Toolik launches climate education program for underserved students
Haley Dunleavy
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March 21, 2023
Researchers at Toolik Field Station launch a weather balloon as part of an outreach activity for middle school students in June 2019.
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Toolik Field Station is partnering with the Oregon TRIO Association, the Juneau Icefield Research Project and the University of Maine to support the student trip.
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The program is funded by a $30,000 grant to the Oregon TRIO Association from Battelle, the largest independent nonprofit applied science and technology organization in the world.
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Program leaders hope that by comparing the changes, students will gain a deeper understanding of the multiple ways a warming Arctic climate affects local communities and the globe alike.
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This will be the first summer that students will participate in this unique learning opportunity.
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