EU opens debate on adaptation strategies with green paper
The EU opens debate on how to adapt to climate change.
Articles & Interviews
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Taking stock of climate change from a polar perspective
Chris Rapley of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discusses climate change from a polar research perspective.
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World Environment Day 2007: the Global Outlook for Ice and Snow
The United Nations Environment Program releases its Global Outlook for Ice and Snow report during World Environment Day in Tromsø, Norway.
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Grete Hovelsrud of CICERO on the social sciences in the IPY
Grete Hovlsrud of CICERO explains how the social science research projects came to be a part of the the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 research programme, and the importance of traditional knowledge.
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Indigenous communities and climate change: a new challenge to adapt
The traditional knowledge that indigenous Arctic peoples have accumulated over millennia provides a wealth of information on the changes taking place in the Arctic.
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Bruno Danis on ANDEEP’s discovery of new Antarctic species, biodiversity and the SCAR-MarBIN project
Antarctic marine research under the ANDEEP project has led to the discovery of 700 new marine species in the Weddell and Scotia Seas.
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Addressing misconceptions about the ozone hole and climate change
Susan Soloman from NOAA clarifies misconceptions about the ozone hole and climate change.
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The DAMOCLES project and climate modelling
Ralph Döscher of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute chats about the EU-funded DAMOCLES project and numerical models of ocean-ice-atmosphere interactions in the Arctic he does for the project.
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Future impacts of climate change in the Arctic
The Polar Regions and social sciences are featured more prominently in the IPCC's 4th Assessment Report. Oleg Anisimov, a Coordinating Lead Author of the chapter of the report that focuses on the Polar Regions, offers some highlights.