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Published online 25 February 2009 | Nature 457, 1077-1078 (2009) | doi:10.1038/4571077a
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International Polar Year: The social pole?
As change in the Arctic accelerates, scientists and indigenous peoples have pressing reasons to work together, reports Richard Monastersky.
Indigenous peoples in the Arctic have long complained that the weather doesn't behave the way it used to. Climate scientists have by and large ignored them — until a few researchers looked into the data and found hints that the locals knew what was what.
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