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Communicating Arctic Science, from a science meeting to a high school classroom
Last week (May 18-23) marked the first annual Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography’s Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM). While the Polaris showing at the JASM wasn’t…
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Congratulations to Polaris Participants and Alumni!
As Polaris Project students advance in their academic careers, they continue to achieve scientific successes through publications, presentations at national meetings, and awards and fellowships. Just to highlight a…
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Northern lights
The seasonal difference between doing fieldwork in Siberia in summery July and a now autumnal September is obvious in low temperatures and bug-free conditions. Plus the added bonus: dark…
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Fieldwork in the Siberian autumn
In our first four days of being here, we’ve sampled about 15 sites, spanning streams and rivers all the way from Duvannyi Yar to the tundra. With summer coming…
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Record breaking in Yakutsk
Being a scientist means you’re always learning and being creative. Being an Arctic scientist means you also must be patient, especially here in the Siberian Arctic. We experienced this…
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Back to the promised land
With three red-eye flights 4 hours in front of me, the GRE 4…
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Congratulations Polaris Alums!
Polaris Project students have achieved great research successes through their publications, presentations at national meetings, and awards and fellowships. Just to highlight a few… This year, two Polaris alumnae, Erin…
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Dowdy et al 2012 AGU
Dowdy, K. I., Vonk, J. E., Mann, P. J., Zimov, N., Bulygina, E., Davydova, A., Spencer, R. G. M., Holmes, R. M. 2012. Ancient Yedoma carbon loss: primed by…
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Ancient Yedoma carbon loss: primed by ice wedge thaw?
Frozen soils, or permafrost, in northeast Siberia are dominated by Yedoma deposits. Yedoma deposits are accumulations of windblown dust and riverine sediments from the Pleistocene era, a period 2.6…
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Science is life at the Northeast Science Station
Spending every waking (and sleeping) moment with like-minded ecologists really allows us…
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Siberia-bound!
After many weeks of having The Beatles’ “Back in the USSR” put a bigger smile on my face than usual, the day is finally here to depart…
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