The Wilkins Ice Shelf breakup
Angelika Humbert from the University of Münster explains the March 2008 break-up of the Wilkins Ice Shelf.
Articles & Interviews
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Predictions of increased precipitation in the high latitudes
Precipitation over the high northern latitudes is expected to increase during the 21st century, according to the Assessment of Global Precipitation, published by the World Meteorological Organization.
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Seeking answers beneath the ice: Antarctica’s subglacial lakes
Cynan Ellis Evans discusses the fascinating world of subglacial lakes that lie deep beneath the surface of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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Reconstructing Antarctica’s past climates with the help of microorganisms
Traces left by microorganisms that lived a very long time ago provide clues about past climates.
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Huigen Yang: developing China’s polar research capacity
Professor Yang Huigen, the new Director of the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) responsible for carrying our scientific research in the Polar Regions, discusses China's polar research ambitions.
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The IPY EALÁT project: studying how reindeer herders adapt to climate change in the Arctic
The IPY EALÁT project integrates satellite observations and indigenous knowledge to help reindeer herders in the Arctic adapt to changes in climate that can affect their reindeer herds.
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Frank Pattyn: launching the Princess Elisabeth Station research programmes
Frank Pattyn from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) explains how useful to science the new Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station being built in the Dronning Maud Land will be.
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China’s growing contribution to international polar research
Qu Tanzhou, Director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA), discusses China's plans for polar research in the coming years.
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BELARE 2007-08 participants take part in sleep study
Nathalie Pattyn from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is carrying out a study investigating how 24-hour daylight in Antarctica influences sleep patterns, and whether physical activity can compensate for the lack of darkness.
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Ice sheets at the forefront of IPY concerns
SciencePoles has a closer look at the characteristics of the planet's ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.
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Investigating Antarctic marine biodiversity and how it responds to climate change
Graham Hosie tells how the Census for Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) is keeping track of the distribution and abundance of Antarctic marine biodiversity during the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08
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Belgium’s contribution to the bioregionalisation process in Antarctica
Claude de Broyer discusses the priorities of Belgian marine biologists studying the Southern Ocean around Antarctica: bioregionalisation, establishing marine protected areas, and taking a census of marine life.