Directory of Science and Environment Resources

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This category includes web sites about the natural, scientific, and environmental aspects of the Polar Regions. It includes information about the natural environment, environmental problems, and scientific activities specific to the Polar Regions.

Subcategories

• Antarctic
• Arctic
• Kerguelen Islands
• Meteorology
• Paleontology

Resources in This Category

• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

  http://www.awi.de/
  Conducts research in the Arctic, the Antarctic and at temperate latitudes. It coordinates Germany's polar research programme and provides other institutions with the facilities, equipment and logistics needed for polar expeditions.

• Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

  http://instaar.colorado.edu/AAAR/
  An interdisciplinary journal providing original research on the Polar regions. Includes abstracts, index, subscription information. It does not provide the full-text of articles.

• Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center

  http://bpcrc.osu.edu/
  Research focuses on the role of cold regions in the global climate system. Includes publications, conferences, links to related sites.

• Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling

  http://www.cpom.org/
  Based in London, Bristol and Cambridge, the Centre researches and studies processes at the Earth's Poles. Includes research projects, publications, seminars, meetings, conferences, links, contact details, staff lists.

• CNR - Polar Research Activity

  http://www.polarnet.cnr.it/
  Italian organization. Resources, collaborations, news, services, press, and relevant links.

• EBSCO: Arctic and Antarctic Regions

  http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=868
  Resource for research on cold regions. General information, overview, and content.

• Glacier Society

  http://www.glaciersociety.org/
  Preserving the history of America’s polar explorations (especially in the Antarctic), telling the story of the Coast Guard and Navy icebreakers and providing educational resources including afloat training.

• National Institute of Polar Research

  http://www.nipr.ac.jp/
  Japanese facility that researches polar meteorology, glaciology, oceanography, geology, marine and terrestrial biology, ecology, and Antarctic meteorites. Includes information on facilities, publications, and joint research.

• National Science Foundation

  http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/
  Office of polar programs concerned with scientific research, and operational support of that research.

• National Science Foundation: Polar Research

  http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP
  NSF programs for support of scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic.

• National Snow and Ice Data Center

  http://nsidc.org/
  Information and referral center supporting polar and cryospheric research. Education resources, the NSIDC data catalog and an image gallery.

• Norwegian Polar Institute

  http://www.npolar.no/
  Institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions.

• Operation Deep Freeze

  http://www.aspen-ridge.net/
  Information and pictures on the use of US Navy Destroyer Escorts as weather picket ships from 1957 to 1968.

• Polar Climate Group

  http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/polar/
  At the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Goals, staff, publications, research, and literature.

• Polar Pointers

  http://bprc.osu.edu/polar_pointers/
  Directory of web sites about the polar regions and related scientific topics.

• Polar Research Board

  http://dels.nas.edu/prb/
  Provides independent analysis to the federal government and the nation on matters of science and technology affecting public policy on research needs, environmental quality, natural resources, and other issues in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and cold regions in general.

• Scott Polar Research Institute

  http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/
  SPRI is a University of Cambridge research centre covering both the Arctic and Antarctic.

• Seaice.de

  http://www.seaice.de/
  Sea ice concentration and cloud signature maps of polar areas.

• Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic

  http://tea.armadaproject.org/
  Program that sponsors research experiences in the polar regions for U.S. elementary and secondary school teachers. Includes program information and journals and other reports from current and past participants.

• The International Commission on Polar Meteorology

  http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/ICPM/
  Focus for research into the meteorology and climatology of the Arctic and Antarctic.

• The SINTEF Group

  http://www.sintef.no/
  Polar technology programme from The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian institute of technology.

• The Swedish Universities of Technology Libraries

  http://www.ltu.se/shb/d3977/d2808?l=en
  Resource for polar research and cold region technology.

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