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One of the world’s best climate change reporters talking to some serious polar experts in this Times Talk tomorrow:

Saturday | February 7, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stories from a Changing Planet
Don’t miss this dynamic multimedia presentation of Polar-Palooza, bringing to life the latest research on Earth’s past and future climate from scientists just back from the Poles. With Richard Alley, Penn State glaciologist and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change co-author (the IPCC was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore); Mary C. Albert, U.S. lead scientist on the 2008 traverse of East Antarctica; Michael Castellini, seal and penguin expert, and Orville Huntington, an Athabascan Indian from interior Alaska, who sees climate change every day as he hunts and fishes. Moderated by Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times environmental reporter.

Tickets: $30
Address: The TimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City

There’s also a whole Polar-Palooza going on at AMNH, which really can’t be missed if you give a hoot about the ends of the Earth.