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Thursday, 10 April 2008 18:56
IPY Data - Challenges and Opportunities
This recent article on Earthzine from three members of the IPY Data Management Committee presents the opportunities and the challenges of meeting IPY's data goals in both historical and global contexts. The article reminded me, again, of the powerful impact IPY can have on the future of scientific information, and that achieving that impact requires resources (of course) but more importantly commitment and cooperation from the IPY participants. If you wonder why you continue to hear, from the IPO, from your funding agencies, and from the IPY Data and Information Services, reminders about the importance of metadata and data registration and data archivin...
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 18:33
Trip to Unamed Island - it's all about the poo.
By Dr James Smith, geologist on board James Clark Ross.
The purpose of our visit to ‘Unnamed Island’ was to follow up to a trip made by one of our colleagues at BAS, Dr. Jo Johnson who visited the island in 2006. Jo, then on the German research ship RV Polarstern, was busy collecting rock samples from around Pine Island Bay to date the thinning history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet since its last glacial maximum (about 18,000 years ago).
Photo: Adelie Penguins from the Un-named island in Pine Island Bay (Amundsen Sea). BAS
This work forms part of the GRADES-QWAD programme at BAS, which i...
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 21:18
IPY in the news: Plenty Magazine, CBC News
Uncovering mysteries at Earth’s poles
Plenty — April 7 — One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Austrian explorer Karl Weyprecht called on scientists around the world to study the Earth's polar regions. Only through such concerted effort, believed Weyprecht, could problems of meteorology and geophysics be solved. Weyprecht's enterprise has since become the International Polar Year, held every 50 years and involving thousands of scientists from more than 60 countries. The latest kicked off in March 2007 and will last until March 2009-yes, it's two years long; keep reading to learn why-and it's now climate change that demands global solutions, with Antarctica and the Arctic hit first...
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 17:09
Human & Rangifer Migrations
NOAA Probes Arctic Pollution For Global Warming Clues
NOAA — April 7 — NOAA scientists are now flying through springtime Arctic pollution to find out why the region is warming - and summertime sea ice is melting - faster than predicted. Some 35 NOAA researchers are gathering with government and university colleagues in Fairbanks, Alaska, to conduct the study through April 23. Called ARCPAC (Aerosol, Radiation, and Cloud Processes affecting Arctic Climate Change), the project is a NOAA contribution to International Polar Year 2008.
Ringed seals key to polar bears' fate: researchers
Winnipeg Free Press — Apr...
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Monday, 07 April 2008 18:20
IPY Report: April 2008
Contents: 1. Publications Database 2. Satellite Data 3. IPY Celebrations, February 2009 4. APECS information 5. UNEP Children's Conference,- call for material 6. IPO update Report no. 12, April 2008 From: IPY International Programme Office To: IPY Project Coordinators cc: IPY Community Google Groups 1. Publications Database Already, many researchers prepare publications of their IPY work. As described in the IPY Data Policy, we encourage all IPY researchers to acknowledge IPY and its sponsoring agencies (ICSU, WMO) in all of these publications and to provide bi...
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 01:57
The Third International Polar Day in China
On March 12th, we celebrated the third International Polar Day --- Changing Earth in China. We chose three cities as our activity places, which are respectively located in North China, Middle China and South China.
The Outreach Board and Poster
In Beijing, capital of China, China Weather TV made a piece of news to introduce third polar day to Chinese audien...
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 00:35
IPY Scholarly Publications Policy
Published quarterly in March, June, September and December, the multiple writing award winning journal "The Fan Hitch", now in its tenth year, has been enjoyed not only by Inuit Dog enthusiasts, but also has been appreciated as a valuable resource for information as well as a connection to other people, by scientists, historical researchers (including IPY contributors), tourism businesses, filmmakers, authors, veterinarians, universities, government agencies and NGOs. In addition to being principally a free "e-zine", "The Fan Hitch" is also available in paper form, which is imaged and distributed by the IPL students of the Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik. As part of our mission to help restore and pr...
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 00:09
IPY Videoconference connects Alaska and Argentina
On Tuesday, April 8, middle- and high-school students from Fairbanks, Shageluk and Wasilla, Alaska, will join with students from the other end of the globe, in Ushuaia, Argentina, in a live two-hour videoconference that is part of International Polar Year (IPY) activities at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). The students will respond to a focus question about the important seasonal indicators in their area (such as budburst, leaves changing colors, or river/lake freeze-up or break-up), and how those indicators may be impacted by climate change. They will then discuss their answers with each other and with several arctic and antarctic scientists who will be on hand.
This videoconference, similar to one that was held a year ago on the UAF campus, is part of an Internat...
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Friday, 04 April 2008 19:30
IPY in the news: Globe and Mail, Queens University Journal
River delta's rise puts Arctic's future in flux VANCOUVER, April 4, 2008 Globe and Mail In the Mackenzie River Delta, where there are about 45,000 lakes separated by thin arms of land, researchers have found that global warming is causing water-level increases three times greater than expected. The study, Effects of Global Change on Canada's Mackenzie River Delta, is part of an International Polar Year investigation into changes in Arctic freshwater systems. Experimenting with scientific fun Queens University Journal Bottles of strangely named ch...
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Friday, 04 April 2008 19:10
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears Magazine: Learning From the Polar Past
"Learning From the Polar Past," the second issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears online magazine, provides content knowledge, lesson plans, and resources about fossils, polar dinosaurs, geologic time, paleontology, and archaeology. Students learn to examine evidence and make inferences in science activities. Through reading and writing, students practice making inferences, use context clues to define vocabulary, and construct evidence-based claims. The second issue includes compelling images from both the Arctic and Antarctica as well as engaging stories and high-quality content. Some of the issue's highlights are: ...
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