Articles & Interviews
Sciencepoles articles look at key findings from a range of polar science and research fields. Our articles RSS feed will inform you when new articles are published on this website.
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Willi Dansgaard: Pioneer of Paleoclimate Research
28.02.2011
This January saw the passing of Professor Willi Dansgaard, a Danish geophysicist and paleoclimatologist who made tremendous contributions to the study of the Earth’s past climates through the study of ice cores.
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Bruno Danis: SCAR-MarBIN, ANTABIF and the Importance of Keeping Tabs on Biodiversity in Antarctica
24.01.2011
Dr. Bruno Danis is a marine biologist from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences who has spent a large part of his professional career working on biodiversity databases. Since 2005, he has been working on SCAR-MarBIN – the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Marine Biodiversity Information Network –…
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Konrad Steffen: Greenland Melt and the Complexities of Sea Level Rise
10.12.2010
Professor Konrad Steffen is the Director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)at the University of Colorado. He has been carrying out field research and monitoring in Greenland for twenty years. He is one of the world’s leading experts in measuring and modelling the response of the Greenland…
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Vladimir Romanovsky on the Current State of Permafrost
18.11.2010
Dr. Vladimir Romanovsky is a Professor of Geophysics at the Permafrost Laboratory at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. As someone who’s interested in the environmental and engineering problems involving ice and permafrost as well as improving mathematical models describing geophysical phenomena, Dr. Romanovsky has extensive knowledge…
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Dongmin Jin on Korea’s Polar Ambitions
30.09.2010
Dongmin Jin is Director of the Department of Strategy and Policy at the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI). In this interview, he discusses KOPRI’s new icebreaker, the Aaron, plans for a new Korean research station in Antarctica, and research priorities, contributions, and collaborations in the coming years.
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Beyond Oslo: Milestones, Perspectives, and Priorities for International Polar Research
13.08.2010
With the passing of the International Polar Year 2007-08, the closing of the IPY Oslo Science Conference 2010, and the continuing growing importance of the Polar Regions within the public and scientific debate surrounding climate change, this begs the question: What next for international polar research?
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Marie-Pierre Lardeau: Vulnerability of Inuit Communities in a Changing Arctic
29.07.2010
Food security (when food is available, accessible and of sufficient quality) is a major issue for the Inuit of northern Canada. Climate change is making it increasingly more difficult for hunters to access traditional hunting routes and changing animals’ natural distribution areas. On top of this, traditional hunting knowledge is…
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Steven Chown: Winner of the 2009 Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica
01.07.2010
An outstanding researcher and world-renowned advisor to the Antarctic Treaty System, Professor Steven Chown of Stellenbosch University, South Africa, has been named the inaugural recipient of the prestigious Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica. The prize was awarded at the recent IPY Oslo Science Conference. Professor…
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Mark Drinkwater on CryoSat-2 and its Mission
03.06.2010
With the successful launch of CryoSat-2 on 8th April 2010, the European Space Agency (ESA) has put a powerful new tool for observing the cryosphere into orbit. The new satellite’s primary mission will be to measure changes in the thickness of both sea ice and land ice.
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Nicolas Epchtein Talks about Astronomy at Dome C
12.05.2010
Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau is an ideal place to conduct astronomical observations. The ARENA (Antarctic Research, a European Network for Astrophysics) consortium of 22 European and Australian partners including polar institutes, research laboratories and industrial companies has been investigating research possibilities, installing instruments, and planning to construct an…
