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climateXchange: How's your world? allows users to share stories (in text, photos and video) of how climate change has or might affect them in their local area, no matter where they are.
We'd love for individuals, schools and community groups to contribute, as well as see the stories we already have on the site!
We're hoping to receive submissions from all around the world. In fact, Questacon has made the site a part of International Polar Year, on behalf of all the science centres in the Asia Pacific region, as a part of the ASTC's Project IGLO.
The project has an Asia - Pacific focus but submissions are invited from everywhere.
It is prod...
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The purpose of our study is to understand how Arctic predators respond to variations in oceanographic conditions. We will be studying Little Auks (Alle alle) at two sites, along the West coast of Spitsbergen and along the East coast of Greenland. We will be comparing the diets, foraging behavior and reproductive success at these two contrasting sites. The Greenland birds feed in cold Arctic water and the Spitsbergen birds feed in warmer water. We are collaborating with researchers from many different countries.
We have a blog to decribe our activities which we will update during our expedition. The team at the Spitsbergen site is made up of undergradute students and Prof. Nina Karnovsky from Pomona College, CA. The team at the Greenland site is led by Ann Harding and will ha...
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In 1934 James Mann Wordie lead a team of researchers to West Greenland and Baffin Island. They returned with objects, photographs and their own impressions of local Inuit communities. This website, created by the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in collaboration with the Scott Polar Research Institute, visually represents these objects and the expedition’s encounters and experiences in the Arctic. A comment section is available on most pages for visitors to contribute information relating to the content presented.
Wordie Arctic Expedition Website
For more information, please contact
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Museum of Archaeology & Anthr...
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A new project is being developed to consider the use of Thermographics in Education.
A thermographic is a registration of the surface temperature by detecting long-wavelength infrared radiation. You can compare the image with a weather chart. It’s like holding 80.000 thermometers at the same time in front of an animal. The colors added to the measurements create the image. The colors show variations in temperature. You can capture images at night or in daytime, it doesn’t matter, you need different surface temperatures though.
In the Polar regions you’ll only find a few species of animals. They are definitely the best to-cold-adapted animals of the world. The biodiversity is not comparable with for example a rainforest, where you’ll find thousands of d...
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Monday, 11 June 2007 22:22
Why Are the Polar Ice Caps Melting? The Dangers of Global Warming
Written by Lizzy Hawker
A new book for children focusing on the Global Warming has recently been published. It forms part of the “Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science series which explores challenging concepts for children in the primary grades.
Why Are the Polar Ice Caps Melting? The Dangers of Global Warming
Written by Anne Rockwell
Illustrated by Paul Meisel
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-054671-7
Quote on back cover:
“The earth is getting hotter, and not just in the summer. The climate in your hometown is changing. But why is this happening, and can we stop it? Read and find out!”
The pictures are engaging! The book contains an explanation of the greenhouse effect and the many ways the earth is changing or has cha...
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The bibliography "International Polar Year 2007-2008 Resources on Polar Research in the NOAA Central Library Network : A Selected Bibliography" has been prepared to support NOAA Central Library (NCL) activities during International Polar Year 2007-2008. It reflects the NCL network’s unique print and online resources on exploration and research in Polar Regions. It includes citations organized “by title” from NOAALINC, the library's online catalog, and from the library's historical collections. The data and listings are comprehensive from the 18th century to the present. The formats represented in this resource include print, CD-ROM, online full-text documents, digital videos, digital images, online cruise data and Web resources. This document provides full-text access, copyright ...
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The bibliography "International Polar Year 2007-2008 Resources on Polar Research in the NOAA Central Library Network : A Selected Bibliography" has been prepared to support NOAA Central Library (NCL) activities during International Polar Year 2007-2008. It reflects the NCL network’s unique print and online resources on exploration and research in Polar Regions. It includes citations organized “by title” from NOAALINC, the library's online catalog, and from the library's historical collections. The data and listings are comprehensive from the 18th century to the present. The formats represented in this resource include print, CD-ROM, online full-text documents, digital videos, digital images, online cruise data and Web resources. This document provides full-text access, copyright ...
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 17:01
International and National Organisations endorsing or supporting IPY 2007-2008
Written by Nicola Munro
IPY Planning Group Documentation:
IPY Planning Group Membership
IPY Planning Group Terms of Reference
Minutes from the first IPY Planning Group Meeting
Minutes from the secong IPY Planning Group Meeting
Minutes from the third IPY Planning Group Meeting
2003 Documentation
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IPY Planning Group Documentation:
IPY Planning Group Membership
IPY Planning Group Terms of Reference
Minutes from the first IPY Planning Group Meeting
Minutes from the secong IPY Planning Group Meeting
Minutes from the third IPY Planning Group Meeting
2003 Documentation
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