Melting Ice Caps

No More Polar Ice? Not So Fast, Study Says

Posted 10.25.2011

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 ...

Climate Scientists Told To 'Stop Speaking In Code'

AP | By KARL RITTER | Posted 07.04.2011

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Scientists at a major conference on Arctic warming were told Wednesday to use plain language to explain the dramatic melt in th...

Greusome Pictures Of Polar Bears' Struggle To Find Food

Features | Posted 05.25.2011

With no sign of their usual prey - seals resting on the ice - this female and her two cubs are forced to swim for miles, then trudge across the Alaska...

Iceberg Melts Right Before Rick Sanchez's Eyes (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

On Monday, Rick Sanchez aired this amazing video of a iceberg spontaneously collapsing in front a group of spectators in Greenland. Sanchez points out...

Lifestyle Melts Away With Uganda Peak Snow Cap

Yahoo! News | Ben Simon | Posted 05.25.2011

"Man-made global warming is here. We are smelling it and we are touching it." Uganda's National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) believes ...

Polar Bear Peril-Video Not To Be Missed

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 05.25.2011

Cindy Letchworth

Annual sea ice is a necessity for polar bears but the problem is, the sea ice is melting. For these bears, no ice equals no place to land once you have been swimming for miles at a stretch.

Global Warming Deniers: The New 9/11 Truthers

Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011

Sahil Kapur

Both groups are convinced they possess a uniquely superior grasp of reality. Facts and evidence are muffled by their messianic quest to inform society of its delusions and inadequacies.

Al Gore "Crashes" Netroots

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

Jack Hidary

Pelosi's decision to share the stage with Gore is an interesting one. She clearly knew he was coming. But can Gore manage to stay out of the political arena as he skirts so close to it?

Sea Levels Rising: What You Need To Know

Grist | Umbra Fisk | Posted 05.25.2011

Q. Dear Umbra, I'm a bit confused about the possible rise in sea level that may be caused by global warming. I know that in general water expands whe...