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Installation of Antarctic Work in Florida by Cuban-American Artist Xavier Cortada Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

10/12/2007 Florida's Secretary of State has announced an installation in the Capitol rotunda of art produced by Cortada under the auspices of NSF's Antarctic Artists & Writers Program. More

Explorers Club Honors Five Federal Researchers for their Contributions to Climate Research

10/9/2007 Five scientists whose research is supported by the federal government or who are employed by federal agencies received the Lowell Thomas Award from the New York-based Explorers Club on Oct. 18 for their work at the frontiers of climate research More

USGS "Corecast" Podcast Examines Recent Agency Polar Bear Research and the Links Between Bears and Sea Ice

10/6/2007 How important is the link between polar bears and sea ice? Sue Haseltine, USGS associate director for biology, talks about that, along with some other aspects of the USGS's recent polar bear research. More

NSF-funded Educational DVD to Explore Adelie Penguin Biology, Polar Ecology and Penguins' Response to Climate Change

10/2/2007 Preview a soon-to-be released educational DVD that will take audiences on a virtual journey to Antarctica. The material will be aligned with national science standards for use with elementary, middle- and high-school curriculums. More

USGS CoreCast (podcast) Discusses Polar Bear Research

10/2/2007 In this episode, Associate Director of Biology, Sue Haseltine, talks about the important link between sea ice and polar bears and covers other information related to the recent USGS's polar bear research. More

'Remarkable' Drop in Arctic Sea Ice Raises Questions

9/25/2007 Melting Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a 29-year low, significantly below the minimum set in 2005. More

New Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE) Web Site Examines All Aspects of Waterways Buried Under Ice

9/25/2007 Antarctica's Lake Vostok, one of the continent's roughly 140 subglacial lakes, is the size of Lake Ontario. SALE scientists want to understand the biology, geology, chemistry, glaciology, and physical processes of these unique environments. More

Student Designed IPY Posters from the University of Kansas and the Center for the Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets

9/20/2007 A sophomore graphics design class took on the task of designing a new IPY-CReSIS poster. See the winning designs on this page or download the .pdfs. More

USGS "CoreCast" Podcast Series Features Discussion of Climate Change and the Role of the Poles

9/18/2007 CoreCast offers insight on various topics. In this installment, Tom Armstrong, senior advisor to the director on climate change, answers questions about how climate change affects our lives. More

Sea Ice Resources Available on this Portal

9/17/2007 A collection of resources for teachers and the general public gathered as part of the first "International Polar Day" of IPY, Sept. 21, 2007, which is organized around the theme of sea ice. More
                                      
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