Canadian International Polar Year (2007–2008): an introduction

The International Polar Year.

C hange is ubiquitous in Earth's history, and evidence is clear that Earth's climate is changing rapidly now. The harbingers of change can be seen vividly in the polar regions. The Arctic ice cover is melting, ice shelves in Antarctica are crumbling, glaciers in temperate regions are disappearing, some ecosystems are changing, and permafrost thawing is causing the collapse of roads, buildings, ...

International polar year 2007-08.

Contributions to International Polar Year Science

The life cycle of the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, intersects in space and time with the expansion and contraction of annual pack ice. Consequently, the circumpolar distribution of krill has often been defi ned as generally limited to an area bounded by the maximum extent of pack ice. Pack ice has both direct and indirect effects on the life cycle of krill. During the austral winter, lar...

Introduction: celebrating the international year of crystallography: introduction.

With this special issue, the FEBS Journal is joining the international community of structure-oriented enthusiasts in the celebration of IYCr2014, the UN-declared International Year of Crystallography, 2014. Unlike the major disciplines such as physics, chemistry and biology, crystallography is a timid and seemingly narrowly defined science. It is, however, extremely powerful through its litera...

Hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype and glucose intolerance among Canadian Inuit: the International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey for Adults 2007-2008.

BACKGROUND Inuit have not experienced an epidemic in type 2 diabetes mellitus, and it has been speculated that they may be protected from obesity's metabolic consequences. We conducted a population-based screening for diabetes among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic and evaluated the association of visceral adiposity with diabetes. METHODS A total of 36 communities participated in the Internationa...