Arctic Ice Melt

Methane Seeps Into the UN

Giles Slade | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green


Giles Slade

Pure methane gas is now bubbling up from underwater vents across our polar regions and escaping into the atmosphere where it adds to global-warming.

New Film Reminds Us to Protect Ocean Economic Vitality from Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

The long-term vitality of many important industries rests entirely on the vitality of the oceans, and right now, they are threatened by something called ocean acidification.

Green News Report - August 11, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Is climate change a threat to national security?

Neighborhood Watch on Planet Earth

Michael Winship | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green


Michael Winship

One of the most valuable contributions of our exploration of the skies has been the knowledge gained from being able to examine our own earthly neighborhood from the distance of space.

Green News Report - July 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

U.S.-China summit begins today in D.C.; Arctic ice photos finally declassified... PLUS: Chicken feathers! For both biodiesel and Republican Senators..

Newly Released US Military Spy Satellite Images Show Massive Arctic Ice Melt

Kevin Grandia | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

While most people don't need any more proof that the Arctic is melting, new spy satellite photos released by the U.S. Military today put the nail in the climate change coffin.

Tales from the Arctic and Obama's Polar Bear Decision

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

A monumental and potentially catastrophic change is happening in the North, and yet most of us have no idea what it looks like or what it means for our lives down here.

Study: Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Expected

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.03.2009 | Green


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 ...

Take Action During a Bad Week for Polar Bears

Frances Beinecke | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

It's been a hard week for polar bears. Last Wednesday, the New York Times reported that scientists and officials from the five Arctic nations conclude...

Melting Snow Prompts Change In Italian-Swiss Border

The Independent | Peter Popham | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


Global warming is dissolving the Alpine glaciers so rapidly that Italy and Switzerland have decided they must re-draw their national border to take ac...

U.S. Geological Survey: Climate Change Faster Than Reported

Los Angeles Times | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 01.26.2009 | Green


Reporting from Washington -- The United States faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by the end of the century than previous studies...

Arctic Ice Melt At Point Of No Return

The Independent | Steve Connor | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green


Scientists have found the first unequivocal evidence that the Arctic region is warming at a faster rate than the rest of the world at least a decade b...

Arctic Ice Melt Of Over Two Trillion Tons Has Occurred Since 2003

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite d...

Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN and DAN JOLING | Posted 09.27.2008 | Green


WASHINGTON — More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening befor...