first preliminary tool to explore Arctic permafrost region disturbances and landcover changes at 30 m resolution developed within CCI Permafrost, Permafrost Discovery Gateway, and Arctic PASSION. You can access the permafrost tool via this link.  After entering the portal, you will see that the tool uses the time period between 2000 and 2019.…

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Dr. Josefine Lenz Awarded For Science Communication On Permafrost

By Sabrina Heerema | September 20, 2022 |
Dr. Josefine Lenz receiving the 2022 WISPoP prize for Science Communication

Dr. Josefine Lenz from the Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam has won the WISPoP – Potsdam Prize for Science Communication for the project “Permafrost in Transition”. The 1500 euro prize was awarded by the proWissen Potsdam association and the Potsdam Research Network Foundation. Josefine leads the Permafrost in Transition project, an outreach project aiming to…

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New Gtn-P Strategy And Implementation Plan Published

By Sabrina Heerema | February 18, 2022 |
Measurement Standards and Monitoring Guidelines for the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost

The Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) Secretariat at Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) proudly released their GTN-P Strategy and Implementation Plan for the years 2021 to 2024 this week.  Image credit: Streletskiy, D., Noetzli, J., Smith, S.L., Vieira, G., Schoeneich, P., Hrbacek, F. and A.M. Irrgang (2021): Measurement Standards…

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