Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by DRUCKENMILLER Matthew L., MOON A. Twila, THOMAN Rick
The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can profoundly affect lives around the world.
Thawing permafrost and changing seasons affect wildlife (…)
, by SCIAMA Yves
A group of researchers from the American NASA published the results of their efforts on Wednesday 17 January in the prestigious journal Nature. They compiled no less than 236,328 images of the gigantic Greenland polar cap, accumulated by different satellites over 40 years, and revealed that its (…)
, by DRUCKENMILLER Matthew L., MOON A. Twila, THOMAN Rick
The annual report is also a reminder that what happens in the Arctic affects the rest of the world.
In the Arctic, the freedom to travel, hunt and make day-to-day decisions is profoundly tied to cold and frozen conditions for much of the year. These conditions are rapidly changing as the (…)
, by HUBBARD Alun
A field glaciologist explains the changes scientists are now seeing.
I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerized by a mind-blowing scene of natural destruction. A milewide section of glacier front has fractured and is collapsing into the ocean, calving an immense iceberg. (…)
, by CARRINGTON Damian
Loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27cm regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists discover
Major sea-level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice cap is now inevitable, scientists have found, even if the fossil fuel burning that is driving the climate crisis were to end (…)
, by The Economist
Peat fires in the Arctic are the latest symptom of climate change.
The eastern siberian landscape does not normally resemble hell. In winter it is blanketed in snow; in summer, its forests are lush and its wetlands soggy. This year, however, the region is on fire, as are large parts of the (…)
, by HOLTHAZUS Eric
Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands during Hurricane Katrina, a group of polar scientists made a startling declaration: The Arctic as we once knew it is no more.
The region is now definitively trending toward an ice-free state, the (…)
, by HARVEY Fiona
Scientists warn increasingly rapid melting could trigger polar ‘tipping points’ with catastrophic consequences felt as far away as the Indian Ocean.
Arctic scientists have warned that the increasingly rapid melting of the ice cap risks triggering 19 “tipping points” in the region that could (…)
, by BANERJEE Subhankar
Presentation
If Sarah Palin were president, we’d know just what it was: a drill-baby-drill administration. Of course, there’s no mama grizzly in the White House, yet these last years have been a grizzly tale of the expansion of American oil and natural gas exploration and drilling from the (…)
, by BERKMAN Paul Arthur
While the Arctic Ocean used to be covered in ice year round, most of the ocean is now open during the summer months due to global warming. This unexpected transformation has heightened countries’ stakes over oil, gas, hydrocarbon deposits, and fishing rights in the region. Companies such as (…)
, by Inuit Circumpolar Conference
Inuit Circumpolar Conference Petition to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights Seeking Relief from Violations Resulting from Global Warming Caused by Acts and Omissions of the United States,” December 7, 2005 (excerpts)
Sheila Watts-Cloutier presented a petition to the Inter-American (…)
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