Iced In: Conservation Magazine, 2011-12-04
Recent research by Kristin Laidre and Harry Stern on the impacts of climate change on Arctic narwhals is published in Polar Biology. See the article in Conservation Magazine.
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In The News
A really bad year for Arctic Sea Ice: Science News, 2011-10-06
PIOMAS Arctic Sea Ice Volume and excerpts from an interview with Axel Schweiger are covered in Science News. Click to read full story
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Summer Melt Among the worst ever: Science News, 2011-09-14
Our recent paper talking about the uncertainty in Arctic Sea Ice Volume is covered in Science News. Click to read full story
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The Guardian, 2011-09-11
The Guardian cites PIOMAS sea ice volume in the context of a new sea ice minimum reached according to data from the University of Bremen. Click here for full story.
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Polar Science Center investigator Kristin Laidre was recently featured in an online article on the Pacific Science Center’s website. This article about her work with narwhals was based on her recent “Science Cafe” presentation in Kirkland. The whole presentation entitled “Uncovering the Mysteries of the Narwhal” is on-line here.
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New Publication: Stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in a Warming World
Polar Science Center investigator Ian Joughin and Richard B. Alley of the Department of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University were recently published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Their article discusses the possibility of a large contribution to rising sea levels due to the melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet by global warming. The full article is available here.
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PSC Student Cecilia Peralta Ferriz Honored for Best Student Poster at Gordon Research Conference
PSC graduate student Cecilia Peralta Ferriz was awarded the Best Student Poster prize at the Gordon Research Conference for Polar Marine Science on March 24, 2011.
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