polar ice caps
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Reenact global warming in your cocktail
This Japanese site sells ice cube molds depicting penguins and polar bears sitting on ice floes. As the ice melts, both the floes and the critters are destroyed, making this a pretty good simulation of the effects of global warming. Finally, a product that combines climate education with all the drinking you need to do […]
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Polar bears discover Irish heritage
For a long time, scientists thought, as any reasonable person would, that the female ancestor of modern polar bears came from some Alaskan island. But it turns out that, like humans, bears are sometimes attracted to bears that come from foreign places, especially if they have cute accents. In fact, the female ancestor of polar bears came from, of all places, Ireland. (A press release from the Office of the Polar Bear King confirmed that yes, polar bears will be participating in St. Patrick's Day parades worldwide next year.)
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Melting glaciers make it more likely the coasts will be toast
Researchers working in Greenland and Antarctica say the meltdown of ice sheets in both places is only accelerating.
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Climate Denial Crock of the Week: The big mist take
One of the most contentious of climate crocks is the role of water vapor in climate change. And climate deniers are always trying to fog the issue. But don’t be scared, Crock of the Week is here, to help make sure you don’t get sucked in.
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2009 polar melt season: The stats are in
The 2009 ice melt season has just been completed at the northern polar cap, and observations confirm that the decay of the arctic ocean ice cover is continuing a steady decline.
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All wet on sea level rise — the remix [VIDEO]
My video series, Climate Denial Crock of the Week, has been slowly gaining an audience among people who need ammunition around the electronic water cooler. (Thanks to Real Climate and Climate Progress for the shout-outs.) Send links to these videos to that irritating troll on your blog, or your nice-but-clueless-about-climate neighbor who needs some good […]
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North Pole poised to be largely ice-free by 2020
It’s the ice thickness, stupid. The Arctic ice cover, which has endured for at least 100,000 years, will be all but gone within a decade according to a volume-based projection by a leading British scientist, the BBC reports. At the same time, “a gruelling 73-day” survey of sea-ice thickness found “the average thickness of the […]