PPP-SERA Open Session with the European Polar Board, The Hague, Netherlands, April 18, 2018 About the authors: Rick Thoman works as the Climate Science and Services Manager for the U.S. National Weather Service Alaska Region and is based in Fairbanks, Alaska. He works as a translator of subseasonal ... [Read more]

Engaging Users of Sea Ice Forecasts to Improve the Next Generation of Products and Services About the author: Lawrence Hislop is the Executive Director of the global Climate and Cryosphere project (CliC) of the WMO World Climate Research Programme. He has fifteen years of international experience ... [Read more]

“As in previous years, Roche will bring together 100 top-talented students from European institutions to challenge the boundaries of their thinking around science, art and innovation - and the intersection of these topics. Students will engage with renowned scientists and artists, be exposed ... [Read more]

Environmental Prediction Requirements for Safe Polar Navigation About the author: Tero Vauraste is President and CEO of Arctia ltd, a Finnish Polar Maritime Services company. The company provides ice management services,  including icebreaking, oil spill response and other polar maritime assistance ... [Read more]

How the right advice enables informed decisions The Authors: Dr Jan Lieser and Dr Tomas Remenyi are researchers at the Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) of the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Jan Lieser is a meteorologist and sea-ice ... [Read more]

This time the GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) answers our 5 Questions. German Research Centre for Geosciences, by PR department (Send to us by Bernhard)   1) How would you describe your institute? The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences is the national ... [Read more]

In this new series of the blog, we ask 5 questions to personalities of every Helmholtz centres to learn more about it.   1)      How would you describe your institute? The HMGU is centered on environmental health topic. Thus, research at HMGU addresses the question if and ... [Read more]

Today we host a post from Tatyana Dubich, head of the Communication Team. Helmholtz association (HA) consists of 18 different research centers, conducting excellent research in variety of topics from cancer research to energy technology. This research would not be possible without the most ... [Read more]

The Authors: Snorre Greil, project officer and Soley Kaldal, risk management and safety engineer, Department of Operations, Icelandic Coast Guard. It is getting late and dark in Iceland. The operator in the Icelandic Coast Guard (ICG) operations centre is preparing to broadcast the navigational ... [Read more]

By Andreas Muenchow, University of Delaware | Peter and I could hear the swoosh of our ocean sensors breaching the surface like a whale taking a deep breath before s/he dives down again. Only after the “swoosh” did we see the yellow, blue, and red tones of the sensor packet bobbing ... [Read more]