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Mapathon on Permafrost Mapping May 8

HeiGIT will host a mapathon on mapping permafrost as part of the UndercoverEisAgents project on May 8 at 6 p.m. in the Mathematikon, INF 205 (IWR).   As the climate warms, permafrost is thawing around the world. As a result, … Read More

Launch: A New Online Mapping Application Helps UndercoverEisAgenten on the Trail of Permafrost

The UndercoverEisAgenten team have developed a new online mapping application to monitor permafrost thaw. From now on, interested citizen scientists can directly contribute online to collect reliable and up-to-date data on the thawing of Arctic permafrost landscapes- and thus improve … Read More

UndercoverEisAgenten on the road

The UndercoverEisAgenten team is still on the road introducing their most recent results to the public and scientific community. On July 2, visitors to the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) at the “Long Night of Sciences” Berlin + … Read More

UndercoverEisAgenten – “UndercoverEisAgenten” – Enabling Citizen Scientists to Monitor Permafrost Degradation

The impact of climate change is particularly strong in higher latitudes. The Arctic is currently warming up at a much higher pace than the global average. This leads to thawing the permafrost (permanently frozen soil) with severe consequences for the … Read More