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  • March 2008

    • EU Steels for Global Warming Conflict With Russians

      Reuters  |  Mar 7, 08 6:21 AM CST

      EU Steels for Global Warming Conflict With Russians

      (Newser) - The already-fraught relationship between Europe and Russia is bound to get worse in the next few decades. That's the sobering conclusion of a new European Union report on global warming and international politics, which concludes that climate change will act as a "threat multiplier," exacerbating today's problems and generating new ones. In the Arctic, the Middle East and the Caribbean, ecological transformations will have global political consequences, reports Reuters. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • environment  • European Union  • European Commission  • Arctic race

    • Sea of Plastic Dooms Oceans, Expert Says

      CNET  |  Mar 5, 08 4:16 PM CST

      Sea of Plastic Dooms Oceans, Expert Says

      (Newser) - A noted oceanographer says the aquatic pollution in the Pacific Ocean is too significant to be cleaned up. “We are damned to a future of pollution by plastic,” Charles Moore said after showing that the amount of Pacific plastic has ballooned fivefold in the last 10 years. A garbage patch twice the size of Texas is old news, but Moore found a “highway” that makes the polluted area as large as Africa. More »

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      global warming  • pollution  • ocean  • recycling  • plastic  • garbage  • Pacific Ocean  • green revolution

  • February 2008

    • 'Doomsday' Seed Vault to Open

      AFP  |  Feb 25, 08 3:57 PM CST

      'Doomsday' Seed Vault to Open

      (Newser) - The North Pole is no Fertile Crescent, but it will house collections of the world's crop seeds in a doomsday vault that will open tomorrow, AFP reports. The vault, built on Norwegian territory, contains three cold chambers that can hold a total of 4.5 million seed samples—twice the current amount of known crops—and will safeguard crops in the event of catastrophe. More »

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      global warming  • Arctic  • Norway  • North Pole  • biodiversity  • seeds  • seed vault  • Svalbard Global Seed Vault

    • Arctic Melt Busies Coast Guard

      Military Times  |  Feb 25, 08 11:51 AM CST

      Arctic Melt Busies Coast Guard

      (Newser) - Global warming affects some unexpected entities, and one is the US Coast Guard, which is dealing with increased maritime traffic above the Arctic Circle. As retreating ice exposes more coastline, officials are evaluating future needs, the Military Times reports. Says the commander of the district that includes Alaska, "Until I go there, feel it, touch it, smell it, I won’t be able to responsibly ask for more resources." More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • US military  • Alaska  • Coast Guard  • Arctic Sea  • US Coast Guard  • Arctic Circle

    • Alaska Against Polar Bear's Protection

      Associated Press  |  Feb 23, 08 7:52 PM CST

      Alaska Against Polar Bear's Protection

      (Newser) - Alaska is opposing calls to save its polar bear population, fearing the state would have to protect dwindling sea ice and give up a multibillion-dollar gas project, the AP reports. Calls to save the bears have been "subverted by the lawyers for the extreme environmental organizations and the liberal Democratic leadership," Rep. Don Young said. More »

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      global warming  • environment  • Alaska  • Arctic  • polar bear  • natural gas  • Arctic oil  • threatened species

    • Balmy, With a Chance of Pythons

      USA Today  |  Feb 21, 08 9:16 AM CST

      Balmy, With a Chance of Pythons

      (Newser) - Burmese pythons could rapidly establish a stranglehold on the southern US due in part to snake-loving global warming, according to a new government report. With climate change and more pet owners releasing unwanted snakes into the wild, the adaptable serpent could soon call home any area from Northern California through the Southwest, deep South and Atlantic Coast, reports USA Today. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Florida  • animal  • alligator  • snakes  • habitat  • burmese python

    • Bizarre Antarctic Sea Life Found

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 20, 08 10:51 AM CST

      Bizarre Antarctic Sea Life Found

      (Newser) - A host of bizarre giant creatures lurk in the little-known waters of Antarctica, the Daily Telegraph reports. Thousands of specimens have been gathered by a mission to study Antarctic marine life before it is wiped out—including giant sea spiders the size of dinner plates, huge sea worms, and mammoth jellyfish. "I was staggered by the size of things," said an expedition leader. More »

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      global warming  • science  • ocean  • Antarctica  • marine life

    • Cities Ready Protest Blackout

      AFP  |  Feb 20, 08 10:21 AM CST

      Cities Ready Protest Blackout

      (Newser) - An hour of darkness will descend on cities from Australia to Denmark on March 29 as homes and business turn out the lights to raise awareness about global warming. The event began last year in Sydney, where 2.2 million people shut off the lights, AFP reports. Two dozen cities around the globe will join this year's "Earth Hour." More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Chicago  • Australia  • San Francisco  • Atlanta  • Bangkok  • Phoenix  • Sydney  • Copenhagen  • Earth Hour  • Tel Aviv

    • EcoMoms Talk and Shop for Green Cause

      New York Times  |  Feb 16, 08 3:42 PM CST

      EcoMoms Talk and Shop for Green Cause

      (Newser) - A gathering of women may look like a book club, sewing circle, or Tupperware party these days—but is just as likely to be part of the 9,000-strong EcoMom Alliance, where mothers talk fluorescent lightbulbs, waste-free school lunches, and local produce. Long essential to America's green movement, young women are now using it to inspire coffee klatches and find environmental approaches to homemaking and parenthood, the New York Times reports. More »

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      global warming  • environment  • women  • mothers  • green  • An Inconvenient Truth

    • Oceans Get Gloomy Report

      National Geographic  |  Feb 15, 08 9:20 AM CST

      Oceans Get Gloomy Report

      (Newser) - More than 40% of marine ecosystems are being dramatically altered by a combination of pollution, fishing, and global warming, researchers warn in a new study. In fact, no area of the ocean remains unaffected by human activity, reports National Geographic . The biggest problem is global warming, which not only changes temperature but also makes the waters more acidic, altering a delicate ecosystem, say researchers in the journal Science .  More »

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      global warming  • pollution  • ocean  • fishing  • North Sea  • ocean temperature

    • Solar Lull May Trigger Ice Age

      Popular Mechanics  |  Feb 14, 08 2:56 PM CST

      Solar Lull May Trigger Ice Age

      (Newser) - Solar activity, which us