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The Horn of a Dilemma Narwhals more at risk than polar bears, says study		25 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:10 PM on 25 Apr 2008 Polar bears get all the press, but climate change may be even harder on the narwhal, says new research. Narwhals, the whales whose long spiral tusks kick-started the myth of unicorns, top a list of 11 at-risk Arctic marine mammals published in the journal Ecological Applications. Hooded seals, bowhead whales, and walrus rounded out the top five, while ringed seals and bearded seals, which a ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, endangered species, news, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

We Detect a Seal Change Feds to consider endangered-species protections for four species of Arctic seals		27 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 9:05 AM on 27 Mar 2008 Photo: noaa.gov The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it's considering whether to list four species of Arctic seals under the Endangered Species Act due in part to climate change. The Center for Biological Diversity, a species-advocacy group, petitioned the agency last year to consider protecting ribbon seals due to disappearing sea ic ...
Topics: Arctic, endangered species, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

On thin ice Arctic ice alarmingly scarce, say NOAA, NASA, NSIDC	Joseph Romm	20 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

Of Ice and Mendacity Arctic losing older, thicker sea ice despite cooler temps this winter		19 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 7:48 AM on 19 Mar 2008 The Arctic is losing more of its older, thicker sea ice than in years past despite persistent cold weather throughout the Northern Hemisphere this winter, researchers said. Older sea ice tends to be thicker and have a lower salt content, making it more melt-resistant than new ice. In March, Arctic sea ice is usually at its largest extent and this year the area covered is a ...
Topics: Arctic, news, scientific research (all these topics)

Movers and Fist-Shakers Alaskan village sues Big Fossil Fuel over link to climate change		27 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 10:35 AM on 27 Feb 2008 The tiny village of Kivalina, built on a barrier reef in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against 24 oil, coal, and power companies, alleging that Big Fossil Fuel's greenhouse-gas emissions are contributing to the climate-change-caused coastal erosion that threatens the village's very existence. Kivalina says that the companies should pay for its relocation. The ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, Big Oil, climate, climate change impacts, coal, fossil fuels, litigation, news (all these topics)

30 Seconds to Greenland Jared Leto and band film video in the Arctic	Sarah van Schagen	31 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, celebrity, Greenland, music (all these topics)

Lights, camera, cuteness! Knut to star in Hollywood flick	Sarah van Schagen	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, celebrity, movies, wildlife (all these topics)

It's All About the Ice Sights and sounds from an Arctic research vessel	Elizabeth Grossman	13 Dec 2007	Grist Feature
In late November, I began a three-week stay on the CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian Coast Guard ice-breaker and scientific research vessel that is spending 15 months in the Arctic. This expedition will be the first ever to spend the winter moving through sea ice north of the Arctic Circle -- and at present, I am the only reporter on board. The logistics of such an expedition are extremely difficul ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

Out of Shipping Shape Northwest Passage likely to be unpopular shipping route despite summer ice-free state		03 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 6:15 AM on 03 Oct 2007 While the record melting of the Arctic's sea ice this summer fully opened up the Northwest Passage for the first time since records began, it turns out few shippers would actually use the route even if the summer opening became more reliable. The shortcut route would shave off some 4,700 nautical miles from a typical Europe-to-east-Asia shipping journey as ...
Topics: Arctic, business, climate change impacts, news (all these topics)

Arctic ice shrinks by an Alaska plus a Texas Ice loss hits record low this month in the Arctic	Joseph Romm	25 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science (all these topics)

A problem of Florida-sized proportions Arctic sea ice continues to melt at alarming rate	Andrew Sharpless	20 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, oceans (all these topics)

I Fought the Thaw and the Thaw Won Extent of sea ice in Arctic sets record low, keeps on melting		20 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 6:27 AM on 20 Sep 2007 The extent of sea ice in the Arctic has already hit a record low this season, the gloomiest, if not doomiest, since satellite records began in the 1970s. The world will likely have to wait a month or so for the final numbers to be released since sea ice typically stops melting by the end of September, but researchers are already worried by the extra 380,000 square mi ...
Topics: Arctic, climate change impacts, news (all these topics)

Debunking Bjorn Lomborg: Part I The great polar bear irony	Joseph Romm	13 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, books, climate, climate change impacts, wildlife (all these topics)

