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30. April 2021
A team of experts in weather and climate prediction from 15 research institutes, operational centres and universities in eight European countries contributed to the success of […]
14. April 2021
This year’s virtual conference of the European Geoscience Union (EGU) will take place during 19 – 30 April 2021. After having evaluated the last online EGU meeting […]
7. April 2021
By Mayleen Schlund (AWI) and Michael Tjernström (Stockholm University) Weather and environmental forecasts are more important than ever since the Arctic is warming at twice the […]
26. March 2021
By Daniel Butkaitis (AWI), Jonny Day (ECMWF), Mayleen Schlund (AWI) In the polar regions predictions of near-surface (2m) air temperature and other variables within the atmospheric […]
15. March 2021
In just a few days the 2021 edition of the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) will officially start, gathering scientists, early career researchers, stakeholders and decision […]
22. February 2021
by Daniel Butkaitis (AWI) The projection of the northern hemisphere eddy-driven jet is characterized by large uncertainties. Multimodel projections from the previous generation climate models of […]
25. January 2021
by Laura Hüßner – article originally written for polarprediction.net In the new post on the Science Blog of European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Irina […]
18. January 2021
On 1-4 February 2021 the annual conference „Arctic Frontiers” will take place in a new online format. To guarantee the chance to scientists, decision-makers, indigenous people […]
8. January 2021
After the success of the online format of the conference last year, the EGU is coming back in 2021 in its virtual format on 19–30 April […]
11. December 2020
Science communication has become a fundamental element in the effort to disseminate scientific results and deliver accurate and understandable facts. A group of artists teamed up […]
26. November 2020
EU-PolarNet has recently concluded their work on an integrated European Polar Research Programme, which guides the future research to respond to current and prospective needs and […]
11. November 2020
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is organizing the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) since 1995. The overarching goal of this project is to make different […]
11. November 2020
In the new contribution to Polar Prediction Matters – the dialogue platform for users and providers of polar weather and sea-ice forecasts – researchers working within […]
4. November 2020
The Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) calls for manuscripts to contribute to a special collection in their Quarterly Journal to gather various studies on the impact of […]
11. October 2020
Addressing the major future challenges in polar research will require integrated approaches and significant collaborative efforts between scientists. To support these requirements for the science community, […]
11. September 2020
From 7 to 10 December 2020, the Arctic Change Conference 2020 will take place. While usually held as a face-to-face meeting around Canada, this year’s ArcticNet […]
11. September 2020
The 2021 edition of the Arctic Frontiers Science Conference will be organised in a new format. Taking into account concerns related to the spread of COVID-19, […]
11. September 2020
Every year around mid-September, the sea-ice extent in the Arctic shrinks down to its annual minimum. This year, after an entire month of abnormally high melting […]
27. July 2020
A new contribution to Polar Prediction Matters – the Helmholtz dialogue platform for users and providers of forecast in the polar regions – is now published […]
11. June 2020
A new bonus episode of the IcePod, the podcast for the Year of Polar Prediction, is now on air. In this episode, we talk with the […]
11. June 2020
In the second bonus episode of the IcePod on the Targeted Observing Periods, we speak with Thomas Jung, captain and structured mind behind YOPP and PPP. […]
11. May 2020
In Phase II of the Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Project, nine new ocean and sea-ice variables have been introduced to its database. Most of the S2S forecast […]
11. May 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a joint YOPP-APPLICATE live text chat took place on 8 May 2020, as part of this year’s European Geosciences Union […]
11. May 2020
In her new contribution to Polar Prediction Matters, Jennifer Ross writes: “Icebergs have been of public interest since the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, […]
17. April 2020
The IcePod is a series of podcasts about polar science and the people managed and produced by Kirstin Werner and Sara Pasqualetto from the International Coordination Office of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP). The […]
15. April 2020
We invite the polar prediction community to provide forecasts of surface temperature that will reach the Polarstern location on Sunday, 19 April, 12 UTC.
Please submit your forecast on twitter @polarprediction.
11. April 2020
The IcePod is a series of podcasts about polar science and the people managed and produced by Kirstin Werner and Sara Pasqualetto from the International Coordination Office […]
31. March 2020
EGU General Assembly 2020, 3-8 May 2020; Vienna, Austria has been cancelled and is replaced with EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online on 3-8 May. The EGU has […]
31. March 2020
EGU General Assembly 2020, 3-8 May 2020; Vienna, Austria has been cancelled and is replaced with EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online on 3-8 May. The EGU has […]
11. March 2020
An announcement regarding the Arctic Science Summit Week 2020: Dear Colleague, The ASSW2020 organizers, which include the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) 2020 leadership, are extremely grateful for […]
11. March 2020
The Nansen Center is looking for a young researcher or postdoc to fill an open position in sea ice-atmosphere interaction with the centre’s sea-ice modelling group. […]
2. March 2020
Field measurements as well as climate simulations depict a rise of Arctic surface temperature double of the Northern hemisphere mean temperature increase over the last 30 […]
27. February 2020
Throughout fall 2019, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), the APPLICATE (Advanced Prediction in Polar regions and beyond: modelling, observing system design and LInkages associated with […]
26. February 2020
Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University seeks qualified candidates for three positions: Postdoctoral Fellow in Arctic climate processes – Deadline for application March 15 Postdoctoral Fellow in […]
24. February 2020
European Commission (EC) and European Space Agengsy (ESA) are working together to define a common scientific agenda identifying the set of grand science challenges in Polar […]
21. February 2020
The department of Arctic Geophysics at University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is seeking candidates for a full time, two-year position as a postdoctoral research fellow in […]
17. January 2020
The AGU Fall Meeting 2019, the largest international Earth and space science meeting in the world, took place in San Francisco from 9 to 13 December […]
2. December 2019
Ed Blockley leads the Polar Climate Group within the Met Office Hadley Centre which focuses on understanding climate change in polar regions and development of the […]
28. October 2019
Despite important progress in prediction skills over the last decade, current Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) systems still fail to meet user requirements with larger forecast errors […]