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Globalization and Climate Change:
Challenges in the New Maritime Arctic
Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in
Kane Hall Dr. Lawson W. Brigham will discuss the historic transformation Arctic sea ice is undergoing --thinning, extent reduction in all seasons, and substantial reductions in the area of multiyear ice in the central Arctic Ocean--which has significant implications for longer seasons of navigation and new access to previously difficult-to-reach coastal regions. These changes present very real challenges to the existing legal and regulatory structures which cannot meet today's needs for enhanced marine safety and environmental protection. For a full abstract and additional information please visit the lecture's web page.
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Polar Science Weekend, February 26- March 1, 2009
For the forth year in a row the Polar Science Center is teaming up with Pacific Science Center for Polar Science Weekend. This is a chance for the public to meet researchers and see the equipment they use and learn more about the polar regions. |
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HOTRAX web site and data now available
A new web site containing the field data from studies of 'Morphological and optical characteristics of the summer Arctic sea ice cover' conducted during the 2005 Healy-Oden TransArctic Expedition (HOTRAX) is now available. It is intended to provide background on the program, an overview of our observations, and data and metadata. Logs and photographs from the transect are also provided. |
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North Pole ever closer to having no ice: Scientists seek causes for decline
The North Pole could be ice-free in summer months as soon as next decade, and University of Washington experts on shrinking Arctic ice floes are sounding the alarm. |
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Seasonal Sea Ice Prediction and Outlook for 2008
The decline in Arctic sea ice over the past 30 years has generated enormous interest in seasonal sea ice forecasts for the Arctic. Such forecasts would be of great value for shipping, resource exploration, and planning of field experiments.
Researchers at thePolar Science Center are currently testing different approaches to seasonal ice forecasting. Follow the link to find out more. |
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Greenland Meltwater and Ian Joughin in the news.
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"Freezer Lab" Simulates Snowball Earth Conditions
Physicist Bonnie Light's research in the APL-UW Cryosphere Science Laboratory is included in the examination of what an hypothesized frozen Earth of the distant past may have been like for the TV series Naked Science on the National Geographic Channel. |
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Polar Science Weekend, February 26- March 1, 2009
For the forth year in a row the Polar Science Center is teaming up with Pacific Science Center for Polar Science Weekend. This is a chance for the public to meet researchers and see the equipment they use and learn more about the polar regions. |
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Arctic Adventure! Ocean Tales of Currents and Creatures Lecture Series, Feb. 12, Feb. 26, and March 11.
Please join the UW College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences and the UW Alumni Association for this exciting lecture series focusing on the research of COFS scientists in the Arctic. Learn what it's like to live and work in this remote, inhospitable and ever-changing part of the world! |
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Applied Physics Laboratory Biannual Report
This year's Applied Physics Laboratory Biannual Report includes a nice article, with great photographs, about Ian Joughin's research on Greenland's glacial melt. The Biannual report also features a variety of other projects that other department's within the lab are conducting. |
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AIDJEX Revisited: A Look Back at the US-Canadian Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment 1970-78 (Untersteiner, N., A.S. Thorndike, D.A. Rothrock, and K.L. Hunkins) was published in the September issue of Arctic. |
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AIDJEX Bulletin Library now online
The full set of AIDJEX Bulletins have been converted to PDF files at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA under the direction of Ron Kwok and with financial support from NASA. Visit the web site to browse the complete contents and download Bulletins. |
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International Polar Year: 2007 - 2008
IPY 2007-2008 will be an intense campaign of polar research and education. Scientists at the Polar Science Center are looking forward to incorporating out currently active and planned projects into IPY!
For more information check out a brief summary of the National Research Council report "A Vision for the international Polar Year 2007-2008", the US Interagency web site and the US National Committee web site. |