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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Time Travelling to See How Changes in the Greenhouse Effect Have Caused Changes in Climate
26.04.2006
On March 23rd, SciencePoles spoke with Dominique Raynaud from France's Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement, who has worked for some time on understanding the "story of the ice" what the ice cores extracted in recent years from the polar ice are telling us about the planet's climate history.…
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Australia Investigates Its Frozen Neighbour
20.02.2006
Australia is very active in Antarctic research - reflecting proximity to the frozen continent and a strong Australian scientific community. Australia maintains three stations on the Antarctic continent " Mawson, Davis, and Casey " and a subantarctic station on Macquarie Island. Australia's icebreaker, RSV Aurora Australis is the platform for…
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Antarctica New Zealand: From IGY to IPY
20.02.2006
For New Zealand, the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 represents an opportunity to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Antarctic research station, Scott Base, and to strengthen and extend the scope of its research activities in the Antarctic. For the first time in its history, Antarctica New Zealand (ANZ) plans…
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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.
