Fast Arctic Thaw Threatens People, Polar Bears
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Global warming (news - web sites) is heating the Arctic almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet in a thaw that threatens the livelihoods
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BUENOS AIRES The Inuit, 155,000 seal-hunting peoples scattered around the Arctic, plan to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the United States, by contributing substantially to global warming, is threatening their
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Federal officials said Monday that they will need a few more weeks to decide whether polar bears need protection under the Endangered Species Act because of global warming.
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Eight Arctic countries agreed on small steps to brake a rapid thaw of the region on Wednesday with indigenous peoples accusing Washington of
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Some arctic animals including polar bears and species of seal face the possibility of extinction in just decades because of global warming, the World Wide Fund for Nature said Sunday.
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There's more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic region than can be explained by man-made global warming alone, a new study found. Nature is pushing the Arctic to the edge, too.
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OSLO, Norway  - Ideal for an Ice Age, white fur  used as camouflage by animals from polar bears to Arctic foxes  may be going out of fashion because of global warming.
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Two-thirds of the world's population of polar bears could die out over the next 50 years, as warmer weather melts away the thick sheets of sea ice where the bears spend much of their lives, according to studies released yesterday by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Melting glaciers, ice sheets and snow cover could speed the rate at which the planet heats up, causing rising sea levels, flooding and water shortages that impact as many as 40 percent of the world's population, a U.N. report said Monday.
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A new contrarian report on polar bears and global warming in the Arctic has been released by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. As you'd expect, it's a selective hodgepodge of science and politics. There are useful summaries and links of research challenging some of the media hype about the Arctic, but some [...].
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A decision on whether to protect Alaska's polar bears under the Endangered Species Act might not come before the government opens a major bear habitat to oil leases next week, although staff recommendations are completed, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service chief said Wednesday.
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Some Antarctic glaciers are flowing seaward five times faster than they did just two years ago, increasing concerns about rises in sea levels resulting from the warming of Earth&#39;s polar caps.
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Science & environment: Sale of licences to drill for oil and gas rights in Alaska will threaten future of bears, experts warn
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Global warming this century could trigger a runaway thaw of Greenland's ice sheet and other abrupt shifts such as a dieback of the Amazon rainforest, scientists said on Monday.
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An accelerating thaw of the Arctic may open vast regions for oil and gas exploration but that brings worries of spills in the fragile environment, experts said Thursday.
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One lawsuit aims to halt Wednesday's lease sales in the Chukchi Sea. Another would contest any listing of the polar bear as 'threatened.'
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According to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, the &quot;Arctic climate is now warming rapidly and much larger changes are projected.