The Arctic LTER project: Arctic tundra ecosystem research
John Hobbie explains the changes that have taken place over the past 30+ years in the Toolik Lake region and discusses what this means for the future of Alaska's North Slope.
Articles & Interviews
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DAMOCLES scientists convene in Brussels as project comes to a close
The DAMOCLES symposium gathered more than 150 scientists in Brussels. They debated discussed the results of their observations and models.
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Modelling ice sheets and ice-ocean interactions
Glaciologist and ice sheet modeller Frank Pattyn explains what ice sheet grounding lines are. He then details what their potential impacts on future sea level rise could be.
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How climate change and socio-economics affect Greenland Inuit
Lene Kielsen Holm explains Inuit efforts to preserve their indigenous knowledge and heritage in the face of climate change and socio-economics factors.
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Investigating what Canadian Inuit know about sea ice
Claudio Aporta explains his research to document and map the ways in which Canadian Inuit use and talk about sea ice both yesterday and today.
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Documenting Arctic peoples knowledge and use of sea ice
Igor Krupnik from the Smithsonian Institution's Arctic Studies Center discusses an IPY project trying to preserve indigenous Arctic people's knowledge of sea ice.
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Examining indigenous sea ice knowledge and use
The SIKU project aims at better understanding the relationship between Arctic indigenous communities and sea ice and how their knowledge and use of sea ice has evolved in the face of climate change and other factors.
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Current understanding and ongoing research of Antarctic subglacial lakes
Martin Siegert discusses current understanding and ongoing research of Antarctic subglacial lakes.
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What methods do scientists use in studying past Arctic climates?
Darrell Kaufman explains the methods used in his study that reconstructs Arctic temperature history over the last 2,000 years.
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Examining the reverse in the Arctic cooling trend
Darrell Kaufman tells what researchers know about how the Arctic climate has changed since the end of the last Ice Age 11,000 years ago.
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What can the genetic makeup of Antarctic springtails tell us?
Francesco Frati explains why Antarctic springtails are an ideal species to study to learn how environmental factors can affect the genetic structure of organisms.
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Ocean acidification and carbon sequestration
AWI Director Karin Lochte looks at ocean acidification and the controversial issue of sequestering excess carbon from the atmosphere in the oceans.