Making connections on the tundra

By Geoff York
I am also here as an invited specialist to participate in a series of outreach and education events with other polar bear researchers, climate scientists, and policy experts sponsored by our partner, Polar Bears International. The program series is called Tundra Connections and allows panellists of researchers and resource people to broadcast live video classrooms to students and interested communities around the world and live from the tundra. This year scientists congregate on the tundra from the Canadian Wildlife Service, University of Alberta, York University, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Manitoba Conservation, WWF, PBI, American Zoological Society, Canadian Aquarium and Zoological Society, NASA, Brigham Young University, Apple Education, and Discovery Education. The expressed goals are to educate people around the world on the current scientific understanding around polar bears and climate change and inspire people to make a difference through taking action by lowering their personal carbon footprint.
Polar bear © Peter Ewins/WWF-Canada