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3/2/2007
Just days before IPY officially began, scientists at the South Pole collected the first test observations from a massive new telescope. The National Science Foundation has released an animation that shows the scale of the 280-ton telescope as well as video of construction.
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3/1/2007
The search for chunks of solar system debris is underway in the extreme conditions of the Antarctic as part of the "Antarctic Search for Meteorites" program, supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution. Go behind the scenes and see the search in progress.
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2/28/2007
This week an international research team began a three–week field campaign at the Department of Energy's ARM site in Barrow to provide the first simultaneous high–resolution dataset of Arctic clear sky and cirrus cloud properties in elusive portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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2/26/2007
A preview of a major IPY outreach program that will bring the poles to audiences at science centers and museums across America and online.
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2/23/2007
The History of Winter is a cryosphere field science experience for teachers and pre-service teachers. Participants learn the data collection protocols used by scientists in the field to study snow and ice.
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2/22/2007
The International Polar Year (IPY) is an extensive interdisciplinary and multilateral scientific program focusing on issues arising from and opportunities presented by the unique environment of the Arctic and the Antarctic regions.
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2/16/2007
The National Snow and Ice Data Center has created Google Earth files that enable you to overlay data-based images on a virtual globe. Our goal is to help people better understand the cryosphere by making our data more visible and interactive.
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2/12/2007
Tracking regional and global changes around the world just got easier. NEO helps you picture climate change and environmental changes happening on our home planet. With NEO you can search for and retrieve satellite images of Earth, download them, and export them to GoogleEarth.
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2/6/2007
As part of its 200th anniversary celebration, NOAA recognized Solomon for her role in discovering the cause of the ozone hole.
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2/1/2007
Six educators from the ARISE (ANDRILL Research Immersion for Science Educators) team bring science into your world.
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