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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Paul Jolicoeur: IPY Geonorth 2007 and the Proposed Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
19.09.2007
From August 20th to 24th, the IPY GeoNorth 2007 Conference took place in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The First International Circumpolar Conference on Geospatial Sciences and Applications, the main purpose of the conference was to discuss the planned Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI), which once in place would make it…
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Steve Padin: Tracking the Density and Properties of Dark Energy
04.06.2007
The International Polar Foundation recently interviewed senior scientist Dr. Stephen Padin, from the University of Chicago, whom has been project manager for the South Pole Telescope (SPT) project over the past four years and whom is currently wintering over at the South Pole, making sure that the SPT is working…
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South Pole Astronomy Dark Energy through the Telescope
04.06.2007
A telescope 10-metres in diameter, baptised the South Pole Telescope (SPT), has just been built at the South Pole. Within the activity framework of the International Polar Year 2007-2008, the SPT offers astronomers a new window into the Universe.
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Susan Solomon: Clarifying Facts and Addressing Misconceptions
23.04.2007
Dr. Susan Solomon is a senior scientist at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chemical Sciences Division. Widely recognized as one of the leaders in the field of atmospheric science, Dr. Solomon is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a foreign associate of the French…
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Ralf Döscher Discusses DAMOCLES and Climate Modelling
20.04.2007
Recently SciencePoles interviewed Dr. Ralf Döscher, Senior researcher in ocean and climate modelling at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute's Rossby Centre. Dr. Döscher is also a Project Co-leader in charge of numerical modelling for the DAMOCLES project and was willing to tell us a bit about the kind of…
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ESA’s Cryosat 2 Mission Back on Track
03.04.2007
The European Space Agency's CryoSat 2 mission is set to make important contributions to our understanding of the interconnection between polar ice cover and climate change.
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Auroras: Mysterious Lights in the Sky
16.03.2007
Auroras are wondrous and mysterious phenomena occurring primarily in the polar regions of the Earth. During an aurora, coloured bands of light appear in the sky and seem to dance around creating an eerie yet spectacular light show in the sky. They are a constantly occurring phenomenon, although they are…
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Arctic Climate Change: ACIA Report Summary
08.11.2006
Our climate is already changing, particularly in the Arctic where the permafrost is melting, glaciers are receding, and sea ice is disappearing. Changes in the Arctic not only affect local people and ecosystems but also the rest of the world, because the Arctic plays a special role in global climate.
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Atmosphere, Isotopes and the Polar Record of Global Climate
27.10.2006
Dr. Pieter Tans is a Senior Scientist at the NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESLR). Dr. Tans is an acclaimed expert in carbon cycle and greenhouse gases. He has been studying atmospheric chemistry for over 30 years, utilizing every available resource from field measurements of gas exchange in current atmosphere…
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International Polar Year Focuses on Climate Change
28.09.2006
Of the nearly 220 international research projects endorsed by the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08, around half will be looking at the effects of climate change in the Polar Regions, and the implications of this change for the Earth's climate system as a whole. In this feature, SciencePoles examines the…
