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In The News: CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: 'We All Breathe the Same Air'

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From InDepthNews, Friday, December 11

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently made the legally required determination that will enable it to crackdown on green house gas (GHG) emissions. EPA’s positive move is likely to have improved, even slightly, America’s credibility as a partner in climate change negotiations."

In The News: Arctic warming will continue, no matter what

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From Nunatsiaq Online, Friday, December 11

"No matter what the world’s nations do to curb climate change, one thing appears certain: the Arctic is headed..."

In The News: 2000-2010: A Decade of (Climate) Change

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From National Geographic News, Thursday, December 10

"A decade ago, global climate change was largely considered a problem for the distant future. But it seems that future has come sooner than predicted."

In The News: Indigenous delegates: climate pact should include human rights

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From Nunatsiaq Online, Thursday, December 10

"Indigenous leaders from the Arctic, Africa and small island nations are using International Human Rights Day to call for human rights to be made part of a new global climate pact."

In The News: Study reveals how Arctic food webs affect mercury in polar bears

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From Science Centric, Wednesday, December 9

"With growing concerns about the effects of global warming on polar bears, it's increasingly important to understand how other environmental threats, such as mercury pollution, are affecting these magnificent Arctic animals."

In The News: Copenhagen hosts alternative climate summit

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From the AFP, Wednesday, December 9

"Amazon Indians, Malawi farmers, Tibetan monks and Inuits from Greenland exchanged ideas Wednesday on how to combat global warming at a boisterous alternative forum in Copenhagen on the sidelines of UN climate talks."

In The News: Climate scientist: 'Greenland ice melting faster than expected'

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From EurActiv, Tuesday, December 8

"The scientific consensus that melting ice in Greenland will contribute to a five centimetre sea-level rise this century is outdated, with the final figure..."

In The News: Climate Change Hitting Russia's Northern People First and Hardest

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From The Moscow Times, Monday, December 7

"Climate change is hitting Russia’s numerically small peoples of the North sooner and harder than it is affecting other groups, experts say, noting with regret that the problems of these groups are not scheduled to be discussed at the upcoming Copenhagen meeting on global warming."

COP15 Begins

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

It is day one of United Nations International Conference on Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US announces that "CO2 is a health threat to human populations and the environment." Watch the ground-breaking press conference >>

... And our delegation is arriving on the spot in Copenhagen!

In The News: U.S. scientists: warming Arctic not a pretty picture

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From Nunatsiaq Online, Monday, December 7

"As sea ice on the Arctic Ocean thins and shrinks, Greenland’s ice sheet melts and seas turn acid, water temperatures will go up, sea levels rise, and marine life die, U.S scientists attending the COP15 gathering in Copenhagen said this week."

In The News: Tracing Arctic meltdown

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From The Engineer, Monday, December 7

"A fibre-optic cable-based technique will be used for the first time to monitor the effect the warming climate is having on permafrost in the Arctic region."

In The News: Arctic threats and challenges from climate change

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From the AFP, Sunday, December 6

"Rising temperatures are causing the Arctic's ice sheets to melt, opening the door for an economic boom in the region but also posing a major threat to the survival of its indigenous peoples."

Doering Presents at Frontiers in the Environment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

December 3rd our own Aaron Doering presented "What Happens When Classrooms in 30 Countries Explore the Arctic Together? : Environmental Stewardship" during the new lecture series Frontiers in the Environment for Institute of the Environment. Watch the web cast >>

In The News: Climate change threatens life in Shishmaref, Alaska

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From CNN, Thursday, December 3

"When the arctic winds howl and angry waves pummel the shore of this Inupiat Eskimo village, Shelton and Clara Kokeok fear that their house, already at the edge of the Earth, finally may plunge into the gray sea below."

In The News: Losing Nemo: Is there time to save the seas?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

From the Times Online, Thursday, December 3

"The glistening back of a whale sends ripples across the surface of the Arctic Ocean."