People & Culture

IPY Conference in Oslo Brings Fresh Energy to Polar Research

7/2/2010 A June conference in Norway highlighted how much this IPY differed from previous polar years; it emphasized human dimensions, international cooperation, and the role of education and outreach, and training of a new generation of researchers. More

A First-Person Interview with Lt. Jg. Nick Morgan, a NOAA Climate Researcher at the South Pole

3/29/2010 For the past 50 years, scientists have measured levels of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere at the South Pole, creating the longest such record in existence. Read about monitoring global climate at the end of the Earth. More

NOAA Launches "Arctic Future" Web site

3/16/2010 NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory has launched a new Web site to help those interested in the Arctic learn more about the long-term effects of the loss of Arctic summer sea ice. More

Woods Hole Ship, Scientists, and Crew Probe Strategic, Turbulent and Terrifying Arctic Oceanic Gateway

2/6/2010 Winds reach more than 70 mph and waves tower over three stories high in this narrow passage on the doorstep of the Arctic Circle, where waters flow southward from the Arctic Ocean to the North Atlantic. More

Woods Hole Audio Slideshow: Life in the Arctic—After Climate Change

12/22/2009 Carin Ashjian, an NSF-supported biologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, narrates a slideshow about Arctic research aboard the U.S Coast Guard icebreaker Healy. More

Audio Slideshow: Researchers Search for Tiny Marine Life at the Heart of the Fertile Antarctic Ecosystem

11/5/2009 Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution talk about the creatures that make up the base of the Antarctic food chain, their importance in the global ecosystem and what draws people to become scientists. More

"First Person": Examining Climate-Related Changes in the Arctic with an Eye Towards What is Yet to Come

10/29/2009 Biologist Eric Post talks about climate change in the Arctic and how some effects are so subtle as to be, for now, "like a thief in the night." More

NOAA's Arctic Report Card: Changes Affecting Air, Ocean, and Everything in Between

10/22/2009 Despite the fact that summer 2009 had more sea ice than in 2007 or 2008, scientists are seeing drastic changes in the region from just five years ago and at rates faster than anticipated, according to NOAA's "Arctic Report Card." More

Indiana School Welcomes Home NOAA ‘Teacher at Sea’ from Arctic Voyage of Discovery

10/20/2009 Christine Hedge, a 7th-grade science teacher who spent six weeks in the Arctic Ocean on board the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy, discovered an underwater mountain. More

"First Person": Researchers Discuss How Scientific Tools Yield a New Perspective on the Fates of Two Historic Polar Expeditions

10/8/2009 Writing in American Scientist, NSF-funded researchers describe how they used satellite ice measurements to examine the roles of luck and environment in the outcomes of Nansen's Fram expedition and Shackleton's Endurance voyage. More