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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced a bill to study the possibility of building a deep water port in the Arctic.
Battling hypothermia, a 17-year-old hunter stranded on a floating chunk of ice shot and killed a polar bear while trapped for more than a day before being rescued Monday in the Canadian Arctic.
A plan that puts a large area of the Arctic off-limits to commercial fishing goes into effect Dec. 3, federal officials said.
Russia is planning extensive research to support its claim to a broad swath of energy-rich territory beneath the Arctic Sea, a top official of the nation's icebreaker fleet said Friday.
The Obama administration on Thursday proposed setting aside 200,000 square miles off Alaska and along its shorelines as "critical habitat" for polar bears — an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas.
Global warming is messing with the planet's thermostat.
The North Pole will turn into an open sea during summer within a decade, according to data released Wednesday by a team of explorers who trekked through the Arctic for three months
Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route from South Korea along Russia's Arctic coast to Siberia.
Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their boundaries extend farther north. For the past two months ships from the countries have ventured north in icy areas of the Arctic where almost no surface ships have been, in an effort to find out how far the continental shelf extends.
The Arctic is warmer than it's been in 2,000 years, even though it should be cooling because of changes in the Earth's orbit that cause the region to get less direct sunlight. Indeed, the Arctic had been cooling for nearly two millennia before reversing course in the last century and starting to warm as human activities added greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
The nation's secretary of commerce has approved a plan that would prohibit an expansion of commercial fishing in the Arctic, at least until more is known about the area.
Canada's defense minister said Friday the Canadian government is closely watching Russian plans to drop paratroopers in the Arctic next April.
A joint U.S.-Canada expedition sailing next month to the icy waters off the northern coastline both countries share will help map the farthest reaches of the North American continent, but it won't deal with a long-running dispute over a resource-rich part of the Beaufort Sea.
New NASA satellite measurements show that sea ice in the Arctic is more than just shrinking in area, it is dramatically thinning.
Russia will rebuild its Soviet-era network of polar stations and use its icebreaker fleet to help support its claim to the vast resources of the Arctic, the man who led a mission to plant a Russian flag on the Arctic seabed said Wednesday.
Nearly one-third of the natural gas yet to be discovered in the world is north of the Arctic Circle and most of it is in Russian territory, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Obama administration on Monday called for enhanced protection of the Earth's polar regions, proposing mandatory limits on Antarctic tourism and urging increased environmental research there and in the Arctic.
The Arctic is treading on thinner ice than ever before. Researchers say that as spring begins, more than 90 percent of the sea ice in the Arctic is only 1 or 2 years old. That makes it thinner and more vulnerable than at anytime in the past three decades, according to researchers with NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado.
Russia plans to create a new military force to protect its interests in the disputed Arctic region, a Kremlin strategy paper says.
Russia will modernize its icebreaker fleet and station more researchers in the Arctic as part of its push to stake its claim to the vast resources of the disputed polar region, a presidential envoy said Thursday.
In a move aimed at limiting harm to Arctic waters opened by global warming, a federal advisory board voted Thursday to ban commercial fishing north of the Bering Strait off Alaska's coast.
More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming.
The European Union's executive body said Thursday that the bloc should try to obtain its fair share of oil, gas, minerals and fish exposed by the melting of the Arctic ice cap.
Autumn temperatures in the Arctic are at record levels, the Arctic Ocean is getting warmer and less salty as sea ice melts, and reindeer herds appear to be declining, researchers reported Thursday.
Russian attempts to claim part of the Arctic Ocean seabed have given Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin unique foreign policy experience, the McCain-Palin campaign says, but there is no evidence she has ever been involved with or spoken publicly about them.
Global Warming Is Not Slowing, Report SaysDespite recent fluctuations in global temperature year to year, which fueled claims of global cooling, a sustained global warming trend shows no signs of ending, according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization made public on Tuesday. More Articles
Global warming a growing threat to Arctic reindeer JARFJORD — On Norway's border with Russia, the consequences of climate change are affecting the reindeer population as rising temperatures hit food stocks and industry growth eats into vital grazing land.
Australians Face Reality On Sea-Level Rise - plus 1.1 meters means 2 million Oz refugees Official Australian report based on conservative IPCC projections : with a sea-level rise of 1.1 meters about two million Australians would become refugees and have to leave their homes and the places they love.
Arctic Lake Sediments Show Warming, Unique Ecological Changes In Recent DecadesArctic sediments show that 20th century warming is unlike natural variationIn the paper, titled 'Recent Changes in a Remote Arctic Lake are Unique Within the Past 200,000 Years,' sediments retrieved by University at Buffalo geologists from a remote Arctic lake show that recent variations are unlike those that have been seen during previous warming episo …
Arctic ice cap 'to disappear in future summers'The arctic ice cap will no longer be covered in ice during summer months within the next 10 years.
