Arctic Sea Ice

Global Warming on a Roll at the Poles: Increased Melting, Cracking & Splitting

Neil Wagner | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Melting Sea Ice, Climate Change, Sea Ice, Sea Ice Melting, Global Warming, Arctic Sea Ice, Global Warming 2012, Polar Ice Caps, Climate Change 2012, Green News
Neil Wagner

Melting, cracking, splitting and calving in Earth's cryosphere may be the most dramatic embodiments of the climatic change. Why should all this melting ice matter to us? Here are a few reasons.

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Arctic Ocean Wildlife Need Your Help

Marilyn Heiman | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Chukchi Sea, Animals, Arctic, Offshore Drilling, Arctic Sea Ice, US Arctic Ocean, Arctic Ocean Wildlife, Arctic Wildlife, Arctic Ocean, Arctic Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling, Video, Green News
Marilyn Heiman

Arctic offshore development must be done safely and sustainably. Until the highest standards are in place, the best plan is to defer all new exploration.

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Global Warming Very Real to Baby Seals, Baby

Neil Wagner | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Baby Harp Seals, Harp Seals, Sea Ice, Melting Sea Ice, Polar Bears, Canada, Climate Change, Polar Bear, Puffins, Puffin, Global Warming, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News
Neil Wagner

Climate change spares no one. Not even the adorable.

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Photographer Of Cannibalistic Polar Bear Describes Animal's Fate

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Polar Bears Climate Change, Jenny Ross Polar Bear Photographer, Nature Photography, Video, Polar-Bears, Polar Bears Global Warming, Russian Arctic Polar Bears, Chukchi Sea Polar Bears, Wildlife-Photography, Climate Change, Animals, Polar Bears Habitat Loss, Animal Photos, Bears, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News

From Jenny E. Ross: Pummeled by relentless wind and rain, the Chukchi Sea was churning with huge waves. After exploring Wrangel Island in the Russi...

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PHOTOS: Exploring Greenland's Supraglacial Lakes

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Photography, Nature Photography, Video, Arctic Exploration, Nature, Greenland, Icebreaker Ships, Oceans, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Arctic Sea Ice, Arctic, Exposure, Green News

From the International League of Conservation Photographers: What do you think of when you hear the word "scientist" -- white-bearded men scribblin...

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Warm 2011 Says "Adios" to More Arctic Ice

Neil Wagner | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Polar Bears, Climate Change, Sea Ice, Sea Ice Melting, Polar Bears Endangered, Global Warming, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News
Neil Wagner

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Too Darn Hot: 2011 Tied For The 10th Warmest Year On Record

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Climate Patterns, Video, Hottest Year Record, R.D.J. Lengoasa, Climate Change, Global Warming, International Meteorological Organization, Arctic Sea Ice, Hottest Years on Record, Green News

DURBAN, South Africa — International climate negotiators were at odds Tuesday on how to raise billions of dollars to help poor countries cope wi...

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Why Is Coke Going White?

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Polar Bear Coke Cans, New Coke Cans, Coca-Cola, Video, World Wildlife Fund, Coke Cans, White Coke Cans, Polar Bears, Climate-Change, Coca-Cola Company, Coke, Arctic Sea Ice, Arctic, Green News

Have you seen the new Coke can yet? Beginning November 1, 1.4 billion of Coke's famous red cans will be turning white in honor of the world's polar be...

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Simple Equation Predicts Doom for Polar Bears (VIDEO)

David Mizejewski | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Energy, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Sea Ice, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Extinction, Arctic Sea Ice, Arctic, Polar Bears International, National Wildlife Federation, Green News
David Mizejewski

It all really boils down to a simple equation: sea ice + seals on the sea ice = healthy polar bear populations. Take away the ice and polar bears can't hunt seals and their populations decline.

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Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks To Second Lowest Level

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Video, Sea Ice, Sea Ice Melting, Melting Sea Ice, Polar Ice Caps, Climate-Change, Oceans, Arctic, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Arctic sea ice melted this summer to the second lowest level since record-keeping began more than 50 years ago, scientists reported Thur...

