Melting Point: Where is the Antarctic Sea Ice?
For World Penguin Day last month, PAL Co-PI Dr. Sharon Stammerjohn was featured in a video produced by the Wilson Center on the recent changes in Antarctic sea ice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWwYi_2Oyd8
The above video was…
Unexpected Connection: Palmer researchers featured in Sandpoint Idaho magazine
From the file of unexpected places you can find stories about Palmer LTER...
Two of our penguin research technicians, Darren and Megan Roberts, were recently featured in their local community paper, the Sandpoint Magazine, published in…
New paper: Watching the Sunrise on our Ocean Planet
PAL PI Oscar Schofield was recently asked to provide a "senior scientist view of the world" as part of the Food for Thought series in the ICES Journal of Marine Science.
In this retrospective, Oscar recounts how he ended up as an oceanographer,…
New paper on changing phytoplankton phenology along the Antarctic Peninsula
In a recent paper, Jessica Turner, a PAL collaborator and Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Connecticut, found that phytoplankton blooms are starting later rather than earlier over time, likely driven by increased wind mixing. Her…
Earth Day with Scott Doney
For Earth Day this year, PAL Co-PI Scott Doney was featured on the University of University of Virginia's podcast Hoos in STEM.
In the episode “Celebrating Earth Day with Environmental Scientist Scott Doney,” Scott sat down with…
New Paper on marine debris found near Palmer Station
In a new paper, Katherine Gallagher, Gina Selig, and Megan Cimino document their recent observations of marine debris around Palmer Station in Antarctica. Last season, they found 135 pieces of marine debris along the shore, and near the…