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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Belgium’s Role in Advancing the Creation of Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica
23.10.2007
The development of a representative network of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean has been a priority of the Belgian government ever since 2005, when the Belgian Federal Ministry of Environment decided to place greater emphasis on environmental considerations, sustainable fishing practices, and the conservation of marine biodiversity…
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Meredith Hooper: Palmers Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica
20.08.2007
SciencePoles interviewed Meredith Hooper to mark the publication of her new book: 'The Ferocious Summer: Palmer's Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica'. A trustee of the IPF-UK and recipient of the US National Science Foundation Antarctica Service Medal, Meredith Hooper's writing ranges from award-wining non-fiction books for all ages to…
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Steven Emslie on the Adélie Penguin Diet Shift
30.07.2007
A press release dated July 11 revealed a study on the Adélie Penguins' diet. According to eggshell fragment studies, a significant dietary change occurred in the early 1900s: the Adélie penguins shifted from eating fish to krill. Researchers Steven Emslie of the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, and William…
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Bruno Danis on ANDEEP’s Discovery of New Antarctic Species Biodiversity and SCAR-MarBIN
21.05.2007
Dr. Bruno Danis of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences recently agreed to be interviewed by SciencePoles concerning the approximately 700 new marine species that have been found in the depths (from 700 m up to 6.3 km) of the Weddell and Scotia Seas off of Antarctica during the…
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Julian Gutt: The Antarctic Polarstern / CAML Expedition ANTXXIII/8
09.01.2007
Huge areas of sea floor (around 3,250 km2) have been freed up by the collapse 4 years ago of the Larsen B platform along the Antarctic Peninsula, leaving a blank spot on Antarctic maps. Polarstern, the research flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, will shortly…
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CCAMLR: Record Antarctic Haul Not a Sure Sign of Replenished Stocks
03.01.2007
The first part of the expedition ANTXXIII/8 on Polarstern focuses on biological investigations on fish stocks as a contribution to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), following a dozen similar surveys since 1976. Researchers monitor previously fished areas located in the western part of the…
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Icebreaker Polarstern to Explore Antarctic Seafloor
15.11.2006
Huge areas of sea floor (around 3,250 km2) have been freed up by the collapse 4 years ago of the Larsen B platform along the Antarctic Peninsula" leaving a blank spot on Antarctic maps. Polarstern, the research flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, will shortly…
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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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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…
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The ABCs of the IPY 2007-2008
01.09.2006
The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 has adopted the slogan "Polar Science - Global Impact" as the IPY will be an interdisciplinary and internationally coordinated research campaign, expected to usher in a new era of polar science. The international scientific community is eagerly anticipating its start in March 2007, as…
