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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The Measured and the Catastrophic: David Vaughan on Glacial and Ice Sheet Melt
03.05.2011
In a follow-up to an interview published last month on SciencePoles, Professor David Vaughan of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discusses his ongoing research, as well as current findings, estimates, questions, and discussions on the subject of glacial and ice sheet contribution to sea level rise. Professor Vaughan is a…
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David Vaughan on Ice2sea: Providing the IPCC with Sea Level Rise Projections
18.04.2011
Professor David Vaughan is a glaciologist who works for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). His research focuses on glaciers and ice sheets, their response to climate change, and their contribution to sea level rise. He was a coordinating Lead Author for the 4th Assessment Report released by the Intergovernmental Panel…
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David Barber: Arctic Sea Ice in a Changing Climate
21.03.2011
David Barber is a sea ice specialist as well as a Professor of Environment and Geography and Canada Research Chair in Arctic System Science at the Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS) at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
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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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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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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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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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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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Sridhar Anandakrishnan on the Thwaites Glacier and Using UAVs for Glacier Research
18.02.2010
Sridhar Anandakrishnan is a leading expert on the ice streams of West Antarctica, in particular the Thwaites glacier and other fast-flowing glaciers responsible for draining the interior of the ice sheet. As Professor at the Department of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University working closely with CReSIS, the Center for the…
