Arctic
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The Climate Post: Trace radiation isn’t the only global fallout from Fukushima
As Japan’s nuclear disaster stretched into its second week, traces of radiation from the stricken power plants showed up in several U.S. states, and as far away as Iceland. With the reactors and uranium fuel rods still proving difficult to bring under control, the disaster could be the “death knell” for nuclear power, some analysts said. Countries around the […]
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Costs of inaction: the price of ice
Click for a larger version.Image: NASAArctic sea ice extent averaged over Januray 2011 its lowest recorded levels since satellite records began in 1979. It was 19,300 square miles below the record low of 5.25 million square miles, set in 2006, and 490,000 square miles below the 1979 to 2000 average. Climate change, the crisis many […]
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Future at risk on a hotter planet
We are altering the earth’s climate, setting in motion trends we do not always understand with consequences we cannot anticipate.
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The Climate Post: Why solar can't go mainstream without Sarah Palin
A solar club claims millions of American households could save money with solar, if only folks like Oprah, Jim Cramer, and Sarah Palin get on board.
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The battle over drilling moves north to Alaska
So it looks like Lisa Murkowski has won her write-in campaign to get re-elected to the Senate.
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Measuring fast-melting Arctic sea ice
Julienne Stroeve shows how dramatic changes in Arctic sea ice are occurring right now -- with enormous consequences for the whole planet.
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Spill cleanup plans for Arctic ripped as 'thoroughly inadequate'
Desperate to start drilling off the coast of Alaska next year, Shell is working hard to reassure us that they're not BP.
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Alaska's NPRA oil reserves estimate lowered about 90 percent
The U.S. Geological Survey has revised its previous estimates about the amount of "undiscovered" oil and gas present in Alaska.
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With drilling stalled in the Gulf, Big Oil sets its sights on the Arctic
Drilling is on hold in the Gulf of Mexico, but it's about to hit high gear in the Arctic. It's accessible because climate change is melting the polar ice
