Belgium has been advocating the establishment of a series of marine protected areas (MPAs) around Antarctica, and has played a key role in advancing the bioregionalisation process that helps identify potential MPAs.
Describing the process of bioregionalisation and how it contributes to establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean.
Valérie Masson-Delmotte discusses ice cores and what they can reveal about Earth's climate history.
Paul Jolicoeur discusses the IPY GeoNorth conference and the planned Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI) proposal.
Head Engineer for the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station talks about the adventure of building the world's first "zero emission" polar research station.
Meredith Hooper chats about her new book, The Ferocious Summer: Palmer's Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica. She discusses research that shows how climate change in Antarctica has led to a shift of penguin species distributions.
The diet of Adélie penguins shifted in the early 20th century, according to research conducted by paleoecologists.
SciencePoles has a look at China's polar research ambitions during the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08
The EU opens debate on how to adapt to climate change.
Chris Rapley of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discusses climate change from a polar research perspective.
The United Nations Environment Program releases its Global Outlook for Ice and Snow report during World Environment Day in Tromsø, Norway.
Grete Hovlsrud of CICERO explains how the social science research projects came to be a part of the the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 research programme, and the importance of traditional knowledge.