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US to lobby for endangered species listing for polar bearMar
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Why the End Times Might Reek of MethaneMar
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MEPs to debate melting Arctic ice heating up international tensionMar
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Is Arctic methane on the move?Mar
9 According to guardian.co.uk, methane is like the radical wing of the carbon cycle, in today’s atmosphere a stronger greenhouse gas per molecule than CO2, and an atmospheric concentration that can change more quickly than CO2 can.
China moves to become major Arctic playerMar
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A new report by a leading European think-tank says China is “paying increasing attention to the consequences of the melting of the ice in the Arctic” and positioning itself for an influential role in the emerging realm of polar geopo more »
Melting arctic ice may release billions of tons of greenhouse gasMar
5 Global warming is a contentious issue again because skeptics have pointed out inconsistencies with the data scientists are using to measure how much humans are impacting the environment, says taintedgreen.com more »
Polar Bear PoliticsMar
4 According topostchronicle.com, throughout the last several decades, one of the environmentalist left’s trademark tactics has been to use symbolism instead of substance. This, as any thinking person already knows, is due to the fact that the extreme left, as it becomes ever more extreme, finds it increasingly difficult to push its agenda based on its own merit. This leaves them little choice but to use smoke and mirrors to foist their remarkably bad ideas on the rest of us. more »
Polar bears survived previous ice thaw… but they won’t be so lucky this time, warn expertsMar
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Exploring the openings created by Arctic meltingMar
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Melting sea ice in the Arctic will kill thousands of bears in coming years, the US says, and continued commercial trade must not be allowed to make the situation worse, says guardian.co.uk
Carbon dioxide isn’t the only greenhouse gas out there. Other substances, such as water vapor and nitrous oxide, also trap heat to varying degrees. Discussions about global warming focus on CO2 for a couple of key reasons: the first is that human activities have demonstrably increased carbon dioxide; the second is that the other gases tend to cycle out of the atmosphere pretty quickly, says fastcompany.com 
The Arctic is growing in international importance due to thinning ice which is leading to the opening of the sea lanes. With global temperatures rising 2 degrees over the last century and a 5 degree rise in air temperature in the Arctic, it is clear that the ice will continue to melt and fracture, says europarl.europa.eu
According to ft.com, China has started paying attention to the strategic implications of the melting of Arctic ice and could seek a more active role in regulating use of the region, a report said yesterday.