National Public Radio and National Geographic are broadcasting a series on the impacts of climate change called Climate Connections. The series, part of Weekend Edition Sunday, looks at signs of climate change in the polar regions and other parts of the world, including sections on adaptations, causes of climate change, and profiles of people past […]
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Polar News & Notes: NPR and National Geographic Send Journalists to Cover the Poles
Friday, April 18th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
Polar News and Notes: Thanks to High School Graduates, A New Perspective on Antarctic Habitats
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 1:22 pm
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Working with National Science Foundation-funded researchers, two high school graduates have built an underwater, camera-equipped “rover” to observe fish in Antarctic environments.
Ryan Garner and Amanda Wilson, both female graduates of Cabrillo High School in Lompoc, California, began working with marine biologist Gretchen Hofmann of the University of California, Santa Barbara, when they were high-school seniors. […]
Posted in Topics: Antarctica, Current News, Oceans, Polar News & Notes, Technology
Polar News & Notes: Environmental Groups Ask for ‘Ice-Worthy’ Vessels in Antarctic
Monday, April 14th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
At its meeting in London, March 31-April 3, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) heard a call from environmental groups to tighten restrictions on shipping around Antarctica. The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) said many of the ships carrying the growing number of tourists are not ice-strengthened. Vessels that are not reinforced to withstand ice […]
Posted in Topics: Antarctica, Current News, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: Lights Out for Earth Hour Will Be Annual Event
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 8:57 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
First the lights went out in Christchurch, New Zealand, at 8 p.m., on March 31, and then one by one city and small town lights around the globe followed suit. The lights-out was known as Earth Hour, an event organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Australia) last year and taken global this year. It aims […]
Posted in Topics: Current News, Polar News & Notes, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News and Notes: Thursday at NSTA: IPY Science and Polar Discovery
Friday, March 28th, 2008 8:30 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Highlights from Thursday, March 27 at the National Science Teachers’ Association national conference in Boston, MA included a presentation on IPY science projects and the Polar Discovery expedition series.
IPY Science
Louise Huffman, Coordinator of Education and Outreach for the ANDRILL project, presented an informative session, IPY Cool Science: Hot Topics. An overview of the three […]
Polar News and Notes: Antarctic Ice Sheet Break-Up
Friday, March 28th, 2008 8:27 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
A 160 square-mile chunk of ice broke off from the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Tuesday. The ice, approximately seven times the size of Manhattan, had started to break up in late February. Scientists noticed the movement in satellite images and were able to capture footage and images of the event.
Unlike sea ice, which […]
Posted in Topics: Antarctica, Current News, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: Some See a Rush to Exploit Northwest Passage and Arctic Resources
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The consequences of global warming are often predicted in terms of washed-out coastal cities, displaced populations, and changed weather patterns, but only recently have some warned of armed conflict in the icy waters around the North Pole. A former U.S. Coast Guard commander writing in the March-April 2008 issue of Foreign Relations, says the ice […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: A Frozen Mountain in the Arctic Circle Is Safe Haven for the World’s Crops
Friday, March 14th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The Arctic Circle, generally recognized as a barometer of climate change, recently became a safety net for the world’s food crops.
Inside a frozen mountain on the island of Svalbard, about 500 miles from the North Pole, the Global Crop Diversity Trust has opened a vault capable of holding tons of seeds in some 4.5 million […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: They Call Arctic Pliosaur ‘The Monster’
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The Arctic Ocean was once home to a 50-foot-long, dinosaur-era marine reptile. On February 26, Norwegian scientists reported that the fossil found on the archipelago of Svalbard is a new species and larger than the previous pliosaur record-holder found in Australia.
Paleontologist Joern Hurum said that a small car could fit in the reptile’s mouth, […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes, Scientists in the field
Polar News & Notes: Mackey Wins Iditarod 36
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 1:27 pm
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Lance Mackey, a musher from Fairbanks, won his second straight Iditarod on Wednesday morning, crossing the finish line in Nome at 2:46 a.m. Mackey’s team ran the 1150 mile race in 9 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes, and 48 seconds. The musher won both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod in 2007. He repeated the […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes
Posted in Topics: Current News, Polar News & Notes
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