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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Martin Jakobsson: Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Its History and How It Affects the Carbon Cycle
27.12.2011
Professor Martin Jakobsson is a professor at Stockholm University who has conducted extensive research on Arctic paleoclimates, with a focus on the oceanographic and environmental history of the planet’s polar oceans and their sea ice cover. Using geophysical mapping methods, he has also been involved in studying the morphology of…
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Martin Jakobsson: Investigating Arctic Paleoclimates
29.11.2011
A professor at Stockholm University who has conducted extensive research on Arctic paleoclimates, Professor Martin Jakobsson’s main research interests include the oceanographic and environmental history of the planet’s polar oceans and their sea ice cover. Using geophysical mapping methods, he has also been involved in studying the morphology of the seafloor.
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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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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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Beyond Oslo: Milestones, Perspectives, and Priorities for International Polar Research
13.08.2010
With the passing of the International Polar Year 2007-08, the closing of the IPY Oslo Science Conference 2010, and the continuing growing importance of the Polar Regions within the public and scientific debate surrounding climate change, this begs the question: What next for international polar research?
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Kazuyuki Shiraishi on Belgo-Japanese Cooperation in the Dronning Maud Land
27.01.2010
Dr. Kazuyuki Shiraishi is Vice Director-General in charge of Antarctic Programs at the Japanese National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) as well as a professor of geology. He has a particular interest in the evolution of continental crusts, especially the Gondwana Supercontinent, which existed between about 550 million and 165…
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Steven Goderis: Collecting Meteorites in Antarctica with JARE 51
21.12.2009
Antarctica is not only a valuable place to conduct research about the Earth, its climate and its geological history; it's also a good place to learn more about our solar system and its history. The massive ice sheet covering Antarctica and the continent's relative isolation from human development make it…
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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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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…
