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4/1/2008
The Arctic is a receptacle for the planet's air pollutants. A coordinated international effort involving NASA and NOAA is geared toward learning more about pollutants' effects at the top of the globe.
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3/26/2008
The USGS conducts research on polar bears to better inform the Department of Interior on conservation of the species and its habitat. Read about everything from tracking bears by satellite to denning behaviors.
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3/25/2008
To fill a national void in the elementary school curriculum and capitalize on student interest in the polar regions, Ohio State University and the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) have launched a new online magazine for teachers.
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3/20/2008
Millions of Adelie penguins storm Antarctic beaches annually to breed. For 50 years, researchers have been studying their life cycle.
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3/18/2008
Join PolarTREC teacher Craig Kasemodel and scientists from the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy and the Bering Sea Ecosystem Change research cruise. Registration is required.
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3/17/2008
NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Acoustics Project’s field research in Antarctica in 2005-06 resulted in new discoveries about the region's seismic activity. View a video by Oregon Public Television.
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3/17/2008
As part of National Public Radio's "Climate Connections" series, reporter Daniel Zwerdling and producer Peter Breslow traveled to Antarctica under the auspices of the National Science Foundation's media visitors program. Read their reports.
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3/14/2008
The NOAA Central Library in Silver Spring is exhibiting some of its polar collection until March 2009, the official end of IPY. The catalogue and a searchable historical photo archive is available online.
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3/10/2008
Rob Reves-Sohn, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution geophysicist, drew initial inspiration for a 2007 Arctic research cruise that sent robots under the ice from his infant daughter's bath toys.
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3/10/2008
On March 12, 2008, PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating in the Arctic and Antarctic)--a NSF-funded program of ARCUS--will host a Live from IPY event as part of the International Polar Day.
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