/websites/expertvoices/archives/1428 This blog is focused on helping elementary teachers become more knowledgeable about the polar regions and providing best practices on how to integrate polar concepts into their teaching. Ideas for connecting science and literacy through literature and writing, exemplary science activities, incredible pictures, tales of adventure, and stories of indigenous people and amazing animals will be part of each posting. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 /websites/expertvoices/archives/1428#comment-1028 Arctic Melt » Polar News & Notes: April 2008 News Roundup Tue, 06 May 2008 13:45:19 +0000 /websites/expertvoices/archives/1428#comment-1028 [...] Jessica Fries-Gaither wrote an interesting post today on Polar News & Notes: April 2008 News RoundupHere’s a quick excerptSea ice in the Arctic is melting – and faster than predicted. The extent of summer sea ice has decreased by almost 40 percent as compared to the 1979-2000 average. Ice is also thinning, with old, multiyear ice being replaced by thinner, … [...] […] Jessica Fries-Gaither wrote an interesting post today on Polar News & Notes: April 2008 News RoundupHere’s a quick excerptSea ice in the Arctic is melting – and faster than predicted. The extent of summer sea ice has decreased by almost 40 percent as compared to the 1979-2000 average. Ice is also thinning, with old, multiyear ice being replaced by thinner, … […]

]]> /websites/expertvoices/archives/1428#comment-1027 Indigenous peoples researcher Sat, 03 May 2008 12:40:00 +0000 /websites/expertvoices/archives/1428#comment-1027 Excellent summary of some of the recent articles. The indigenous peoples of the polar regions are experiencing massive and rapid changes currently as a result of climate change. Not only with sea ice and pollution, but also with the permafrost melting and the disruption of historic migration patterns of subsistence resources. Excellent summary of some of the recent articles. The indigenous peoples of the polar regions are experiencing massive and rapid changes currently as a result of climate change. Not only with sea ice and pollution, but also with the permafrost melting and the disruption of historic migration patterns of subsistence resources.

]]> /websites/expertvoices/archives/1428#comment-1026 Greenland » Alcatel-Lucent launches OmniTouch My Teamwork Office Edition in Middle East Thu, 01 May 2008 06:41:59 +0000 /websites/expertvoices/archives/1428#comment-1026 [...] Polar News & Notes: April 2008 News RoundupNews from the polar regions in April 2008 included research into pollution’s role in Arctic climate change, documentation of a massive and rapid drainingof a glacial lake in Greenland, and surprising results from the summer Antarctic … [...] […] Polar News & Notes: April 2008 News RoundupNews from the polar regions in April 2008 included research into pollution’s role in Arctic climate change, documentation of a massive and rapid drainingof a glacial lake in Greenland, and surprising results from the summer Antarctic … […]

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