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Trial by ice – what it takes to be an Arctic explorerFeb
26 Six am on a sub-zero morning in Devon. A five-mile run in the dark, ending in a couple of hill sprints. Breakfast. Circuit training in the barn; beyond any pain threshold to physical exhaustion. Lunch. Ninety minutes dragging weighted tyres up and down a 1:6 hill, says guardian.co.uk more » Catlin Arctic team brave thin ice and polar bears to monitor acid oceansFeb
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No race for Arctic resources, expert saysFeb
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Melting Arctic Ice Clears Way for Shipping, Fishing, Oil Drilling … and Major ProblemsFeb
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Methane in the Arctic on the riseFeb
22 Global methane levels are on the rise partly due to rising emissions in the Arctic. Globally averaged atmospheric methane did increase by 7 parts per billion (ppb) per year during 2007 and 2008, while the rise during the first half of 2009 was 7 ppb greater again than it was in 2008, says gather.com more » Climate scientists defend global warming evidenceFeb
21 Some global warming skeptics say the computer models that simulate future climate change can be wrong. Walter N. Meier, a climate scientist, agrees. “They tend to be underestimating” how quickly global warming is melting arctic sea ice, Meier said. The models “can be wrong in both directions.” more » Missing ‘Ice Arches’ Contributed to 2007 Arctic Ice LossFeb
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Scientist: Thin Arctic Ice Now Means Faster Summer MeltFeb
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Mr. Limbaugh: The Record Snows of This Winter Are Proof of Global WarmingFeb
17 Tuning in to Rush Limbaugh’s radio showtoday really got my temperature to rise. He mocked Al Gore’s recent blog in which Gore stated that the situation of Arctic ice melting may be worse than we thought. Limbaugh took issue with that and declared that this unusually cold and snowy U.S. winter is proof that there is no global warming. He also called those who believe in climate change “suckers ,” says huffingtonpost.com more » |
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Scientists to set up ice base in northern Canada to examine impact of ocean acidification on the region’s animals and plants,says guardian.co.uk 
An Arctic thaw among Cold War foes means there will be no foreseeable major conflict over seabed resources, says a leading Arctic scholar, says edmontonjournal.com. 
According to onearth.org, summer sea ice is melting in the Arctic, exposing for the first time the fabled Northwest Passage that Europeans sought for centuries. That creates a new frontier for human endeavors … 
PASADENA, Calif. – In 2007, the Arctic lost a massive amount of thick, multiyear sea ice, contributing to that year’s record-low extent of Arctic sea ice. 
According to cleanskies.com, one top climate scientists says this summer’s Arctic ice melt could be a “double whammy.”