May 13, 2008
Learn about Greenland Field Season
It's field season at Swiss Camp on the Greenland ice sheet, where CIRES Director Konrad Steffen and other researchers study climate change and ice melt. Dan Grossman's documentary Meltdown: Inside Out explores research at Swiss Camp and investigates climate change effects in the Arctic and other parts of the world. Listen, learn online.

May 12, 2008
Upward and Outward - New Video for Students
How does the Tibetan Plateau affect climate patterns from the location of giant dust storms to the timing of monsoons? Follow the scientific investigation through the eyes of the researchers -- posing questions, planning investigations, gathering and interpreting evidence. In "Upward and Outward: Scientific Inquiry on the Tibetan Pleateau," a new 20-minute teaching documentary by CIRES Outreach, students learn that real research isn't just done in a beaker; it's messy, creative and fun. The film aligns with state and national standards on science as inquiry and is suitable for high school and college science students and general adult audiences..

April 30, 2008
59% Chance of Record Low Arctic Sea Ice in 2008
New calculations by CIRES affiliate Jim Maslanik and CU's Sheldon Drobot indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice. In January 2008, a team led by Maslanik and involving CIRES and NSIDC's Julienne Stroeve concluded there had been a nearly complete loss of the oldest, thickest Arctic sea ice. The team calculated that 58 percent of the remaining Arctic sea ice was thin and more vulnerable to melt. [ source: News & Events ]

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