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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Examining Indigenous Sea Ice Knowledge and Use
05.10.2009
For many indigenous communities that have lived in the Arctic for millennia, sea ice has been an integral part of their living environment. As a place where they have spent a significant part of their lives hunting, fishing and even dwelling on the ice, the intimate understanding of sea ice…
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Darrell Kaufman Discusses Methods Used in Studying past Arctic Climate
16.09.2009
As a Professor of Geology and Environmental Science at Northern Arizona University, Dr. Darrell Kaufman has been studying past climate changes in Alaska over the last 20 years. His current research is aimed at using evidence from previous climate changes to help understand present and future climate changes. Dr. Kaufman…
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Darrell Kaufman on Examining the Reverse in the Arctic Cooling Trend
15.09.2009
Dr. Darrell Kaufman, Professor of Geology and Environmental Science at Northern Arizona University, has been studying past climate changes in Alaska for the last 20 years. His current research is aimed at using evidence from previous climate changes to help understand present and future climate changes. Dr. Kaufman is also…
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Karl Erb on US Polar Research Logistics and Policy
19.06.2009
In this interview, Dr. Karl Erb, Director of the United States Office of Polar Programs (OPP) in the National Science Foundation (NSF), discusses recent and future developments in U.S. polar research, logistics, and policy.
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Karl Erb on US Participation in the International Polar Year
18.06.2009
In this interview, Dr. Karl Erb, Director of the United States Office of Polar Programs (OPP) in the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), discusses the involvement of the U.S. in the 2007-08 International Polar Year (IPY), its benefits and legacies.
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Beata Csatho: Improving Models and Predictions for the Greenland Ice Sheet
08.05.2009
Dr. Beáta Csathó of the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo has been studying the Greenland Ice Sheet for a number of years and is currently involved in a number of projects funded by NASA and NSF.
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Beata Csatho: History and Dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet
06.05.2009
Dr. Beáta Csathó of the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo has been studying the Greenland Ice Sheet for a number of years and is currently involved in a number of projects funded by NASA and NSF.
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Igor Krupnik on the Social Sciences in the IPY: The Legacy of the Social Sciences
22.04.2009
As a cultural anthropologist and curator of Arctic and Northern ethnology collections at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., USA, Dr. Igor Krupnik, Ph.D., has done extensive fieldwork in Alaska and along the Russian Arctic coast, and has worked on several projects studying the impacts…
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Igor Krupnik on the Social Sciences in the IPY: Promoting Reciprocity towards Arctic Residents
17.04.2009
Dr. Igor Krupnik, Ph.D., is cultural anthropologist and curator of Arctic and Northern ethnology collections at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., USA. He has done extensive fieldwork in Alaska and along the Russian Arctic coast, and has worked on several projects studying the impacts…
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Paul Mayewski: Climate Variability Abrupt Change and Civilization
25.03.2009
A veteran of over 50 research expeditions in Antarctica, the Arctic, the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, Professor Paul Mayewski is one of the world's leading glaciologists and climatologists. Also Director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, he has published over 300 papers on climate-related research…
