Polar News and Notes Science

The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), an indigenous peoples’ organization, has asked the world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference to listen to the Inuit voice and act now to protect the Arctic. 
The council expects to be in Copenhagen for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) with its call to action.  In a press […]

Real data and citizen science projects are wonderful ways to engage students, but they often are best conducted during the fall and spring. What’s a teacher to do in the colder months of winter?
 The new Snowtweets Project from the University of Waterloo has one answer. The Snowtweets Project provides a way for people interested in […]

We’ve read news stories about researchers studying ice cores pulled up hundreds of feet through ice sheets, sediment samples drilled from ancient lakebeds, and microfossils of plankton that once surfed now-freezing ocean surfaces. Another even more unusual product is boxed up in Antarctica and sent to waiting labs—rocks from outer space.
According to the Antarctic […]

Climate change, restrictions on fishing, competition from fishing fleets? Whatever the cause, the low numbers of a prized fish in the Yukon River threaten livelihoods and traditional lifestyles, according to an article in the New York Times on October 3, Scarcity of King Salmon Hurt Alaskan Fishermen. 
The king salmon fights its way up the Yukon […]

In the October 2009 issue of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, we highlighted ePals as a way to connect classrooms using technology. ePals has just launched a new TeamEarth initative, including a student contest.
Students Speak! Contest
Countdown to Copenhagen
In December, 2009, scientists and world leaders are meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark to talk about climate change and […]