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Missing Arctic Sea Ice: Wake-Up Call

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Tropical Storm Lee, Wildfire, Drought, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Jobs, Hurricane Irene, Global Warming, Dr Reese Halter, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

On September 8, the North Pole's ice cover shrank to 1.64 million square miles. Moreover, air temperatures were 2 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit higher than average over the Arctic at 3,300 feet above the surface.

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PHOTOS: The 'Melting Vitruvian Man'

Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Video, Sea Ice, Melting Vitruvian Man, Arctic Ice Melt, Leonardo Da Vinci, Climate-Change, Greenpeace, Vitruvian Man, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News

Leonardo Da Vinci's 500-year-old Vitruvian Man is back, in a very big way. Los Angles-based artist John Quigley teamed up with Greenpeace to construct...

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Record Low For Arctic Sea Ice Volume Last Year, Study Finds

Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Video, Sea Ice, Sea Ice Melting, Sea Ice 2011, Arctic Ice Melt, Melting Sea Ice, Climate-Change, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News

A new study suggests that the 2007 record for the lowest volume of Arctic sea ice in the summertime was broken last year. Using observations of wi...

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No More Polar Ice? Not So Fast, Study Says

Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Melting Ice Caps, Polar Ice Caps, Climate Change, Video, Sea Ice, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News

Arctic sea ice is melting, but don't say goodbye just yet. A new study reveals that it may temporarily stop melting--or even expand--during the next ...

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Move Over Cold War: The 'Ice War' Cometh

Kelly Rigg | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Climate Science, Antarctica, Permafrost, Oil Drilling, Arctic Sea Ice, Arctic, Arctic Drilling, Arctic Oil Drilling, Green News
Kelly Rigg

Warming more than twice as fast as other parts of the world, the Arctic is on the receiving end of climate change, and oil development in the region is one of the drivers of change.

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Green News Report: March 1, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Co2, Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Climategate, Coal, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Scott Walker, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, US Chamber of Commerce, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Energy, Wisconsin, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Koch Brothers, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Green News, Sustainability, Koch Industries, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Supreme Court, 350.Org, Australia, Fracking, West Virginia, Atlanta, Wikileaks, Don Blankenship, Hybrid Cars, Antibiotics, Louise Slaughter, Tim Dechristopher, Chevron, Bill Mckibben, Sun Chips, Pcbs, Ecuador, Commerce Department, Arctic Sea Ice, Toxic Chemicals, Deepwater Drilling, China, Upper Big Branch Mine, Desalination, James Inhofe, Factory Farms, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Electricity, Anonymous, Privatization, Interior Department, Massey Energy, Arctic, Water, Glenn Beck, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Dems call...

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The Space Shuttle Challenger and Climate Change

Dan Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 350, 387, Nasa, Glaciers, Carbon Emissions, Challenger-Space-Shuttle, Co2, Evidence, Challenger, 350ppm, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News
Dan Miller

Climate scientists are telling us that we are headed for catastrophe if we keep emitting CO2 and other greenhouse gases. But instead of heeding their warnings, we are asking for proof of the impending disaster.

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Study: Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Expected

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arctic Sea Ice, Arctic Ice, Arctic Ice Melt, Greenland, Green News

WASHINGTON — Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years. A new analysis of changing conditions in the region, using ...

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Obama's Global Warming Challenge: It's A Ticking Time Bomb

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Transition, President Obama, Obama Global Warming, Obama Cabinet, Global Warming, Obama Arctic, Arctic Sea Ice, 10 Hottest Years, Green News

WASHINGTON — When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ...

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Twenty Questions for Sarah Palin

James Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Taxes, Debt, Library Censorship, Abortion Rights, Fiscal Conservatism, Mccain, Special Needs Children, Bridge to Nowhere, Arctic Sea Ice, Small-Town Government, Education, Earmarks, Sarah Palin, Environment, Drilling, Polar Bears, Politics News
James Heffernan

After taking office when Wasilla owed nothing, why did you leave it with a debt of more than 22 million dollars?

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