Tag: Arctic - Page 11
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Arctic Circle Comic Strip is Environmentally Conscious, Funny
The Arctic Circle comic strip is a rare blend. On one hand, it's a story of cute migratory penguins who have adventures with their mammalian pals at the North Pole. On
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Hot Hot Santa Strips for Global Warming and 1% for the Planet
Santa's red suit - classic fashion at it's best, right? The baggy pants, the furry coat, the black plastic belt. Well, you'll appreciate Santa's level of cover up after you see the hilarious (and somehow, slightly gross and sacrilegious specter) of
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First Arctic Ice-Free Summer Could be in 2015
It's hard sometimes to make heads or tail of all these gloomy predictions -- what with the projected year always changing (just scan through our previous posts on the subject to see what I mean) -- but, for what it's worth, some
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Controversial Artist Justifies Bad Behaviour in the Arctic
Why do we all keep leaving the lights on, driving our cars and hopping on airplanes when we know full well it's damaging the environment? There may be several answers to this question: necessity, convenience, selfishness? The connection between
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Global Warming Opens Northwest Passage
Climate change is making the impassable passable. The legendary and treacherous Northwest Passage, once believed to be unnavigable by larger ships, has been successfully traversed by a commercial cargo ship. Satellite photos had
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Another Quote of the Day: Two Views on Polar Bears
In his erudite analysis of the global warming issue, Don Blankenship of Massey Coal expressed his opinion about the future of polar bears:
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Arrr, Thar Be Oil Under Them Icebergs!
With the melting of the polar ice caps, countries around the world are finding that new shipping lanes are now opening up, and with that, areas that were previously off limits to exploration and drilling are now accessible.
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It's Official: Human Activity is Warming Both the Arctic and Antarctic
A quick one here: In case you had any doubts about that human activities are responsible for the rise in temperatures at both of the Earth’s poles, new work published in the journal Nature Geoscience (and reported on by
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12 Warriors, Adventurers With Really Loud Green Messages
There are some powerful voices that have paved the way for us here at TreeHugger. Voices that rose above the chatter and made huge waves, felt around the world. Many of these voices come from people are close
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Record 10-19% Declines Seen in Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Last Winter, Satellite Data Reveals
Now that Arctic sea ice has begun its annual winter freeze, you might think that climate change gloom and doom coming from the northern climes might take a seasonal hiatus, but you'd be wrong. According to new data
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Making Stuff Cool, Making Stuff Uncool: Why Cultural Change is Key
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he
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Quote of the Day: Ian McEwan on The Hot Breath of Our Civilization
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he traveled
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The Masterful Beatboxing Shlomo: Music Without Instruments
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he
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Whale Oil as Space Lubricant: Better than Anything We Can Create?
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he traveled alongside over 40 artists,
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Carbon Offsets for Your Private Jet Flying Pal?
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. Packed in snugly on a science research boat with
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One Small Step Away from Extinction: Polar Bears to be Granted 'Critical Habitat' by Department of the Interior
Though polar bears were granted "threatened" status by the Federal government back in May, no specific habitat refuge was created for their protection. As part of legal settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity,
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Methane Burps and "Chimneys" From Quickly Warming Arctic
Global warming is happening at an accelerated pace and may have reached its tipping point in the Arctic. That has some scientists worried that powerful emissions of methane from permafrost peatlands as well as from the
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Arctic Just Witnessed Fastest August Ice Retreat in History
While we may have narrowly avoided setting a new record high in Arctic ice loss this year, it look as though we may have still hit a dubious milestone: achieving the fastest rate of melting during a four-week period in August than at
