From Naturalis museum in Leiden in the Netherlands:
New photo exhibition with landscape photos by Wim van Passel
Naturalis in Leiden presents, from 18 April on, a new photo exhibition: Langs de polen [Along the poles]. Panoramas of over three meter in length give impressions of the breathtaking scenery; smaller detailed photos show the beauty of, and the differences between, Arctic and Antarctic. The exhibition on the bridge [to the main museum building] will be until 9 November 2008.
International Polar Year in the Netherlands: here.
Polar bears: here.
Meteorites, Antarctica’s unique space rocks: here.
Arctic pollution’s surprising history: here.
* U.S. to list polar bears as threatened:
But because climate change is thought to be
involved, there are big questions as to whether the
ruling will spark decisive action.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080514_polar
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