News Archive

Teacher Ale Martinez and the Phenology and Vegetation in the Warming Arctic 2019 Research Team broadcast live from Toolik Field Station on Tuesday, 25 June 2019. The team is studying environmental variability and increased temperature on tundra plant phenology, growth, species composition and ecosystem function. You can read more about her experience and the science here. The one-hour event is now archived and can be viewed here.

The live event that was held on 26 June 2019 with teacher David Walker and the Carbon in the Arctic Team from Toolik Field Station in Alaska is now archived. Read more about their research and what David is learning here. You can view the archive here.

Full resolution photos are now available online for PolarTREC teacher Mike Penn's Antarctic Automatic Weather Stations expedition to various locations around McMurdo Station and Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, that took place from November 24th to December 27th, 2018.

Larry Hamilton, University of New Hampshire - What People Know: Asking About the Arctic on U.S. General-Public Surveys When: Friday, 3 May 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT Where: Consortium for Ocean Leadership building (1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C) or via live webinar Register here

Helen M. Aderman, 2019 Arctic Indigenous Scholar, for a seminar/webinar entitled, “The Bristol Bay Marine Ecosystem & Subsistence Resource Needs”. When: Monday, 6 May 2019 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. EDT at the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) office in Washington, D.C. A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Registration is required for both the in-person and live-streamed events. Register here

Full resolution photos are now available online for PolarTREC teacher Kim Young's Winter Respiration in the Arctic expedition to various locations around Alaska, that took place from August 17th to September 16th, 2018.

Full resolution photos are now available online for PolarTREC teacher Lauren Neitzke Adamo's Sliding Glaciers expedition to Valais Canton of Switzerland, that took place from August 10th to 28th, 2018.

In case you missed it, learn what it is like to live at McMurdo Field Station and work in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica. The event was held on Wednesday, 6 February 2019 with teacher Kevin Dickerson and the 2019 Dry Valleys Ecosystem Study Team. Read more about their research here.

Full resolution photos are now available online for PolarTREC teacher Wendi Pillars' Migration and Carry-Over Effects in Arctic Seabirds expedition to Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, that took place from July 16th to August 5th, 2018.

In case you missed it, you can now watch the archive of the PolarConnect event with Allyson Woodard and the Permafrost and Community Team. This event was broadcast live from the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon. Drs. Santosh Panda and Alexander Kholodov from the University of Alaska joined Allyson to discuss last summer's field season working in the Alaskan village of Telida. Read more about their research and what Allyson observed here.

Full resolution photos are now available online for PolarTREC teacher Melissa Lau's Phenology and Vegetation Change in the Warming Arctic expedition to Toolik Field Station, Alaska, that took place from June 6th to July 7th, 2018.