Archive for ‘ice’
Polar Bear Controversy
January 28th, 2008
Why is the government considering polar bears for the endangered species list while their population approaches an all-time high? Climate change may be to blame.
Ice town sweats from global warming
January 9th, 2008
China’s hometown to ice sculptures, Harbin, is suffering from global warming.
Ice pioneer eyes farthest glaciers
January 5th, 2008
For 5,000 years, great tongues of ice have spread over the 3-mile-high slopes of Puncak Jaya, in the remotest reaches of this remote tropical island. Now those glaciers are melting, and Lonnie Thompson must get there before they’re gone.
Horse Rescued From Icy Pond In Indiana
January 4th, 2008
Dolly the draft horse was trapped for two hours in an icy pond on a farm near Hebron, Ind., before being rescued by firefighters.
Alaskan sea drilling plans criticized
January 3rd, 2008
The federal government will open up nearly 46,000 square miles off Alaska’s northwest coast to petroleum leases next month, a decision condemned by enviromental groups that contend the industrial activity will harm northern marine mammals.
Loss of sea ice could harm walrus
December 24th, 2007
Federal marine mammal experts in Alaska studying the effects of global warming on walrus, polar bears and ice seals warn there are limit to the protections they can provide.
Passage opens as ice shrinks
September 17th, 2007
The Arctic’s North-West Passage is clear of ice and open to shipping as the ice-cap has shrunk.
