Links and resources about polar science and climate change
The websites below can quickly help build a wide panel of resources covering the scope of polar sciences & climate change. Categories on the left can be used to narrow your choice.
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Institut Polaire Francais Paul Emile Victor (IPEV)
The IPEV is an agency dedicated to facilitating French scientific research in the Polar Regions. It provides support and logistics for a host of universities and scientific organisations such as the CNRS, CEA and INRA. Website available in French only.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The IPCC is the world's leading scientific body for assessing the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for understanding climate change. The (September 2001) Climate Change 2001 assessment report confirms that earlier projections of global mean temperature increases were underestimated.
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International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
The International Arctic Science Committee, is a non-governmental organisation that aims to encourage, facilitate and promote leading-edge multi-disciplinary research to foster a greater scientific understanding of the arctic region and its role in the Earth system.
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International Laboratory for the Study of Representations of the North
The Laboratoire international d'étude multidisciplinaire comparée des représentations du Nord [International Laboratory for the Comparative Multidisciplinary Study of Representations of the North] at the Université du Québec in Montréal (UQAM) is a centre for research, documentation and expertise on the Nordic imaginary in literature, film, the visual arts and popular culture.
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International Polar Year (IPY)
This website was originally established by the IPY Planning Group to provide a central point of reference for information on its developing plans for the International Polar Year. The site is now supporting the activities of the Joint Committee. The site is already linked to several national IPY websites. It is intended that it will become the hub for a number of web sites associated with the various science projects and outreach/education initiatives comprising what is developing into the largest ever research programme in the Polar Regions.

