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STELLA ANTARCTICA: Towards an international astronomical observatory at Dome C in Antarctica
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Southern Ocean bird observations now online
The scavenging hordes
SCAR-MarBIN: Linking, Integrating and Disseminating Marine Biodiversity Information
TARANTELLA: Terrestrial Ecosystems in Arctic and Antarctic
Terrestrial ecosystems in Arctic and Antarctic: effects of UV light, liquefying ice, and ascending temperatures (TARANTELLA)
Predicted changes in climate and ozone concentrations in the Polar Regions make it critically important to understand how changes in key environmental factors influence polar terrestrial ecosystems via the modification of their individual but interconnected components.
Observational and experimental research on the effect of climate change and ozone depletion is affiliated to international research programmes including the EBA, Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic project, SCAR in the Antarctic, and in the Arctic to ITEX, International Tundra Experiment as well as IGBP-GCTE.
TARANTELLA aims to coordinate these studies by focusing on the experimental approach, in both the Arctic, in collaboration with ITEX, and in the Antarctic.
A common methodology is used, the so-called Open-Top Chambers (OTC) or small greenhouses for temperature manipulations; for UV-B field research, UV-B supplementation (lamps) and/or UV-B exclusion (foils), are used to experimentally establish varied UV-B levels.
MERGE: Microbiological and Ecological Responses to Global Environmental Change
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Fri, 07 May 2010IPY Monthly Report: May 2010
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010IPY Report: March 2010
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Thu, 21 Jan 2010IPY Oslo Science Conference -...
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Thu, 16 Dec 2010Missatge 10: Un cervell realment...
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Wed, 15 Dec 2010Ice Core Goes on Display...
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Mon, 13 Dec 2010Another Use for Antarctic Icebergs?