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The web links below are provided for informational purposes only. Links outside of Ocean Explorer have been checked at the time of this page's publication, but the linking sites may become outdated or non-operational over time.

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06arctic/welcome.html
The official Web site for the Tracking Narwhals in Greenland Exploration.

Gregg, W. W., M. E. Conkright, P. Ginous, J. E. O’Reily, and N. W. Casey. 2003. Ocean primary production and climate: Global decadal scales. Geophysical Research Letters 30:31-34.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/0815oceancarbon.html  exit icon
‘Ocean Plant Life Slows Down and Absorbs Less Carbon’ - article about decreasing ocean primary productivity

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/jun/HQ_03182_green_garden.html  exit icon
‘Global Garden Grows Greener;’ article about increases in terrestrial primary productivity

http://faculty.washington.edu/klaidre/docs/LaidreandHJ_2005b.pdf exit icon
Laidre, K. L. and M. P. Heide-Jørgensen. 2005. Winter feeding intensity of narwhals. Marine Mammal Science 21(1):45-57.

http://faculty.washington.edu/klaidre/docs/LaidreandHJ_2005a.pdf  exit icon
Laidre, K. L. and M. P. Heide-Jørgensen. 2005. Arctic sea ice trends and narwhal vulnerability. Biological Conservation 121:509-517.

http://faculty.washington.edu/klaidre/docs/Laidreetal_2004c.pdf exit icon
Laidre, K. L., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, M. L. Logsdon, R. C. Hobbs, P. Heagerty, R. Dietz, O. A. Jørgensen, and M. A. Treble. 2004. Seasonal habitat associations of narwhals in the high Arctic. Marine Biology 145:821-831.

http://faculty.washington.edu/klaidre/docs/Laidreetal_2004b.pdf exit icon
Laidre, K. L., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, O. A. Jørgensen, and M. A. Treble. 2004. Deep ocean predation by a high Arctic cetacean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 61(3):430-440.

http://faculty.washington.edu/klaidre/docs/HJandLaidre2004.pdf exit icon
Heide-Jørgensen, M. P. and K. L. Laidre. 2004. Declining Extent of Open-water Refugia for Top Predators in Baffin Bay and Adjacent Waters. Ambio 33(8):488-495.

http://faculty.washington.edu/klaidre/docs/HJetal_2003b.pdf  exit icon
Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., R. Dietz, K. L. Laidre, P. Richard, J. Orr, and H. C. Schmidt. 2003. The migratory habits of narwhals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1298-1305.

http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/publications/tyn_symp/arctic.pdf exit icon
Synopsis of a conference on ‘Climate Change, the Arctic and the United Kingdom: directions for future research;’ 8 May 2002, University of East Anglia

http://www.arctic-council.org exit icon
Web site for the Arctic Council

http://www.acia.uaf.edu exit icon
Web page for the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment secretariat

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/about4.htm exit icon
‘Overview of Climate Processes’ from NOAA’s Paleoclimatology Web site

http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/geologictimescale.pdf  exit icon http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/activities.html#time exit icon
Great resources on geological time and major events in Earth’s history