Polar News and Notes Arctic

News from the polar regions during June included reconstructions of past climates and carbon dioxide levels, changes in the Greenland ice sheet, and impacts of climate change on Arctic people and mammals. Missed these stories the first time around? Read on!
Researchers analyzing plankton shells have reconstructed carbon dioxide levels over the past 2.1 million years. […]

Register for a free, real-time event about science being conducted in Greenland on July 8, 2009!
This special seminar is part of the Greenland Education Tour 09′, a group of educators and students from Greenland, Denmark and the United States, touring Greenland to learn more about the science being conducted in this unique polar region. The […]

Alicia Shelley is a zookeeper in the North America exhibit at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. For the past two years, she has served as an in-field ambassador for Polar Bears International in Churchill, Manitoba. Each year, she spent two weeks on the tundra buggies that serve as polar bear watching platforms for the tourists, […]

Two resources from the National Science Foundation provide accessible, easy-to-understand information about the kinds of research happening in the polar regions. Arctic & Antarctic: An Overview of Polar Research describes the differences between the two polar regions and current research that seeks to answer “big questions” such as:

How did the universe begin?
Is the global climate […]

Students on Ice Expeditions is proud to announce the launch of our third and final International Polar Year Arctic Expedition, a student expedition focused on scientific and environmental education. The goal of the upcoming IPY Arctic Expedition 2009 is to engage youth in global scientific and social polar research. The ship-based journey will involve 75 […]