Group under Water: Image from Emily Stone, National Science Foundation Please download a flyer below or read the 'What's For Lunch?' Food Web Activity and the Polar Oceans Summary online. Other classroom activities can be found by clicking on the link: Educational Activitie...

Pancake Ice: Zenobia Evans, NSF Below is a list of links and resources related to Polar Oceans Day: Physical Ocean: NOAA Ocean Exploration Program: This Web site provides an innovative way for students of all ages to learn about the oceans by offering near real-time access to a series of multidisciplinary ocean explorations. It also provides compelling imagery, video, and topical essays related to the ocean. In particular, take a look at ...

Learn about the People behind the Science! Dr Ralf Staebler, atmospheric scientist Ralf Staebler is a research scientist in the Air Quality Research Division of Environment Canada. Most of his research focuses on two areas of interest: the first is doing research on forests and how they interact with the atmosphere; taking up CO2 and various pollutants, but also producing organic compounds and aerosols that may have climatic and health impacts. The second is research in the Arctic. He admits that ever since his first 4-month stint in the north in 1992 to measure aerosol par...

Photo from IPY Cruises ANTXXIV-3 RVPolarstern CE-Thuroczy 2008 You can also download this Summary (152KB) as a PDF. Cooling and sinking processes in polar oceans, and circulation of polar waters throughout the global deep ocean exert a powerful control on the Earth's climate. The polar oceans also play very important roles in the global carbon cycle, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through chemical and biological processes. Polar oceans support globally-important fisherie...