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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ICED: Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean
02.04.2010
Some of the most evident expressions of global climate change have been found in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Changes to the environment, including modifications in sea ice extent and concentration, have been associated with variations in ecosystems (including changes in seabird and krill abundance in particular areas) and biogeochemical…
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UN Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat Discusses Ocean Acidification
08.03.2010
The world’s oceans are a natural sink for carbon dioxide, both organically and inorganically.
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Robert Bindschadler on West Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier
06.01.2010
Robert Bindschadler is a leading expert in the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets. He is Chief Scientist of NASA's Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, a Senior Fellow at the Goddard Space Flight Center, a Fellow at the American Geophysical Union, and a past President of the International Glaciological Society.…
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CHINARE 26
08.12.2009
Following its coverage of the 25th Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE 25), SciencePoles caught up with Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA), to hear about the goals of the 26th CHINARE expedition and China's future polar research plans, including the construction of a new research ice breaker.
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The Arctic LTER Project: John Hobbie Discusses Arctic Tundra Ecosystem Research
26.11.2009
Since the mid-1970s, Dr. John Hobbie from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, has been travelling up to Alaska during the summer months to look at Arctic tundra and freshwater ecosystems near Toolik Lake in Alaska's North Slope region. Noticeable changes have occurred over the past 30 years…
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DAMOCLES Scientists Convene in Brussels
17.11.2009
From the 10th to the 12th of November 2009, the DAMOCLES (Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies) project held a symposium in Brussels, Belgium. The symposium gathered more than 150 scientists involved in the EU-funded research project so they could debate and discuss the results of…
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Frank Pattyn on Ice Sheet Models and Ice-ocean Interaction
05.11.2009
A glaciologist and ice sheet modeller at the Glaciological Laboratory, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) , Frank Pattyn is a key member of the international ice sheet modelling community and a leading expert on ice sheet dynamics. His most recent interest lies…
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Lene Kielsen Holm: How Climate Change and Socio-economics Are Affecting Greenland Inuit
20.10.2009
Traditions, language, and knowledge about sea ice are currently strongin Inuit communities in Northwestern Greenland. However despite effortsto keep their heritage alive, Inuit living in this corner of the planetare nonetheless affected by climate change and the preservation ofindigenous knowledge is being affected by external factors.
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Claudio Aporta: Investigating What Canadian Inuit Know about Sea Ice
12.10.2009
Dr. Claudio Aporta is the principal investigator for the ISIUOP (Inuit Sea Ice Use andOccupancy Project), the Canadian component ofthe IPY Sea Ice Knowledge and Use (SIKU) project (IPY project n° 166). ISIUOP has been running for three seasons in Inuit communities in Eastern Canada and is currently wrapping up…
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Igor Krupnik: Documenting Arctic Peoples Knowledge and Use of Sea Ice
06.10.2009
Indigenous people who live on the Chukchi Peninsula in the Russian Far East and in Western Alaska have experienced a dramatic shift in their sea ice use and knowledge over the past two generations. Several indigenous languages traditionally spoken in the region are on the decline, and in many communities…
