Nickel is to study Arctic spiders during a U.N.-sponsored International Polar Year in 2007-08, a 60-nation project to probe polar areas on the front lines of climate change.

• 尼克尔将参与一项由联合国发起的“2007－08国际极地年”研究项目，这个有60个国家参加的研究项目计划对处于气候变化前沿地带的南北两极地区展开科考活动。