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Below is a list of Press officers responsible for launch events around the world.
This is also available as a PDF of press_officers.
Please also consult National IPY Committees for information on national events.
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Monthly updates from the IPY International Programme Office to project leaders of internationally endorsed IPY projects. The full list of these projects can be found here. May 2007 (no. 1) June 2007 (no. 2) July 2007 (no. 3) August 2007 (no. 4) ...
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Dr. Diane McKnight, Antarctic Scientist at the University of Colorado - Boulder, has been inspiring people to study the Antarctic region for nearly two decades. She continues to do so through her wonderful new book The Lost Seal.
The Lost Seal children's story describes the first documented encounter with a live seal in the remote McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. This educational story tells of one seal's travels in the Antarctic desert and provides an engaging framework for conveying how different Antarctica and the Dry Valleys are from the environments with which children are familiar.
"Research scientists camped at the desolate McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica studying the local lakes and streams are one day surprised to find a young Weddell seal in t...
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Posters introducing 14 different IPY-NL research projects can be downloaded in PDF format from the IPY NL website.
Posters contributions include
- a general introductions to the international IPY projects: ‘Tarantella’, ‘Bird Health’, ‘Lashipa’, ‘NORCLIM’, ‘Aliens’
- Dutch contributions to IPY projects: ‘Glaciodyn’, ‘ORACLE-O3’, ‘POLAR-AOD’, ‘IPY Geotraces’ and ‘PAME’.
The posters were presented in November 2006 at an IPY-NL information meeting in The Hague, The Netherlands.
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Live Earth concerts will be held around the world. Headliners for the London Concert will be Madonna, the Beastie Boys and Black Eyed Peas joined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keane, Foo Fighters and others. In East Rutherford, New Jersey artists will include Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Kanye West, Rihanna, John Mayer, Smashing Pumpkins and Fall Out Boy. Other concerts will be in China, South Africa, Australia, Toyko and Brazil. Organizers have promised an event in Antarctica - but no word yet on where.
These concerts start a campaign called Save Our Selves (SOS).
The full story can be found at cnn.com
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Live Earth concerts will be held around the world. Headliners for the London Concert will be Madonna, the Beastie Boys and Black Eyed Peas joined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keane, Foo Fighters and others. In East Rutherford, New Jersey artists will include Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Kanye West, Rihanna, John Mayer, Smashing Pumpkins and Fall Out Boy. Other concerts will be in China, South Africa, Australia, Toyko and Brazil. Organizers have promised an event in Antarctica - but no word yet on where.
These concerts start a campaign called Save Our Selves (SOS).
The full story can be found at cnn.com
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Monday, 16 April 2007 22:40
Status and Challenges of the IPY 2007-8 Programme
Written by Cynan Ellis-Evans
Live Earth concerts will be held around the world. Headliners for the London Concert will be Madonna, the Beastie Boys and Black Eyed Peas joined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keane, Foo Fighters and others. In East Rutherford, New Jersey artists will include Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Kanye West, Rihanna, John Mayer, Smashing Pumpkins and Fall Out Boy. Other concerts will be in China, South Africa, Australia, Toyko and Brazil. Organizers have promised an event in Antarctica - but no word yet on where.
These concerts start a campaign called Save Our Selves (SOS).
The full story can be found at cnn.com
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Live Earth concerts will be held around the world. Headliners for the London Concert will be Madonna, the Beastie Boys and Black Eyed Peas joined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keane, Foo Fighters and others. In East Rutherford, New Jersey artists will include Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Kanye West, Rihanna, John Mayer, Smashing Pumpkins and Fall Out Boy. Other concerts will be in China, South Africa, Australia, Toyko and Brazil. Organizers have promised an event in Antarctica - but no word yet on where.
These concerts start a campaign called Save Our Selves (SOS).
The full story can be found at cnn.com
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An IPY Overview Presentation given by Dr Rhian Salmon at the National Science Teachers Association Conference in St Louis, USA, March 31st 2007.
You can download the presentation in a variety of formats. Each of these is compressed as a .zip file to make the file size smaller.
slides and presenters notes PDF (72MB)
slides only PDF (71MB)
Quick Time videos of sections of the presentation... interactive so you can click a mouse when you want the next slide.
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