"What Happened to Global Warming?" That is the headline of the BBC story referenced below, and in the earlier version of this article (left unchanged following the BBC quote below). The story is now featured/linked at the very top of Drudge (drudgereport.com).
Lasers from space show shocking thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheetsThe British Antarctic Survey has released dramatic images of the rapidly thinning glaciers along the coastline of both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets that have been been created using satellite lasers.
What's for tea? Amazing pictures of the polar bear who took an interest in the menu on Arctic shipA group of wildlife enthusiasts were looking forward to their lunch during an expedition to the Arctic island of Svalbard. But they soon discovered a hungry polar bear was also rather keen to try their cauliflower soup.
UN: Impacts of Climate Change Coming Faster and SoonerWashington/Nairobi, 24 September 2009 -The pace and scale of climate change may now be outstripping even the most sobering predictions of the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC).
These pictures are so awesome it is hard to believe that they are not real. Yet they are actually pavement art by a very gifted artist, Julian Beever, who does chalk drawings in 3D. The effects are truly stunning. Enjoy.
Signs of Rapid Change is Everywhere in the Arctic, Finds a New StudyPolar bear cubs, the Arctic fox and caribou herds are among the victims of dramatic changes in the Arctic due to climate change, a study published Thursday found.
Arctic Ice Melts to Third-Smallest AreaThat level falls 20 percent below the 30-year average minimum sea ice cover for the Arctic summer since satellites began measuring it in 1979, and 24 percent less than the 1979-2000 average, the Colorado-based government agency said.
Yearly 2.5 ppm CO2 rise - "Nasty doom-and-gloom situation" lies ahead, scientists sayAtmospheric CO2 has increased from pre-industrial levels of 280 ppm to 385 ppm, now rising at a rate of 2.5 ppm per year -> loss of Arctic sea ice by 2020, loss of most coral reefs by 2040, 1.4m sea level rise by 2100
Polar bears run riot as ice meltsYou can almost hear Sarah Palin cocking her rifle.
Triumph for man, disaster for mankind: ships sailing North-East Passage show our heat is turning Arctic into alien landscapeTwo articles from The Independent: A triumph for man, a disaster for mankind
'Israel link' in Arctic Sea caseIsrael was linked to the interception of the missing cargo ship Arctic Sea last month, a senior figure close to Israeli intelligence has told the BBC. The source said Israel had told Moscow it knew the ship was secretly carrying a Russian air defence system for Iran.
Canada protests U.S. Arctic fishing banCanada has lodged a diplomatic protest with the U.S. government over its unilateral imposition of a fishing ban in a part of the Arctic Ocean claimed by both countries, Canwest News Service has learned.
On thinning Arctic ice, U.N.'s Ban urges climate dealUnless the United States Congress quickly passes climate legislation, hopes for a final accord to replace the Kyoto protocol by December are evaporating faster than the arctic ice is melting.
NASA's Dr James Hansen: ca 300 ppm CO2 needed to restore energy balance, Arctic iceNASA's Dr James Hansen says that an atmospheric CO2 concentration of about 325 needed to restore planetary energy balance and about 300 ppm CO2 is needed to restore Arctic sea ice to what it was 25 years ago.
U.S. Arctic fishing policy latest in Can-Am disputeA U.S. moratorium on new fisheries in the Beaufort Sea has highlighted a long-simmering boundary dispute with Canada in the Arctic waters north of Yukon and Alaska. The new U.S.
Climate change opens Arctic route for German shipsTwo German ships set off on Friday on the first journey across Russia's Arctic-facing northern shore without the help of icebreakers after climate change helped opened the passage, the company said.
Global warming fears intensify, oceans warmest now for 130 years, 2C above 1909 15CJuly hottest month for world's oceans in 130 years of record keeping. Average water temperature worldwide was 17 degrees Celsius, according to US National Climatic Data Centre, 2C above 15C 1909 minimum.
Lies Revealed -- Greenpeace Leader Admits Arctic Ice ExaggerationLeipold's admission that Greenpeace issued misleading information is a major embarrassment to the organization, which often has been accused of alarmism but has always insisted that it applies full scientific rigor in its global-warming pronouncements. Although he admitted G …
8 arrested in mystery of vanishing freighterRussia's navy arrested eight men accused of hijacking the Arctic Sea freighter near Sweden and forcing the crew to sail to West Africa, the defense minister said Tuesday.
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