Prepublication Ordering Available
Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: IPY 2007-2008
ICSU/WMO IPY Joint Committee
Prepublication order deadline: Tuesday, 15 February 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
For further information, please contact:
Cindy Mason
Email: cindy.mason [at] ualberta.ca
The International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) International Polar Year (IPY) Joint
Committee announce the upcoming release of "Understanding Earth's Polar
Challenges: IPY 2007-2008." It will be available in April 2011, and can
be preordered through Tuesday, 15 February 2011 at a discounted price.
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.
Prepublication order deadline: Tuesday, 15 February 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.
For further information, please contact:
Cindy Mason
Email: cindy.mason [at] ualberta.ca