France has announced the creation of a very large Marine Protected Area (MPA) around its sub-Antarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean.  The new...

The International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (INTERACT) is attending EGU2017 in Vienna 23-28 April with the...

The EPB will host a townhall session at this year’s European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, titled “Polar change and implications for...

L'Astrolabe, the vessel owned by P&O Maritimes Services and chartered by the French polar institute IPEV for the resupply of Dumont d'Urville and...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in the process of producing a Special Report on Climate Change and Oceans and the Cryosphere....

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) and the Commission for the...

The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition will see the Alfred Wegener Institute’s RV Polarstern...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced it has adopted an Open Access policy for its content, including still images, videos and selected...

In September, EU-PolarNet held a town hall event in Brussels themed "Towards the 1.5°C climate goal - Perspectives from the Polar Regions". The event...

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has decided not to winter at Halley VI Research Station for safety reasons. The station, which is located on the...