The 21st Century Celebration of the Arctic and Antarctic

This article is a two-part series about the Arctic and Antarctic intended to celebrate the US and International Polar year. Barnard College in New York City recently held a two-day interdisciplinary conference on...

International Polar Year: Start Your Engines

International Polar Year has begun, and thousands of scientists will begin working on some 220 projects that will become the largest single effort to understand the impact of the globe's polar regions on the...