The Southern Ocean is currently the fastest warming location on Earth. Therefore, the polar ecosystem provides an excellent venue for researching and understanding the impacts of climate change on the physical and biological components of ecosystems. Below we have compiled a list of resources that we used throughout multiple COSEE NOW projects related to Antarctica.
COSEE NOW programs that included Antarctica include:
- Antarctica Melting: A story in 4 acts (audio slideshow & lessons)
- Project PARKA (educational project)
- Ross Sea Connection (educational project)
Physical Aspects of Antarctica:
- Clearing a Carbon Catastrophe (podcast)
- Cool Antarctica (website)
- Gliding on Earth (podcast)
- Swedish Ice Breaker Oden (blog)
- The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (podcast)
Biological Components of Antarctica:
- Antarctica: Beyond the Ice (trailer)
- Antarctica Melting (podcast)
- Antarctica Melting: A story in 4 acts (audio slideshow & lessons)
- Music from the Bottom of the Food Chain (podcast)
- Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Project (web page of research)
- Penguins in the Hot Seat (podcast)
- Phytoplankton Sampling (video)
- Rutgers University International Coalition of Ocean Observing Laboratories (includes multiple resources about the Ross Sea)
- Satellite image of chlorophyll in the Ross Sea on NASA’s Earth Observatory site (satellite image)
Classroom Resources about Antarctica:
- Classroom Antarctica (educational resources)
- Frozen Planet (DVD)
- Live Call Technology with Antarctica (explanation)
- Intricate Web of Ross – Resources about the Ross Sea (web page of resources)
- Polaris Project (DVD)