Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the US intelligence community, the earth is already shifting under you. Whether you know it or not, you’re on a new planet, a resource-shock world of a sort humanity has never before experienced ... keep reading
Written by Michael Klare/The Nation this month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Industry & Business, Polar Sea Ice, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
Counter-intuitively, climate warming has led to Antarctic sea ice expansion, suggests a study published online in Nature Geoscience this week. The analysis suggests that cool freshwater derived from melt beneath the Antarctic ice shelves has insulated offshore sea ice from the warming ocean beneath — a negative feedback effect that is ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Polar Sea Ice
Shipping lanes through the Arctic Ocean won't put the Suez and Panama canals out of business anytime soon, but global warming will make these frigid routes much more accessible than ever imagined by melting an unprecedented amount of sea ice during the late summer,new UCLA research shows . "The ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in March, about Climate Change, Polar Sea Ice, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Transport (1 comment)
Film and TV star Lucy Lawless and seven activists were today convicted and sentenced to 120 hours community service each for attempting to stop an Arctic-bound oil drilling ship last year. Along with six Greenpeace volunteers, the New Zealand actress occupied the Shell-chartered Noble Discoverer in New Plymouth in February ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in February, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Polar Sea Ice
Responding to the news reports that authorities in the US have issued citations against both of Shell’s Arctic drilling vessels due to repeated violations of air pollution permits this summer, Greenpeace International Arctic Campaigner Ben Ayliffe said: "Shell was so concerned about the state of its aging Arctic drilling ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, Law, Polar Sea Ice
The first direct evidence that marked changes to Antarctic sea ice drift have occurred over the last 20 years, in response to changing winds, is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. Scientists from NERC’s British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena California ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2012, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Polar Sea Ice
Nick Golledge and Oliver Marsh testing their solar powered field equipment on the sea ice near Scott Base. Photo: Rebecca Priestley. Nick Golledge, is studying glacier movement in the Transantarctic Mountains in an effort to find out how the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) – the largest reservoir of fresh water ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in October 2012, about Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Polar Sea Ice, Sustainability
Energy companies should not drill for crude oil in Arctic waters because the environmental risks are too high, Total SA Chief Executive Officer Christophe de Margerie told the Financial Times on Wednesday. The risk of an oil spill in such an environmentally sensitive area was simply too high, according to ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in October 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Polar Sea Ice, Politics & Government, Pollution, waste
In just two weeks since the all-time record for lowest extent of Arctic summer sea ice was broken the Arctic has lost an additional and astonishing 260,000 more square miles of sea ice, the area of France. On August 26th scientists from NASA and the National Snow and Ice ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2012, about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Polar Sea Ice, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Sustainability (1 comment)
The record melt of Arctic sea ice signals the urgency to replace fossil fuels with clean energy, says Greenpeace. Preliminary figures released today from US National Snow and Ice Data Centre indicate that Arctic sea ice extent has passed the previous record low set in 2007. “This record is not ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Polar Sea Ice, Solar, Wave Energy, Wind Energy (8 comments)
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