The call for proposals 2022 of the Polar Access Fund is now open. The deadline to submit a proposal is on 20 January 2022. The Polar Access Fund enables early-career researchers to undertake a (first) field trip to a polar region or a remote high-altitude area. The research conducted during the field […]
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In the context of the Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme (ISJRP), the SNSF, the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in India and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) are issuing a call for Joint Research Projects (JRPs). JRPs allow researchers in Switzerland to collaborate with a partner in India. […]
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International field and summer schools are a great opportunity for students to benefit from high-quality teaching, enhance their field experience and network with other students and early-career researchers with international backgrounds. The SPI supports the cost related to the participation in field schools and training programmes for master’s and doctoral […]
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It is over four years since the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov returned from a three-month circumnavigation of Antarctica and we now count 110 datasets and more than 50 journal articles resulting from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). And there is still more to come! Some recent highlights include the evolution of […]
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On-going glacier retreat will change the ways glaciers erode bedrock and subglacial water carries sediment below the glacier. Changes to sediment discharge from glaciers in mountainous or inhabited regions such as Switzerland can impact the delivery of sediment to ecosystems, lead to the infill of hydropower reservoirs, and potentially cause […]
Read MoreRussian-German-Swiss expedition ARCTIC CENTURY returned with precious samples and data to study the impact of climate change in the Russian Arctic On 6 September 2021 at 9:00 am, the Arctic Century expedition – celebrating 100 years of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in St. Petersburg – safely returned to […]
Read MoreRussian-German-Swiss expedition ARCTIC CENTURY returned with precious samples and data to study the impact of climate change in the Russian Arctic On 6 September 2021 at 9:00 am, the Arctic Century expedition – celebrating 100 years of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in St. Petersburg – safely returned to […]
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73.28° North, 45.34° East – Sunny, 5.9 °C, wind speed: 7.1 m/s Life onboard the Akademik Tryoshnikov during the Arctic Century Expedition Time is a very scarce and valuable resource on the Arctic Century Expedition and the Akademik Tryoshnikov literally never sleeps. The vessel’s daily schedule is based on the […]
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77.39° North, 79.36° East – Cloudy, 0.4 °C, wind speed: 5 m/s Untangling the chemistry of seawater Every single drop of seawater contains all the chemical elements from the periodic table. Some of them exist in large concentrations and their distribution in the ocean is quite uniform. Others exist in […]
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