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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
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
Visit with MS science teacher Gerty Ward in the Arctic Durham Academy News & Notes Ocean Dynamics Beaufort Sea
Local science teachers get a lesson West Palm Beach TV News Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
NPR Report: Barrow Tundra Dynamics Expedition National Public Radio Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Notes on an Adventure Arizona Daily Sun Bering Ecosystem Study 08
Teacher starts Arctic archaeological odyssey Eagle Times Nuvuk Archaeology Studies
Teacher will bring experience of Greenland Billings Gazette Greenland Atmospheric Studies
Cool expedition puts teacher on ice in Arctic: DA teacher to study sea changes The News & Observer Ocean Dynamics Beaufort Sea
Florida teacher brings cleanup fun to Barrow The Arctic Sounder Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
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
Scientists race to rescue cemetery from ocean Palm Beach Post Nuvuk Archaeology Studies
From the frozen Arctic, South Florida team tests the planet's health Palm Beach Post Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
PolarTREC Lets Teachers Instruct From Poles ABC News Greenland Atmospheric Studies
Snow and Rodents Stymie Florida Researchers Palm Beach Post Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Teacher goes to the ends of the Earth to study Palm Beach Post Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Science Teacher Heads to the Arctic Los Angeles Times Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Boynton Beach teacher bundling up to join research in the Arctic South Florida Sun-Sentinal Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Professor heads to tundra to uncover clues about climate Palm Beach Post Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Boynton Beach teacher selected to participate in Arctic program South Florida Sun-Sentinal Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Prestigious award is first for a Catholic educator Florida Catholic Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Who is the Walrus? New York Times Early Spring Plankton and Benthos
Polar Bear Fact Sheet Polar Bear Fact Sheet Polar Bear Response to Sea Ice Loss
Educators' award-winners announced Palm Beach Post Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Polar Focus Fascinated Project New Start Arizona Daily Sun Bering Ecosystem Study 08