Polar News and Notes Scientists in the field

The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Network has added a regional center in Alaska. With a team of ocean scientists and educators, COSEE Alaska will stage science fairs, teacher workshops, and hands-on sessions for scientists.
Involved in the center’s work are educators and scientists from the Anchorage School District and state agencies such as […]

Mount Kilimanjaro’s very name evokes the image of snow-covered peaks, perhaps because we’ve so often heard the title of Ernest Hemingway’s 1936 short story and the 1950s movie. The real association between the volcano peak and its glaciers may disappear in the near future. Researchers predict the remaining ice fields maybe gone within two decades […]

If what’s been happening to the ecology of the North Sea had happened in a forest, we’d be shocked, according to researchers writing in the December issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society. Hidden from view, the ecology has undergone a radical shift in the last half century, with jellyfish and crabs replacing cod […]

From now until the end of November, a DC-8 aircraft will make 17 low-level flights over West Antarctica to measure the thinning of the ice sheet. A project of NASA and known as Operation ICE Bridge, the flights carry nearly two dozen scientists and their airborne lab.
At 157-feet long, the DC-8 is too big […]

Sun-Earth Day, the annual culmination of programs and events from NASA’s Sun-Earth Connection, will be celebrated in 2010 on March 20. The theme is Magnetic Storms.
In weeks leading up to the event, NASA provides resources for schools and the public to learn more about solar storms, including space activities and demonstrations. 
At the Sun-Earth Day web […]