DAMOCLES 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 Advisor Christian Bjørnæs
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo
(CICERO)
P.O. Box 1129 Blindern, 0318 Oslo - Norway
+47 22 85 85 65
You can contact webmaster regarding this web site.
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 – 0313 Oslo – Norway
+47 22 96 33 45
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
LOCEAN - DAMOCLES Project Office
Tour 45/46 - 513A - 4, place Jussieu (CC 100) - 75252 Paris cedex 5
- France
+33 144 27 84 52
Images from the polar yacht Vagabond
Vagabond is a French polar yacht used as a base camp for DAMOCLES in Storfjord, East Spitsbergen. The next 2 years the crew will be testing most of the new technology for DAMOCLES, before sending these instruments to the Arctic Ocean.
Contact persons in participation institutions and countries
The DAMOCLES consortium consist of 48 institutions in 11 European countries + the Russian Federation and Belarus. Find contact persons for each participation institution or country.
Images from the Arctic research vessel “Oceania”
The Arctic research vessel “Oceania” participates in the DAMOCLES project in 2006. Pictures from earlier research cruises.
Tara Arctic image
With her rounded and flat hull, Tara can be embedded in the ice and withstand the extreme pressure that the arctic pack-ice exerts on her. Copyright: Francis Latreille/ADO.
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.
From the press
- An Ice-Free North Pole? >>
[Time, June 27th, 2008] - Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole >>
[The Independent, June 27th, 2008] - North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer >>
[Live Science, June 26th, 2008] - Royals join forces on Arctic expedition >>
[The Local, June 22nd, 2008] - Ice diary: Science in the fast-changing Arctic >>
[BBC, June 22nd, 2008] - Greenland Ice Core Analysis Shows Drastic Climate Change Near End Of Last Ice Age >>
[ScienceDaily, June 20th, 2008] - Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster' >>
[, June 18th, 2008] - NASA Aircraft Examine Impact Of Forest Fires On Arctic Climate >>
[Science Daily, June 12th, 2008] - On their way into the Arctic and to the Orkney Islands >>
[Innovations Report, June 11th, 2008] - Permafrost Threatened By Rapid Retreat Of Arctic Sea Ice, Study Finds >>
[Science Daily, June 11th, 2008]
DAMOCLES is a european contribution to the International Polar Year 2007 - 2008.
DAMOCLES is financed by the European Union in the 6th Framework Programme.
