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Climate Change Causing Near Daily Alteration of Entire Landscapes
While most of us have yet to sense the extent of global warming's immediate and more long-term effects on the planet's physical geography, others - mostly in the northern regions of the world - have not been so fortunate. The record amount of sea ice
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Sea Change: Alaska's Shishmaref Village Tumbles into the Water
In a chilling photo essay by Julia Whitty and Robert Knoth of Mother Jones, the plight of a remote Alaskan village is underscored by images of buildings falling into the sea.
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Teen Creates Electric 1971 VW Beetle
Bart Grabman, a senior at an Alaskan high school, has converted his 1971 VW Beetle to electric power, in order to save gas money and investigate ways to cut down on emissions. "We have a class called Passages, and in that course everyone's supposed
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Mining Interests and Salmon Fishers Square Off in Bristol Bay
Things are big in Alaska, including environmental battles, and none are bigger than the one brewing in Bristol Bay. That's the Bristol Bay of salmon fame, home of the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. Mining interests want North America's
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Alaskan Senator Claims Worst is Already Over When it Comes to Global Warming
Alaskan Senator and noted climate "expert" Ted Stevens (he of the "series of tubes" speech) has confidently asserted that — with regards to the effects of global warming — it's all downhill from here. Over the course of a recent news broadcast focusing
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One Year Ago in TH: Michael Crichton, Water, Crocs
A year ago today in TreeHugger, we took note of the winner of a book prize created by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists; here's a hint...it wasn't to anyone telling them to stop looking for oil. Meanwhile, a new voice piped up in the
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Tallying Up the Infrastructure Costs of Climate Change
In the wake of Minneapolis' tragic bridge collapse, policymakers and economists have been scrambling to reassess the state of the nation's oft deteriorating infrastructure. Concerns about their potential vulnerabilities to extreme weather events — such
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Alaskan village is falling into the sea
ABC have a video story about a recent trip to the Arctic Circle, taken by Scott Shulman, cameraman with ABC News. Shulman was filming in Shishmaref, a very small town of 600 residents, which is falling into the sea because of climate change. From the
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Doomsday Seed Vault, Part 2
About a year ago Treehugger reported on the Norwegian government's plans to build a subterranean vault to hold samples of the world's seeds. When completed next year, it will hold 3 million seeds that are being preserved to continue the world's
