Antarctica Reunion, 30 Years Later
I am honored that Senator Dave Durenberger has shared the following reflections on his role during...
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Climate Literacy Presentations at NSTA 2015: Chicago
Climate Generation and other members of the CLEAN Network are going to be busy at the National Scien...
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Katabatic Winds
Can you imagine relaxing on a ship in coastal waters with calm weather or only light winds and then ...
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How much ice is on Antarctica?
Visualize a mountain range that is more than 800 miles (1300 km) long and 9,900 feet (3,000 meters) ...
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A desert with 80% of the world’s fresh water?
If someone asked you to name the world’s driest continent, what would you guess? Would you be surpri...
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A dynamic home on the ice
Imagine what it would be like if your house or apartment grew and shrank every year. In the Antarcti...
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Shelf Ice
In 1991 Will Steger’s international team of explorers spent weeks crossing the Larsen ice shelf on t...
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Why doesn’t Antarctica have more fertile soil?
Imagine you are tiny bacteria or a bit of algae whose job it is to colonize the gravel, sand, clay a...
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Why do those penguins seem so warm?
Have you ever seen footage of penguins walking around in the cold wind and wondered why they seem so...
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What is life like under the surface of the Antarctic Ocean?
Which of the world’s oceans would you guess is the most biologically productive? Would you guess a t...
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Krill
It’s like something out of a science-fiction horror movie: creatures that feed on slime coating the ...
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B-15: An iceberg the size of Connecticut
In May of the year 2000 a chunk of ice measuring 4,250 square miles (11,000 square kilometers) broke...
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