Arctic to be Ice Free in Summers

"The Catlin Arctic Survey data supports the new consensus view - based on seasonal variation of ice extent and thickness, changes in temperatures, winds and especially ice composition - that the Arctic will be...

The World's In Hot Water

 The world has just witnessed the Ocean's water tempretures the hottest on Record this summer. Reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noticed a 1.04degree Farenheit...

Arctic 'warmest in 2,000 years'

" Arctic temperatures are now higher than at any time in the last 2,000 years, research reveals. Changes to the Earth's orbit drove centuries of cooling, but temperatures rose fast in the last 100 years as human...

Fight for Arctic a Global Division or Co-operation: War or Peace?

Nations will do well to form diplomatic relations with Russia, rather than dismiss it as a dismal failure. Or any country for that matter. The days of nationalism are fading. Welcome internationalism or pay the...

Canada PM focuses on Arctic north - Global Chess game

" Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is on a five-day visit to the northern Arctic region of his country. Mr Harper said it was all part of an initiative to promote Canada's sovereignty in the far north. ...

Missing Cargo Ship Arctic Sea Found

Russian navy has found the cargo ship Arctic Sea that went missing on July 30th. The crew is alive and unharmed, and have boarded a Russian anti-submarine ship, according to Russia's defence minister Anatoly...

The Russians Are Dropping From the Skies, Arctic Gets Colder

Last week, I wrote an update about what was blowing in the Arctic these days. In brief, the affected countries Canada, Russia, USA, Greenland, Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden agreed in last year's Greenland...

So What is Going on With the Canadian Arctic Superpower?

On this hot day in Halifax, I wondered how to keep my cool. So I ventured into the frigid Arctic, though it is a hot topic. Who has control over it? Do we prepare ourselves for the Polar Oil Rush, as the Russians lay...

Melting Ice = Rising Seas & Earth Gravity Shift

"The melting of one of the world's largest ice sheets would alter the Earth's field of gravity and even its rotation in space so much that it would cause sea levels along some coasts to rise faster than the global...

Arctic CO2 Levels Up - Methane Released. Do humans have time?

Carbon Dioxide levels up - its bad - Methane is worse. Recently scientist reported that humans have not reduced thier carbon footprint on this planet. If anything, we are increasing. This will lead to a relase of a...

Doomsday is knocking. What are you doing?

Reporting at their 31st annual end-of-winter survey, US-based organizations National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), stated that over 90 percent of...

No War for the Arctic, if it is Designated a World Park

Can we not leave one of the last pristine places in the world alone? Imagine if it was designated a World Park. The corporations haven't been good stewards of the earth, so why give them the last pie? After it is...

Arctic sea ice is at its thinnest starting this spring

The Arctic sea ice is at its thinnest ever starting this spring as researchers in the area say that over 90 percent of it is less than two years old, so it is thinner and much more vulnerable than any other ice that could exist there. The researchers are with NASA and the...

Russia Plans Arctic Security Force

Russia has said it will set up a military force to protects its interests in the Arctic. Moscow says it expects the Arctic is likely to become its main resource base by 2020 and is therefore establishing troops...

Tropical species could be more threatened than arctic ones

Despite all the media attention given to arctic species that are endangered, scientists are saying that tropical species are in more trouble from dying out than the arctic ones. A team out of the University of...

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