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Marine Biological Laboratory Polar Fellows
Science Journalism Program
Funded by NSF Informal Science Education Project “IPY: Improving the Public’s Understanding of Polar Research Through Hands-On Fellowships for Science Journalists in the Arctic and Antarctic”
NSF-DRL-0732955
List of blog posts on polar research produced so far:
1) “A Toolik Field Journal: The MBL’s Science Journalism Polar Program Blog”
http://toolikblog.wordpress.com/
2) “Arctic Dispatches”
Christine Dell’Amore
Smithsonian Magazine
http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/content/arctic-dispatches/
1 - Reaching Toolik - Journalist Christine Dell’Amore travels to Alaska’s Toolik Field to observe the environmental changes occurring in the Arctic Circle
2 - Playing With Permafrost: The first field tests in the tundra look at the effects of nitrogen levels on permafrost
3 - The Hike Up Jade Mountain: After a day of experiments and ongoing mosquito battles, Christine Dell’Amore enjoys the view from the top
4 - Exploring the Aufeis: Dell'Amore and her fellow researchers climb the aufeis and meet interesting insects
5 - Thermokarst and Toolik: The team studies consequences of the Arctic’s warming temperature
6 - A Polar Bear Plunge: A trip to the oil-rich Prudhoe Bay region ends in an Arctic swim
7 - The Toolik Way of Life: Gourmet fare, live music and 24-hour Arctic summer sun make life in Toolik hard to beat
8 - Looking at the Lakes: Alaska’s Arctic lakes are a source of methane experiments for a warming planet
9 - A Toolik Farewell: After leaving Toolik, the team finds points of interest on the road back to Fairbanks
10 - A thaw in Arctic Tundra: Researchers at the Toolik Field Station study thermokarst to understand the ecological effects of climate change
3) “Polarized: A reporter's account of chillin' with climate-watching scientists in the Arctic and Antarctic”
Scott Canon
Kansas City Star
http://scottcanon.blogspot.com
- June 23, 2008 – Heading North
- June 28, 2008 – A road paved by oil
- June 29, 2008 – Shangri-La for the smart set
- June 30, 2008 – Skeeter World
- July 2, 2008 – If it looks like a glacier, feels like a glacier, melts like a glacier…
- July 2, 2008 – These boots were made for dancing
- July 6, 2008 – The (not so) great North
- July 6, 2008 – But how to keep them out of your bird feeder?
- July 7, 2008 – iPods? We don’t need no stinkin’ iPods
- July 7, 2008 – Musk but no dusk
- July 9, 2008 – Science to scientists
- July 10, 2008 – Arctic blow up
- July 14, 2008 – If you’ve seen one
4) “G1 no Alasca” (In Portuguese)
Marilia Juste
g1.com.br
http://colunas.g1.com.br/redacao/category/g1-no-alasca/
- June 30, 2008 - Bang-bang científico no Alasca
- June 30, 2008 - Download ilegal é crime mesmo nos lugares mais isolados
- June 30, 2008 - O mistério das colheres desaparecidas no Alasca
- June 30, 2008 - Como lidar com o lixo no fim do mundo
- July 1, 2008 - Ciência molhada
- July 1, 2008 - Depois da chuva gelada, um presente gelado
- July 2, 2008 - Comida de cientista
- July 2, 2008 - Pesquisa animal (e gelada)
- July 3, 2008 - Pegadas na tundra
- July 3, 2008 - Quando o solo explode
- July 4, 2008 - Música baiana invade o Alasca
- July 4, 2008 - Dia de químicos
- July 5, 2008 - Raro fenômeno solar no topo da montanha
- July 6, 2008 - O ataque dos mosquitos do Ártico
- July 7, 2008 - Conferência dos repórteres de ciência
- July 7, 2008 - Rumo ao Oceano Ártico, uma cidade estranha e vida selvagem
- July 8, 2008 - Contatos nem tão imediatos assim com o maior predador do Ártico
- July 9, 2008 - Terra gelada em chamas
- July 10, 2008 - G1 flagra o Sol da meia-noite no Alasca
- July 11, 2008 - No fim da temporada no Alasca, respostas e as melhores imagens da aventura
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