Outreach and Educational Support for Ongoing Research at Columbia Glacier, Alaska

该项目正在处理阿拉斯加S哥伦比亚冰川的静态照片和延时摄影，并通过一个网站向科学媒体和公众提供这些照片。合作者包括研究科学家W.Tad Pfeffer、国家地理摄影师James Balog和国际极地年外联委员会成员Mark McCaffrey。这些图像和网站信息突出了冰川对全球海平面上升和气候变化做出快速动态反应的贡献。该项目正在对网站在向科学媒体和公众提供信息方面的有效性进行评估。

This project is processing still photographs and time-lapse photography of Alaska?s Columbia Glacier and making them available to science media and the public through a web site. Collaborators include research scientist W. Tad Pfeffer, National Geographic photographer James Balog, and Mark McCaffrey, a member of the Outreach Committee for the International Polar Year. The images and web site information are highlighting the contribution of glaciers with fast dynamic response to the rise of global sea level and to climate change. The project is conducting an evaluation of the effectiveness of the web site at informing the science media and the public.