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International Polar Year Data and Information Service (IPYDIS) Provides Coordination, On-line Forum for Users of IPY Data

10/23/2007 Jointy funded by NASA and NSF, IPYDIS is a global partnership of data centers, archives, and networks working to ensure stewardship of IPY and related data. NSIDC acts as a coordination office for the IPYDIS. More

Satellite Tags on Humpback Whales Expose Unknown Migration Routes to Antarctica

10/19/2007 By following the travels of tagged animals, scientists--including those at NOAA's National Marine Mammal Laboratory--are finding that individual whales take divergent and circuitous routes to the austral summer feeding grounds of the Antarctic. More

Smithsonian Institution Publishes Proceedings of International Polar Diving Workshop

10/17/2007 The Smithsonian Institution has announced the release of the Proceedings of the 2007 International Polar Diving Workshop, an IPY contribution from the polar scientific diving community. More

Updated 2006 "State of the Arctic" Report: Report Card Finds Warming Continues But Climate-Change Signals Mixed

10/16/2007 According to the Arctic Report Card 2007, overall warming of the Arctic system continued, though some elements are stabilizing or returning to climatological norms. These mixed tendencies show the sensitivity and complexity of the Arctic system. More

Installation of Antarctic Work in Florida by Cuban-American Artist Xavier Cortada Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

10/12/2007 Florida's Secretary of State has announced an installation in the Capitol rotunda of art produced by Cortada under the auspices of NSF's Antarctic Artists & Writers Program. More

Explorers Club Honors Five Federal Researchers for their Contributions to Climate Research

10/9/2007 Five scientists whose research is supported by the federal government or who are employed by federal agencies received the Lowell Thomas Award from the New York-based Explorers Club on Oct. 18 for their work at the frontiers of climate research More

USGS "Corecast" Podcast Examines Recent Agency Polar Bear Research and the Links Between Bears and Sea Ice

10/6/2007 How important is the link between polar bears and sea ice? Sue Haseltine, USGS associate director for biology, talks about that, along with some other aspects of the USGS's recent polar bear research. More

NSF-funded Educational DVD to Explore Adelie Penguin Biology, Polar Ecology and Penguins' Response to Climate Change

10/2/2007 Preview a soon-to-be released educational DVD that will take audiences on a virtual journey to Antarctica. The material will be aligned with national science standards for use with elementary, middle- and high-school curriculums. More

USGS CoreCast (podcast) Discusses Polar Bear Research

10/2/2007 In this episode, Associate Director of Biology, Sue Haseltine, talks about the important link between sea ice and polar bears and covers other information related to the recent USGS's polar bear research. More

'Remarkable' Drop in Arctic Sea Ice Raises Questions

9/25/2007 Melting Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a 29-year low, significantly below the minimum set in 2005. More
                                      
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