China’s research programmes at Kunlun Station
China seized the opportunity of International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 to set out on an ambitious new multiyear programme of infrastructure building and scientific research in the Polar Regions.
Articles & Interviews
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How warming oceans might affect ice shelves in East Antarctica
Dr. Leonard discusses the importance of measuring sea water beneath an ice shelf in East Antarctica and how she got involved with the research project.
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15,000 years of Antarctic Peninsula climate history
Nerilie Abram from Australia National University provides details of the climate history learned from the deepest ice core taken to date from the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Newly discovered Ferrigno Rift Valley in West Antarctica
Robert Bingham from the University of Aberdeen chats about a new rift valley he and his colleagues in the British Antarctic Survey discovered beneath the Ferrigno Ice Stream in West Antarctica.
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Linking Arctic sea ice decline to cold and snowy winters
Jiping Liu explains how decreasing Arctic sea ice cover has been leading to colder and snowier winters in Europe, Asia and North America.
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Many strong voices from the Seychelles to the Arctic
People of the Arctic and those of small island nations are coming together to voice their shared concerns about the impacts of climate change on their environments and livelihoods.
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Consequences of a warming Arctic on the Greenland Ice Sheet and beyond
Dr. Alexander Robinson and his colleagues have produced a new model that suggests that the Greenland Ice Sheet might be more vulnerable to climate warming that previous estimates predicted.
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Improving predictions of future Greenland Ice Sheet melt
Alexander Robinson from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and his colleagues have devised a new model looking at future melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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Explaining Arctic ozone depletion
Dr. Sinnhuber explains the mechanisms involved in ozone depletion over the Arctic and potential ozone depletion trends that could arise during the 21st century.
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Arctic sea ice extent, its history and how It affects the carbon cycle
Prof. Martin Jakobsson explains what we know about past sea ice cover in the Arctic and the interlinkages between sea ice and the carbon cycle.
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Investigating Arctic paleoclimates
Professor Jakobsson gives an overview of the five-year paleoclimate project he will be involved with, how sediment cores are drilled, and what researchers can learn from what they contain.
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Dr. José Xavier: winner of the 2011 Martha T. Muse Prize
Dr. José Xavier discusses the predator-prey dynamics in the Southern Ocean as well as Portugal's increasing involvement in polar research.