Press room
The DAMOCLES consortium consist of 48 institutions in 11 European countries + the Russian Federation and Belarus.
Below you will find contact details, press releases, images etc.
Press contact
Information Officer Erlend A.
T. Hermansen
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO)
P.O. Box 1129 Blindern, 0318 Oslo - Norway
+47 99 64 36 01
Project leader group
Project leader
Jean-Claude Gascard
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
4, place Jussieu - 75252 Paris - France
+33 144 27 70 70
Project co-leader
Cecilie Mauritzen
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
P.O. Box 43, Blindern - Norway
+47 22 96 31 86
Project co-leader
Ralf Döscher
Swedish Meteorological and
Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
Folkborgsvagen 1 - 60176 Norrkoping -
Sweden
+46 114 95 85 83
Project manager
Laetitia Nitkiewicz
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
LOCEAN - DAMOCLES Project Office
Tour 45/46 - 513A - 4, place Jussieu (CC 100) - 75252 Paris cedex 5
- France
+33 144 27 84 52
Press release: New DAMOCLES web site launched
DAMOCLES (Developing Arctic Modelling and Observing Capabilities for Longterm Environmental Studies) is one of the largest EU projects ever, aiming at reducing the uncertainties in our understanding of climate change in the Arctic and its impacts. (Apr 6, 2006)
From the press
- Canada picks site for Arctic research station >>
[Nature, Aug 25, 2010] - North by Northwest >>
[National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Aug 17, 2010] - Giant Greenland iceberg a climate 'warning sign' >>
[AFP, Aug 13, 2010] - Ice island could threaten oil, shipping >>
[Detroit News/Reuters, Aug 12, 2010] - July sea ice second lowest: oldest ice begins to melt >>
[National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Aug 4, 2010] - A change in atmospheric circulation >>
[National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Jul 20, 2010] - Rapid ice loss continues through June >>
[National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Jul 6, 2010] - Arctic sea ice extent declines rapidly in May >>
[National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Jun 8, 2010] - Scientists study the thin ice of Greenland >>
[Wales Online, Jun 2, 2010] - Decline of the polar bear >>
[Simcoe Reformer, May 28, 2010]
DAMOCLES is a european contribution to the International Polar Year 2007 - 2008.
DAMOCLES is financed by the European Union in the 6th Framework Programme.
