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  • August 2008

    • Polar Bears May Have Yet Another Worry: Sharks

      Reuters  |  Aug 12, 08 6:42 PM CDT

      Polar Bears May Have Yet Another Worry: Sharks

      (Newser) - As if polar bears in the North Pole didn't have enough to worry about these days: Scientists have found the bone of a young bear in the stomach of a Greenland shark, Reuters reports. The unprecedented discovery prompts a "million dollar question," says one researcher: Do the bears now have to worry about sharks as predators? It seems improbable that the sluggish shark could catch and kill a bear, but the possibility raises intriguing questions. More »

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      global warming  • polar bear  • polar ice caps  • shark  • shark attack  • predators  • deadly animals

    • Ice Reveals Climate History

      New York Times  |  Aug 3, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      Ice Reveals Climate History

      (Newser) - Over the next three summers in Greenland, a group of international scientists will unearth samples of the country’s ice core down to its very bedrock, in the hopes of painting a complete picture of Earth's changing climate. Each layer provides a dated mixture of water and air bubbles that were trapped in the snow, Thomas L. Friedman writes in the New York Times . More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • research  • scientific research  • Thomas Friedman  • Greenland  • polar ice caps  • Arctic Circle

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Polar Meltdown Threatened This Summer

      Independent (UK)  |  Jun 27, 08 6:24 AM CDT

      Polar Meltdown Threatened This Summer

      (Newser) - The North Pole may become free of ice this summer for the first time in human history. Thick Arctic sea ice that normally covers the polar region has been replaced by ice that formed only in the last year and is susceptible to seasonal melting, reports the Independent. It's a disturbing, symbolic landmark in global warming, scientists warn. More »

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Old Arctic Ice Melting Away

      Reuters  |  Mar 18, 08 7:22 PM CDT

      Old Arctic Ice Melting Away

      (Newser) - The Arctic's oldest, thickest ice is melting and may undermine the entire Arctic ice cap, NASA satellite photos show. Some 965,300 square miles of perennial ice, more than a year old, has melted over the past year—a 50% decrease. Losses of older, hardier frost are even greater: Three quarters of ice more than 6 years old has melted in the past 12 months. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Arctic  • polar ice caps  • Arctic Sea  • Arctic Circle

  • January 2008

    • Island Paradise Battles Global Warming

      NPR  |  Jan 28, 08 4:18 PM CST

      Island Paradise Battles Global Warming

      (Newser) - The Republic of Maldives has a lot to fear from rising sea levels, but the chain of tiny islands in the Indian Ocean is doing something to protect itself. The nation has built a concrete wall around the capital, Male, and constructed an entirely new island 7 feet higher than the rest of the country—which the president wants carbon-emitting nations to pay for. NPR pays a visit. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • tsunami  • polar ice caps  • Maldives  • sea level  • Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

  • September 2007

    • Sailors Find Iceless NW Passage

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 13, 07 8:40 PM CDT

      Sailors Find Iceless NW Passage

      (Newser) - It's smooth sailing in the Arctic nowadays. Even in recent years, the ice was apt to claim adventurers who dared navigate the Northwest Passage. This year the passage has no ice. And with global warming claiming some 38,000 square miles of ice a year, the Journal reports, the Arctic could be open to commercial and recreational sailing by 2020. More »

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      climate change  • Arctic  • ice melt  • Arctic race  • polar ice caps  • boats  • Northwest Passage

    • Arctic Thaw Set at 40% by 2050

      Seattle Times  |  Sep 7, 07 6:47 PM CDT

      Arctic Thaw Set at 40% by 2050

      (Newser) - At least 40% of the polar icecap will be gone by 2050, Seattle scientists predicted today, putting the meltdown way ahead of earlier predictions that so much ice would take a century to vanish. Greenhouse gases, which linger in the atmosphere for up to 50 years, are primarily responsible for the acceleration, the Seattle Times writes. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • greenhouse gases  • Arctic  • polar bear  • polar ice caps

  • August 2007

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