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6/10/2008
World-renowned director Werner Herzog traveled to Antarctica with National Science Foundation (NSF) support to produce a film about daily life on the southernmost continent. The film opened in June 2008.
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5/30/2008
Mars is a cold desert planet with no liquid water on its surface. But in the Martian arctic, water ice lurks just below ground level. Phoenix uses a robotic arm to dig through the soil surface and explore this circumpolar region
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5/16/2008
Dr. Greg McFarquhar, co-lead scientist for DOE's Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol campaign, makes time for science education in the field.
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5/15/2008
The Department of the Interior announced May 14 that it is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the bear as a threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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5/14/2008
The U.S. Department of Energy's Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment is featured on the cover of the latest report from the U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee.
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4/3/2008
Helen Amanda Fricker, an NSF-funded glaciologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., explains why she "loves" math-- and why she couldn't work without it--in this video produced by the San Diego County Office of Education.
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4/1/2008
The Arctic is a receptacle for the planet's air pollutants. A coordinated international effort involving NASA and NOAA is geared toward learning more about pollutants' effects at the top of the globe.
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3/26/2008
The USGS conducts research on polar bears to better inform the Department of Interior on conservation of the species and its habitat. Read about everything from tracking bears by satellite to denning behaviors.
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3/25/2008
To fill a national void in the elementary school curriculum and capitalize on student interest in the polar regions, Ohio State University and the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) have launched a new online magazine for teachers.
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3/20/2008
Millions of Adelie penguins storm Antarctic beaches annually to breed. For 50 years, researchers have been studying their life cycle.
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