About the International Polar Foundation
The SciencePoles website provides an overview of polar science and research findings as well as recent and forthcoming developments across a range of scientific disciplines.
It is a key tool for the International Polar Foundation in aiming to bridge the science-society divide.
Three other complementary websites focusing on various aspects of the IPF activities are available: IPF website, EducaPoles and ExploraPoles.
Latest News
Controversy Over Meltwater Lubrication Under Greenland Ice Sheet
4 Jul. 2008
After much concern was made about ice sheet lubrication by seeping meltwater in Greenland, scientists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands now suggest meltwater only has a negligible effect on the rate at which the ice sheet moves on the western ...
Penguins Sound the Alarm over the Health of World Oceans
3 Jul. 2008
Climate Forecasts Depend on Accurate Ice Sheet Modelling
3 Jul. 2008
Recent Features
CAML: Observing Top Predators at Sea Onboard the Ivan Papanin
3 Jul. 2008 - Interview
In December 2007, the Russian "ice-class" ship Ivan Papanin left Cape Town, bound for Antarctica. ...
Charlie Zender and Florent Dominé: Measuring Albedo of Snow Contaminated with Black Carbon
13 Jun. 2008 - Interview
Dr. Charlie Zender, Associate Professor and Director of the Earth System Modeling Facility at the ...
Stephen Warren: Sampling Arctic Snow to Determine Black Carbon Concentrations
13 Jun. 2008 - Interview
As a teaching professor whose research includes solar and infrared radiation processes in snow, clouds ...
Black Carbon: Playing a Major Role in Arctic Climate Change
12 Jun. 2008 - Article
In the past few decades, the media has paid a lot of attention to greenhouse gasses such as carbon ...
Grand Designs: New Antarctic Stations Around the IPY 2007-08
28 May. 2008 - Special report
One of the lasting legacies of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 will be a series of high-tech ...
