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: 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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José Xavier: Winner of the 2011 Martha T. Muse Prize
18.10.2011
Dr. José Xavier from the Institute of Marine Research of the University of Coimbra in Portugal, and the British Antarctic Survey in UK, has conducted outstanding research on the predator-prey dynamics that sustain populations of albatrosses, penguins and other top predators in the Southern Ocean. He recently published a comprehensive…
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Tas van Ommen: East Antarctica’s Vulnerability to Climate Change and the Search for the Oldest Ice
22.09.2011
SciencePoles continues its interview with Dr. Tas van Ommen, a paleoclimatologist from the Australian Antarctic Division who has been focusing his attention on studying ice cores extracted from the Antarctic Ice Sheet in an effort to improve reconstructions of past climates and calibrate ice core data against modern meteorological data.…
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Tas van Ommen: What Ice Cores from Law Dome Can Tell Us about Past and Current Climates
12.08.2011
As a paleoclimatologist from the Australian Antarctic Division, Dr. Tas van Ommen spends his time studying ice cores extracted from the Antarctic Ice Sheet in an effort to have ever clearer reconstructions of past climates as well as calibrate ice core data against modern meteorological data.
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Bruno Delille: A Closer Look at Carbon Cycling in Antarctica
27.06.2011
Dr. Bruno Delille is a sea ice researcher and oceanographer from the University of Liège in Belgium. He has been involved in past research projects such as BELCANTO (BELgian research on Carbon uptake in the ANTarctic Ocean), which was studying carbon cycling (how carbon is cycled between atmosphere, marine life…
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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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Bruno Danis: SCAR-MarBIN, ANTABIF and the Importance of Keeping Tabs on Biodiversity in Antarctica
24.01.2011
Dr. Bruno Danis is a marine biologist from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences who has spent a large part of his professional career working on biodiversity databases. Since 2005, he has been working on SCAR-MarBIN – the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Marine Biodiversity Information Network –…
