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Activities and experiments you can do in the classroom related to science above the polar regions Image: British Antarctic Survey Polar Atmosphere Activities: Weather Observation Activity: Observe the weather today, where you live, and record air temperature, rain, wind, visibility and cloudiness. - read more about ...
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Please download a flyer below or read the Weather Observation Activity and the Above the Poles Summary online. Other classroom activities can be found by clicking on the link: Educational Activities English Flyers: ...
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Links and resources related to research Above the Polar Regions:
Polar Atmosphere
This excellent booklet about Polar Meteorology, produced by the World Meteorological Organization, WMO, gives a very throrough introduction not only into Polar Weather, but also the role of the polar regions in the global climate system.
Weather Observing:
UK Met office timeline and facts about weather balloons...
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Profiles of people around the world involved in IPY research Above The Polar Regions. Several of these polar experts will be participating in the Above The Poles Live Events, so join in and ask them questions! Dr. Kenneth Jezek - Observing the Poles from Space Kenneth Jezek is a Professor at the Byrd Polar Research Center, School of Earth Sciences of The Ohio State University. He began doing Antarctic research in 1973 when h...
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Above the Poles - Draft Summary
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Polar weather, with extreme cold, fierce winds, and constant wintertime darkness, remains a deterrent and a threat to modern researchers. The polar regions provide crucial cooling processes for our global climate system, and polar weather in both hemispheres influences weather as far away as the tropics. The atmosphere over ice- and snow-covered surfaces has unique properties, and a remarkable sequence of reactions in the snow and ice influence the chemistry of polar air. Auroras in both hemispheres provide a glimpse of planetary-scale geomagnetic processes in the outer atmosphere.
Arctic Weather and Climate
Arctic weather can have dramatic impacts on northern hemisphere wea...
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December 4th, 2008 marks the seventh quarterly International Polar Day, this time focusing on research Above The Polar Regions. This includes polar meteorology, atmospheric sciences, astronomy, and polar observations from space.
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 16:22
Land and Life: Instructions for Virtual Balloon Launch in different languages
Written by Rhian Salmon
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Here you can find instructions on how to launch a virtual balloon in several languages:
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People have lived in the Arctic for thousands of years developing skills, strategies and community knowledge to survive harsh polar conditions. In recent centuries, resource exploitation and political activities imposed by non-Arctic communities have changed the livelihoods and well-being of Arctic residents in good and bad ways. Now, climate change is adding new challenges to the well-being of Arctic communities. Researchers and Arctic community leaders are working together to study how these changes are affecting the health, education and material well-being, culture, food supplies, natural resources and economics of Arctic communities. By combining ‘western’ science with traditional knowledge, we can learn a lot about people and how they adapt. ...
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Previous International Polar Days have focussed on Sea Ice, Ice Sheets, our Changing Earth, Land and Life, and People. The Polar Day in December has the theme "Above The Polar Regions". The following lists IPY projects ...
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