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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in the International Polar Year 2007-2008

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in the International Polar Year 2007-2008. SCAR’s Advisory Committee on the IPY 2007-2008. Advise SCAR on the IPY science and implementation plan Promote SCAR programs in the IPY Work to achieve IPY objectives Monitor IPY’s progress.

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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in the International Polar Year 2007-2008

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  1. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in the International Polar Year 2007-2008 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  2. SCAR’s Advisory Committee on the IPY 2007-2008 • Advise SCAR on the IPY science and implementation plan • Promote SCAR programs in the IPY • Work to achieve IPY objectives • Monitor IPY’s progress. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  3. SCAR Scientific Research Programs • Antarctica and the Global Climate System (AGCS) • Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) • Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA) Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  4. SCAR Scientific Research Programs • Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research (ICESTAR) • Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE) Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  5. Antarctica and the Global Climate System (AGCS) USE: • Ice cores, satellite data, global and regional climate models and meteorological and oceanic data TO ASSESS: • The role of ocean-atmosphere coupling and ENSO in Antarctic climate • Recent climate variability • Future regional climate change for the next 100 years • The influence of Antarctic climate change on conditions elsewhere Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  6. AGCS In the IPY 2007-2008 • Test Models and High Latitude Climate Signal Transfer Functions • Carry-out Bi-polar Shallow Ice Drilling Program Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  7. Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) • Study climate change and glacial history; • Model paleo-climate changes and predict future change • Improve coupled ice sheet/climate/ocean/sediment models • Study heat and freshwater exchanges via polar ocean gateways. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  8. ACE in the IPY 2007-2008 • Model Mid-Miocene climate shift and Pleistocene warm periods • Model Trans-Antarctic Mountains and East Antarctic Ice Sheet evolution • Collaborate with SHALDRILL and ANDRILL Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  9. Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA) • Examine evolutionary history and adaptations • Establish gene flow and population dynamics. • Document organismal, ecosystems and diversity patterns • Study environmental change, biodiversity and ecosystem function. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  10. EBA in the IPY 2007-2008 • Circum-Antarctic Census of Marine Life • Marine Biodiversity Information Network (MARBIN) Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  11. Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE) • Understand the formation and evolution of subglacial environments • Determine the origins, evolution, and biochemistry of life in SALE • Retrieve the paleo-climate history recorded in subglacial sediments Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  12. SALE in the IPY 2007-2008 • Address Technological and Environmental Stewardship Issues • Continue Geophysical surveys • Initial exploration of Selected Sites (Lake Ellsworth) Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  13. Multiple Exploration Targets New Survey Site Lake Ellsworth Lake Vostok Dome C Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  14. Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research (ICESTAR) • Solar-terrestrial physics and polar aeronomy research • Share polar region and near-Earth space data using Grid Technology • Study solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions and solar forcing at high latitudes • Understand upper atmosphere polar systems Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  15. ICESTAR in the IPY 2007-2008 • Deploy geo-space observatories in the northern and southern regions. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  16. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in the International Polar Year 2007-2008 EDUCATION OUTREACH Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

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