International Polar Year (IPY) Online Forum
Hosted by The Polar Research Board of The National Academies
Forum now in third week
For more information and to join the discussion visit:
http://www.nationalacademies.org/prb/ipy
The on-line forum discussing a possible International Polar Year (IPY)
beginning in 2007 now is in the third week. Please navigate to
http://www.nationalacademies.org/prb/ipy to join the discussions in the
on-line forum, read about previous IPYs, and find links to other IPY web
sites. This week a new question is available in the forums section,
This IPY must deal with questions in both the Arctic and the Antarctic
and include a broad range of disciplines. How do we ensure that the IPY
is truly multidisciplinary and, ideally, interdisciplinary, doing a full
range of geology, atmospheric sciences, climate, ecology, biology and
earth system science, as well as addressing human dimensions?
Previous questions on the overarching themes for the next IPY and involving
young researchers remain open for discussion.
Thank you,
Sheldon Drobot, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Polar Research Board
Email: sdrobot [at] nas.edu