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Recent Media Coverage

PolarTREC is making news around the country! Click the articles below to check out recent news coverage. Visit us in the future to search all PolarTREC media coverage!

Newsroom Archives
Title Date Organization or Publication Related Members Expeditions
PolarTREC Lets Teachers Instruct From Poles ABC News Greenland Atmospheric Studies
From the frozen Arctic, South Florida team tests the planet's health Palm Beach Post Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Scientists race to rescue cemetery from ocean Palm Beach Post Nuvuk Archaeology Studies
Hands on experience in climate research The University Centre in Svalbard Website High Arctic Change 08
Climate research professor slates live Web presentation tomorrow The Shorthorn Changing Tundra Landscapes
Florida teacher brings cleanup fun to Barrow The Arctic Sounder Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Cool expedition puts teacher on ice in Arctic: DA teacher to study sea changes The News & Observer Ocean Dynamics Beaufort Sea
Teacher will bring experience of Greenland Billings Gazette Greenland Atmospheric Studies
Teacher starts Arctic archaeological odyssey Eagle Times Nuvuk Archaeology Studies
Notes on an Adventure Arizona Daily Sun Bering Ecosystem Study 08
NPR Report: Barrow Tundra Dynamics Expedition National Public Radio Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Local science teachers get a lesson West Palm Beach TV News Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Visit with MS science teacher Gerty Ward in the Arctic Durham Academy News & Notes Ocean Dynamics Beaufort Sea
Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle2 http://www.usda.gov/fundinglapse.htm? Ted Schuur Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra 2013
Rye Teacher Can Share Antarctic Research and Diving Adventure Foster.com Lake Ecosystems in Antarctica
The Roost: Education The Roost Newsletter Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
UNH Grad Goes to New Depths for Research Study The New Hampshire Lake Ecosystems in Antarctica
Lake El'gygytgyn: Unlocking the History of Glaciation of the Northern Hemisphere Polar Field Services Newsletter: Field Notes Geologic Climate Research in Siberia
Physics teacher to journey from Belmont to the bottom of the world San Mateo County Times, Contra Costa Times IceCube In-Ice Antarctic Telescope
GSO Day School Teacher Heads To The Arctic WFMY 2 News: digtriad.com Geologic Climate Research in Siberia
Parks teacher prepares to embark on an educational journey of a lifetime Charles County Public Schools: School News Early Spring Plankton and Benthos
Outside teachers train in Fairbanks for Antarctic trips The Daily News Miner IceCube In-Ice Antarctic Telescope
Amphitheater School District Newsletter Amphitheater Education Matters Ocean, Atmosphere, Sea Ice, and Snowpack Interactions
Thrills and chills are in store for Wilson teacher Arizona Daily Star Ocean, Atmosphere, Sea Ice, and Snowpack Interactions
South Pole Bound Washington-Lee teacher to conduct research in Antarctica. Arlington Connection IceCube In-ice Antarctic Telescope 2010