In the first weeks of April, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send DC-8, P-3 and B-200 aircraft over the skies of the Arctic carrying instruments to measure air pollution gases and aerosols and solar radiation. In these airborne laboratories, researchers will take a special interest in the formation of the springtime “arctic […]
Archive for April, 2008
Polar News & Notes: NASA Looks for Pollutants in Arctic Skies
Monday, April 21st, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
Polar News & Notes: University Sponsors Course on Changes in Estuaries
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
A weeklong marine science course designed for K-12 teachers will be offered June 22-27 at Kasitsna Bay Laboratory near Seldovia, Alaska. The course, titled “Climate Change in Alaskan Estuaries,” includes an introduction to climate change influences on estuarine environments along with field studies and laboratory experiences. This professional development opportunity is offered jointly by the […]
Posted in Topics: Polar News & Notes, Professional Development, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News & Notes: Polar Bears and AUVs On and Under Chukchi Ocean
Saturday, April 19th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
In March, researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) performed sea ice and underwater acoustic surveys in preparation for a return trip in March 2009 to make the first direct measurement of Pacific Ocean water flowing into the western Arctic in winter. This flow plays a role in maintaining the Arctic ice cap .The researchers […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes, Scientists in the field
Polar News & Notes: Permafrost in a Warming Climate Is Subject of Summer Course
Friday, April 18th, 2008 12:00 pm
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The role of permafrost will be the subject of a one-credit summer course for K-12 teachers June 25-27, 2008, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Held in association with the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, The course will familiarize teachers with how the degradation of the permafrost will impact Alaska’s society, ecology, and hydrology.
Students will […]
Posted in Topics: Polar News & Notes, Professional Development, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News & Notes: NPR and National Geographic Send Journalists to Cover the Poles
Friday, April 18th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
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 […]
Posted in Topics: Current News, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: Scientific Communities Will Examine Global Change at Annual Conference
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 3:16 pm
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The International Polar Year will be emphasized in the national conference of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science(SACNAS), to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 9-12.
The conference will focus on global change– particularly climate change and its impact on all fields of science, ecosystems, and populations from […]
Posted in Topics: International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes, Professional Development, Upcoming Opportunities
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 Notes News & Notes: NSTA Web Seminars in May Focus on the International Polar Year
Friday, April 11th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
Three of the Web Seminars scheduled by the National Science Teachers Association in May will offer teachers at all grade levels an opportunity to enrich their teaching about the polar regions. Each seminar is presented at 6:30 p.m. on its scheduled date and lasts for 90 minutes. Participation is free.
Presenters for the two-part seminars on […]
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
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes, Scientists in the field
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