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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Polar Albedo: The Earth’s White Caps Help Keep the Climate in Balance
31.01.2006
Albedo lowers the planet's average temperature. Albedo is a technical term (from the Latin alba for "white") but a very simple concept: the extent to which a surface reflects the Sun's rays. So in the case of the Earth as a whole, the darker its surface on average the more…
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Climate Change: The Essentials
21.12.2005
Climate change linked to global warming is a critical issue for polar scientists and researchers. The climate of the poles is changing faster than the rest of the world and what once seemed immutable aspects of the polar climate, such as Arctic sea ice at the North Pole, are now…
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European Polar Board, IPEV, Concordia, the IPY and Climat Change
09.12.2005
SciencePoles interviewed Dr Gerard Jugie, Chairman of the European Polar Board and Director of the Institut Paul Emile Victor (IPEV) - the French polar institute - about the IPEV polar research programme and plans for the International Polar Year 2007-2008. The interview took place in Brussels in the context of…
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Polar View Space Technology at the Service of Polar Research
30.11.2005
SciencePoles interviewed Dr Charles Randell, the Canadian Vice-President of C-CORE (a global corporation providing innovative engineering solutions to clients) about the development of the Polar View Earth Observation programme.
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From Idea to Reality: Planning the International Polar Year 2007-2008
16.11.2005
SciencePoles interviewed Dr David Carlson, Director of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 International Programme Office (IPY IPO) on 27 October about the development of plans for the International Polar Year 2007-2008. The interview took place at the IPY-IPO at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge.
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BAS and the IPY: An Interdisciplinary Vision
08.11.2005
SciencePoles interviewed Professor Chris Rapley, Director of the UK's British Antarctic Survey (BAS) - one of the world class research institutes for polar regions - on 27 October about BAS, its 'Global Science in the Antarctic Context' (GSAC) research programme, and its preparations and involvement for the coming International Polar…
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The Alfred Wegener Institute Gears up for the IPY 2007-2008
04.11.2005
Sciencepoles interviewed Professor Jorn Thiede, Director of Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), on 12 October 2005 about AWI and its preparations for the coming International Polar Year 2007-2008. The interview took place at the AWI in Bremerhaven.
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A Warming Environment for Antarctic Marine Species
31.10.2005
After his recent interview by BBC NEWS for an article entitled 'Antarctic species feel the warmth', SciencePoles has put further questions to Professor Lloyd Peck of the British Antarctic Survey to try and shed more light on his research and the effect of warming sea temperatures on Antarctic marine species.
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Flora and Fauna: The Essentials
27.10.2005
The Arctic and Southern Oceans may be comparable in the abundance and adaptation methods of the species they harbour in their waters, but the flora and fauna of the polar lands could not be more different. Whereas Antarctica is a continent on which the largest land based animal is a…
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Greenland’s Ice Sheet Becoming Top-Heavy
20.10.2005
Scientists from Norway, Russia and the United States have released findings from their study published in Science Express of satellite data over the period 1992-2003 - revealing a new picture of what is happening to Greenland's massive ice-sheet.
