News : European Science Foundation

7. December 2010

It’s time for Europe to step up research in the Polar Regions

Brussels, 7 December 2010 – Polar research must become an integral part of the European Union’s research activities if Europe is to benefit from the dramatically changing face of the Polar Regions, the European Polar Board (EPB) said today at the launch of its strategic position paper on European... [more]

25. November 2010

European Science Foundation cancels research funding calls

The European Science Foundation (ESF) will not launch three funding calls pending more progress towards its merger with the European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCs). At the ESF annual assembly last week ESF member organisations decided to put certain activities on hold during the current... [more]

24. June 2009

New framework to link up Europe’s polar research

Click to hear Gerard Jugie, chairman of the European Polar Consortium, speak about the new agreement More than 26 leading scientific institutions across Europe are signing up to closer research cooperation through a new European Polar Framework agreement today in Brussels. The framework agreement... [more]

8. January 2009

Podcast: Professor Jörn Thiede on the European Research Icebreaker Aurora Borealis

Professor Jörn Thiede from the University of Copenhagen, who is also the former director of the Alfred Wegener Institute (1997 – 2007), speaks about the European Research Icebreaker Aurora Borealis. The development of Aurora Borealis, the first European research vessel for the Arctic, is the main... [more]

3. December 2008

The technical design of the European Research Icebreaker - Aurora Borealis

(Berlin) The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association and the engineering company Wärtsilä Ship Design Germany (formerly Schiffko, GmbH) today presented the technical design of the European Research Icebreaker “Aurora Borealis" in Berlin. Aurora Borealis... [more]

21. November 2008

European Commission recognises ESF’s role in European research on polar science

The European Commission has adopted a new communication plan on "The European Union and the Arctic Region" which highlights the effects of climate change and human activities in the Arctic. Apart from setting out EU interests and policy objectives, the new plan, which marks the first step towards... [more]

4. November 2008

What is really happening to Greenland ice cap?

The Greenland ice cap has been a focal point of recent climate change research because it is much more exposed to immediate global warming than the larger Antarctic ice sheet. Yet while the southern Greenland ice cap has been melting, it is still not clear how much this is contributing to rising... [more]

29. August 2008

Europe's Polar Ambitions

Please click here for the article Europe's Polar Ambitions by SciencePoles For more on SciencePoles please go to www.sciencepoles.org [more]

29. February 2008

Editorial: Cold Rush for Polar Position

Please click here for an editorial written by Paul Egerton (the executive director of the European Polar Board and the European Polar Consortium at the European Science Foundation), Carlo-Alberto Ricci (professor of geology at the University of Siena and the chairman of the European Polar... [more]

3. January 2008

IPY needs full archive system to continue ‘extraordinarily success’, director says

International Polar Year (IPY), the largest and most ambitious scientific effort for half a century, has been an “extraordinarily international success” since its launch in March 2007 but the initiative could be in danger of losing its momentum and purpose if a comprehensive data storage facility... [more]

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