Deadline Extended
Discounted Ordering Available
Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: IPY 2007-2008
ICSU/WMO IPY Joint Committee
Extended deadline: Thursday, 7 April 2011.
To order, please click on the "Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges"
link under 'New Releases' at:
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/cci/nav01.cfm?nav01=92006
The full report is available at:
http://www.arcticportal.org/ipy-joint-committee
For further information, please contact:
Cindy Mason
Email: cindy.mason [at] ualberta.ca
The deadline for ordering "Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: IPY
2007-2008" at a discounted price has been extended to Thursday, 7 April
2011. The publication was prepared by the International Council for
Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
International Polar Year (IPY) Joint Committee, and presents the
findings from IPY 2007-2008, a massive research effort involving some
50,000 participants from more than 60 nations. The full report is
available as a PDF at: http://www.arcticportal.org/ipy-joint-committee.
IPY 2007-2008 involved a large range of disciplines, from geophysics to
ecology, also embracing human health, social sciences, and the
humanities. All IPY projects included partners from several nations
and/or from indigenous communities and polar residents' organizations.
An estimated 50,000 researchers, local observers, educators, students,
and support personnel from more than 60 nations were involved in the 228
international IPY projects (170 in science, 1 in data management, and 57
in education and outreach) and related national efforts. IPY generated
intensive research and observations in the Arctic and Antarctica over a
two-year period, with many activities continuing beyond that date. It
also generated a much anticipated 'pulse' (momentum) in the form of
substantial new funding for polar research and monitoring programs, new
observational and analysis technologies, integrated system-level
approaches, and a broadened circle of stakeholders. It introduced new
research and organizational paradigms that will have a lasting legacy of
their own. It showed the power of integrative vision, and consolidated
new trans-disciplinary approaches.
"Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: IPY 2007-2008" is a summary of
IPY activities in which the Joint Committee and associated teams were
directly involved. Comprising 38 chapters in five parts (Planning,
Research, Observations, Outreach, and Legacies), the report covers the
development of IPY 2007-2008 for almost a decade, from 2001 through
summer 2010. It has engaged hundreds of contributing authors from all
disciplines and more than 20 nations. This broad overview demonstrates
the extensive and essential contribution made by participating nations
and organizations, and provides a prospective blueprint for future polar
research.
Extended deadline: Thursday, 7 April 2011.
To order, please click on the "Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges"
link under 'New Releases' at:
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/cci/nav01.cfm?nav01=92006.
The full report is available at:
http://www.arcticportal.org/ipy-joint-committee.
For further information, please contact:
Cindy Mason
Email: cindy.mason [at] ualberta.ca