Jul 12 2011

Frozen Rover Goes for a Spin

Tag: Antarctica,Climate,Engineering,Polar Regions,Robots,Scientists — Eric Niiler @ 12:05 pm
A unique autonomous four-wheeled vehicle may soon be cruising the polar regions collecting climate data.

Aug 23 2010

Beyond the Black Box

Tag: Air Travel,Aircraft,Artifacts,Atlantic Ocean,Aviation,Batteries,Birds,Child,Colleges,Communication,Computers,Design,Devices,Disasters and Accidents,Electronics,Engaged,Engineering,Engines,Events,Experts,Eye,Fall,Father,Fear,Glass,Government,Health Insurance,History,Internet,Inventions,Investigation,Lawsuits,Logging,Mining,Movies,Murder,Navy,Oceania and Australia,Office,Officer,Polar Regions,Privacy,Radio,Safety,Satellites,Science,Seas,Sensors,Storage,Streams,Submarine,Suicide,Technology,The Future,Touch,Transportation — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.

Mar 30 2010

Students From Arctic Town Venture to Antarctica

Tag: Antarctica,Arctic Regions,Biomes,Climate,Climate Change,Community,Earth,Geography,Glaciers,Green,High School,Kids,Learning,Polar Regions,Science,Scientists,Seal,Video,Whales,Wild Animals — George Kourounis @ 9:45 pm
Thinking about setting one of your teen-aged kids adrift on an ice floe? Geoff Green of "Students on Ice" will do it for you.

Mar 22 2010

NASA Heads to Arctic to Measure Ice

Tag: Arctic Regions,Climate Change,Global Warming,NASA,Polar Regions — Irene Klotz @ 8:31 am
A NASA mission called IceBridge uses instrument-equipped aircraft to monitor ice melt at the poles.