The same U.S. House committee that heard testimony from climate scientist James Hansen on June 23, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, held a joint hearing the following Wednesday with the Intelligence Community Management (ICM) Subcommittee to discuss the results of the first-ever U.S. Government analysis of the security threats posed […]
Archive for July, 2008
Polar News & Notes: House Committee Hears that Global Warming Has National Security Implications
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 3:14 pm
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
Braving the Wilderness: A Polar Digital Story
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 11:11 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Have you ever felt confused by the complexity of the polar regions? Or realized that your knowledge just scratches the surface of these far-off places? If you have, you are certainly in good company. All of us - especially the project staff at Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears - have been confronted with our lack of understanding […]
Posted in Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, International Polar Year, Professional Development, Technology
Polar News & Notes: Live Talks from Tents on Greenland Ice Sheet
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
This July, a team of four scientists, a writer and a photographer from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of Washington will return to Greenland for their third year of investigating glacial lakes, which form atop the ice sheet each spring and summer. The expedition runs from July 7 to 24.
From their tents […]
Posted in Topics: Current News, Polar News & Notes
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