The Female of the Species Is More Doubly Than the Male Inuit villagers give birth to twice as many girls as boys		12 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 4:05 PM on 12 Sep 2007 Twice as many girls as boys are being born in Arctic communities across Greenland and northern Russia, where Inuit villagers are known to have high levels of human-made chemicals in their blood. Many babies are being born premature; baby boys tend to be small. Hormone-mimicking chemicals originate in industrialized countries, travel to the Arctic by w ...
Topics: Arctic, Greenland, news, population, Russia, toxics (all these topics)

Will polar bears go extinct by 2030? Part II Loss of summer ice in the Arctic will threaten polar bear survival	Joseph Romm	11 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, habitat loss, wildlife (all these topics)

Ursine of the Times U.S. study says two-thirds of polar bears will be gone by 2050		10 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 6:52 AM on 10 Sep 2007 The U.S. Geological Survey released a grim study of polar bears on Friday, concluding that two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be gone by 2050. Polar bears in Alaska and other areas outside the very far north will be most out of luck, according to the study; it forecasts that precisely zero polar bears will be left in Alaska by 2050. "Sea ice conditions would have to b ...
Topics: Arctic, news, US Geological Survey, wildlife (all these topics)

Bottom Topography U.S. aims to map mineral-rich Arctic seafloor		31 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 9:56 AM on 31 Aug 2007 Update on the race to despoil the Arctic: This week, U.S. Coast Guard researchers set out on their third venture since 2003 to map the mineral-rich Arctic seafloor. There's a lot to be learned about the watery depths; overall, maps of Mars are about 250 times better than maps of the ocean floor. The U.S. is eager to identify underwater mountains and caverns so we'll know just where to stick our dril ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Colbert on the Northern Passage	David Roberts	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, funnies, green living, TV (all these topics)

A day late and a dollar short U.S. joins the 'I call the Arctic' bandwagon	Andrew Sharpless	21 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Shrinky-Dinky Do Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows		14 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Shrinky-Dinky Do Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows It could be a summer of record lows in two of the world's iconic places: the Great Lakes and the Arctic seas. Water levels in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior are well below normal, and Superior could soon hit a record low set in 1926. The U.S. and Canada have undertaken a five-year study that c ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, United States (all these topics)

Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition		03 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition Earlier this week, we reported that Russia was planning to stake a claim on the North Pole. Or, rather, the seabed deep underneath. Yesterday, two mini-submarines planted a titanium national flag on the sea floor, causing celebration in Moscow and consternation in Canada, which a ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, India, news, Russia, scientific research, United States (all these topics)

Polar Expression An interview with the directors of Arctic Tale	Kate Sheppard	24 Jul 2007	Main Dish
Adam Ravetch gets up close and personal with his subject. Photo: Arctic Bear Productions After the surprise success of March of the Penguins in 2005 -- a film about, well, penguins ... marching -- it's pretty clear that people like movies about cute animals in cold places. So it's no surprise that National Geographic Films, the company behind Penguins, is back this summer with a new movie documenting the ...
Topics: animal welfare, Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, movies, wildlife (all these topics)

Aren't You Glad You Use Dial? World sweats through warmest winter on record		19 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Aren't You Glad You Use Dial? World sweats through warmest winter on record Congratulations, global citizens, for weathering the warmest winter in the Northern Hemisphere since record-keeping began in 1880. From December to February, combined land and ocean temperatures were 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit above average, says a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study published Friday in Scie ...
Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, news (all these topics)

But Will They Wear Poodle Skirts? International Polar Year returns, focuses on climate-change research		03 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
But Will They Wear Poodle Skirts? International Polar Year returns, focuses on climate-change research Happy International Polar Year! If you didn't get us a gift yet, don't sweat it -- the fourth-ever IPY doesn't officially kick off until March, and researchers from some 60 countries will actually poke around in the icy Arctic and Antarctic for two years. The last IPY occurred in the late 1950s, meaning that "close ...
Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, climate, news (all these topics)

Inuit All Along Inuit climate petition against U.S. is rejected		18 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Inuit All Along Inuit climate petition against U.S. is rejected Is climate change a human-rights issue? The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights decided to dodge the question. Arctic Inuit submitted a petition to the commission a year ago, accusing the U.S. government of violating Native peoples' rights to their traditional ways of life by declining to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. The IAC ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics)

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