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