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Climate Change Likely To Be More Devastating Than Experts Predicted, Warns Top IPCC Scientist
February 14, 2009 — Without decisive action, global warming is likely to accelerate at a much faster pace and cause more environmental damage than predicted, says Stanford scientist Chris Field, a leading member of the ... > full story -
Wolf In Dog's Clothing? Black Wolves May Be First 'Genetically Modified' Predators
February 5, 2009 — Slipping through trees or across snow, the wolf has glided into legend on paws of white, gray or -- in North America -- even black. This last group owes an unexpected debt to the cousins of the ... > full story -
Antarctic Expedition Prepared Researchers For Mars Project
February 5, 2009 — About half a year before the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began digging into soil and subsurface ice of an arctic plain of Mars, six scientists traveled to one of the coldest, driest ... > full story -
More Extreme Weather In The Arctic Regions
February 5, 2009 — A study suggests that extreme weather events in the Arctic will become more common as the winter ice cover retreats, with potentially severe consequences for human ... > full story -
Global Warming Threatens Antarctic Sea Life
February 5, 2009 — Climate change is about to cause a major upheaval in the shallow marine waters of Antarctica. Predatory crabs are poised to return to warming Antarctic waters and disrupt the primeval marine ... > full story -
Inuit Trails Represent Complex Social Network Spanning Canadian Arctic
February 4, 2009 — Inuit trails are more than merely means to get from A to B. In reality, they represent a complex social network spanning the Canadian Arctic and are a distinctive aspect of the Inuit cultural ... > full story -
Arctic Region Underprepared For Maritime Accidents, Report Finds
February 2, 2009 — The existing infrastructure for responding to maritime accidents in the Arctic is limited and more needs to be done to enhance emergency response capacity as Arctic sea ice declines and ship traffic ... > full story -
Ancient Turtle Migrated From Asia To America Over Tropical Arctic
February 1, 2009 — In Arctic Canada, geologists have discovered a surprise fossil: a tropical, freshwater, Asian turtle. The find strongly suggests that animals migrated from Asia to North America not around Alaska, as ... > full story -
Mountain Caribou's Ancient Ancestry Revealed
January 28, 2009 — The declining mountain caribou populations of Canada's southern Rockies are a more distinct breed than scientists previously believed, according to a new study that discovered the mountain herbivores ... > full story -
Watching Treeline Advances In Canada’s Arctic
January 22, 2009 — With climate change is a global concern, it's timely to consider how trees are faring on the highest mountain slopes and at the northern treeline. In such extreme environments, oddly contorted forms ... > full story
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