Save the Poles and you will save the world.
The polar regions of the world are home to an amazing variety of life. Seemingly desolate and vacant, these areas support vital ecosystems and are integral to regulating and maintaining world climate. The polar ice caps reflect heat energy back into space. As more ice melts, less energy is reflected creating a positive feedback loop, and melting more ice.
The North and South Poles play an in important role in cooling water in the global ocean conveyor belt. Home to the polar bear and penguin, these far away places are the front lines of Global Warming.
The Himalayan glaciers on the Tibetan plateau are also endangered. They contain 100 times as much ice and more than half of the drinking water for 40% of the world's population.
The 'Save the Poles' expedition will journey to these last frozen places in attempt to tell their amazing story.
Education Connection
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While we are seeing the most dramatic changes in the Polar and higher altitude regions, Global Warming is
an issue that affects us all. So much, in fact, that it has become the defining issue of our time. Yet despite
overwhelming consensus on the causes, there is a substantial gap in finding solutions. The Save the Poles
Global Warming Education program will engage K-12 students through a science-based multi disciplinary
curriculum and other hands-on resources. Upon completion, students will better understand the issues, science
and policies surrounding global warming, and ultimately, be stimulated to act.
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News & Information
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Change your lightbulbs to CFLs
A CFL is a fluorescent light that screws into a regular socket, available in the same shades of white light as incandescent and halogen bulbs. A typical CFL uses only 25% of the electricity of an incandescent bulb, and can help us cut electricity use by as much as half.
Buy a clean car
Buy a clean car
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Terry Evans and prairie photography
GWS TV: Terry Evans and prairie photography
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