PolarRES
Despite the crucial role Polar Regions play in balancing the global climate system, there are still critical knowledge gaps regarding the impact of polar climate processes on multiple scales and how they are evolving with our changing global climate. PolarRES studies the interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, and sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic. By understanding these processes and interactions along with their innovative storylines approach, PolarRES assesses how to make climate projections in the Polar Regions more reliable for assessing social and environmental impacts of climate change.
Impacts
PolarRES utilises novel storylines to project the impacts of climate change on the Polar environment and society. These storylines are connected to global climate change to better understand the changing Arctic and Antarctic climate, and the risk to the Polar environment. The response of the Polar environment to these storylines will vary by hemisphere and their individual dynamics.
News
11 May 2022
Impressions from Arctic Frontiers 2022
Arctic Frontiers brings together hundreds of scientists, policy makers, community stakeholders, and business community members each year to share knowledge, discuss, and debate key issues relating to sustainable development of the Arctic. This year the event was held on May 8-11 in Tromsø, Norway.
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6 May 2022
PolarRES: Exploring the Future Climate of the Polar Regions 
Unified by one common goal, the PolarRES stakeholders aim to find the answers on how we can combat climate change in the Polar Regions in order to ensure the preservation of our global system and a better future.
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28 February 2022
IPCC Report Release
The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels.
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Events
- 6.10.202219:00 CET
PolarRES with the Future Generation – Session 2
The Arctic Ocean holds unique clues regarding the climatic evolution of our planet over geological time scales. Even so, the paleoceanographic and paleoclimatological history of this region remains poorly known. In this seminar, we will explore what it means to drill in the Arctic Ocean, what are the logistical challenges associated with such an endeavor, and what we learnt by analyzing the Arctic marine sediments that were successfully retrieved in the past.
Read more - 11.10.2022 – 20.10.2022
Arctic Processes in CMIP6 Bootcamp
At the bootcamp, attendees will Learn how to work with climate model (CMIP6) data, from the modellers who produced them, use these data in conjunction with other datasets to answer crucial scientific questions about the past, present or future Arctic climate system, under the guidance of experts in the field, and contribute to publications resulting from the Bootcamp.
Read more - 17.02.2023 – 24.02.2023
ASSW 2023 Science Symposium: Session on Atmosphere-Ocean-Sea Ice Interaction in the Polar Climate System
The ASSW session on Atmosphere-Ocean-Sea Ice interaction in the Polar Climate System will focus on recent advances in our understanding of atmosphere-ocean-sea ice interactions, as well as new tools and datasets that can help close knowledge gaps in this area.
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