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Second ANDRILL Season Seeking 'Rosetta Stone' for Climate History

10/1/2007 When the NSF-funded Antarctic Geological Drilling Program (ANDRILL) begins this month, scientists will look for a "Rosetta Stone" that will tie together decades of paleoclimate research in Antarctica and the rest of the world.

NSIDC: Arctic Sea Ice Shatters All Previous Record Lows

10/1/2007 Arctic sea ice during the 2007 melt season plummeted to the lowest levels since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

NASA Examines Arctic Sea Ice Changes Leading to Record Low in 2007

10/1/2007 A new NASA-led study found a 23-percent loss in the extent of the Arctic's thick, year-round sea ice cover during the past two winters.

New Technique Breaks Ground on North Slope Dinosaur Research

9/27/2007 University of Alaska Museum of the North staff, students and volunteers collected more than 8,000 teeth and bones from the area, the most productive dinosaur-bearing area in the world's polar regions.

University of Alaska Fairbanks Launches IPY Educator Resource Guide

9/27/2007 The university's IPY outreach office has launched its K-12 educator resource guide, which aims to help teachers integrate IPY into their lessons. The guide was mailed to every school in Alaska.

Smithsonian Conference, Oct. 31-Nov. 1: Making Science Global: Reconsidering the Social and Intellectual Implications of the IPYs and IGY

9/25/2007 This NSF-supported conference examines the impetus for the 1882-83 and 1932-33 polar years and the International Geophysical Year and their impacts upon science, society and culture.

"Weather Report: Art and Climate Change" Exhibit Features Photos By Antarctic Artist & Writers Participant

9/25/2007 Eight images from Joan Myers' "Wondrous Cold Antarctic" series are currently on exhibit at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, Colo. Myers was a 2002 participant in NSF's Antarctic Artists & Writers Program.

Polar Plenaries to Open History of Science Society Annual Meeting Nov. 1

9/25/2007 Polar History: Perspectives on Globalization in the Geosciences will feature C. Stewart Gillmor, Weslyan University; Fae Korsmo, NSF; F. Sherwood Rowland, University of California Irvine; and Stephen J. Pyne, Arizona State University.

Greenland Snow Melting Hit Record High in High Places

9/25/2007 The amount of snow that has melted this year over Greenland could cover the surface size of the U.S. more than twice.

NASA Wallops Conducts Ice Sheet Mapping Missions

9/25/2007 A NASA P-3 Orion aircraft with a compliment of scientists and support personnel has spent the past several weeks in Greenland observing the state of one the world's largest ice sheets.
                                      
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