Arctic Council shies from warming recommendations
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Faced with fresh evidence of rapid warming at the top of the globe, members of the Arctic Council on Wednesday shied from making any commitments to combat the problem.
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Not all of the Arctic thaw is caused by man. Nature plays a role, too, but that doesn't let us off the hook for the damage we've done.
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WASHINGTON -- Eight nations with Arctic territory agreed yesterday to fight glacial melting and other effects of climate change in the region, though they declined to endorse any new steps to counter global warming out of deference to the Bush administration.
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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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A major climate change report prompts calls for urgent action, but the US rejects controls on emissions.
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High-level politicians from the eight nations that make up the Arctic Council met in Reykjavik on Wednesday to discuss ways of combating global warming, which researchers say could melt away the Arctic ice cover within the next 100 years.
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The next report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should deal with the "frightening" possibility that both Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets start melting at the same time, the chief U.N. climate scientist said Tuesday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Until now, the Alaskan oil industry and polar bears have coexisted peacefully, but proposals by the U.S. government to list polar bears as endangered by global warming have cast a shadow on oil development on Alaska's North Slope.
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A study conducted by the Arctic Council which consists of about 300 internationals researches, have stated that the ice cap is warming at twice the global rate.
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Eight artic nations agreed to take steps in fighting with Arctic melt and other effects of climate change in the region. At the same time nations with Arctic territory declined to adopt any new steps to counter
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The first thorough assessment of a decadeslong Arctic warming trend shows the region is undergoing profound changes, including sharp retreats of glaciers and sea ice, thawing of permafrost
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The Arctic is undergoing rapid and possibly irreversible change, according to a new report prepared for the eight nations which rim the region.
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Unless urgent action is taken to slow down global warming polar bears will be extinct by the end of the century. The stark warning is contained in an authoritative report compiled by more than 250 scientists on the effects of climate change in the Arctic.
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In a new study commissioned by eight countries of the Arctic region, scientists point to an accelerated ice thaw with far-reaching consequences for global climate change and human activity.
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Deepening a rift over global warming policy, some European partners are accusing the Bush administration of trying to weaken a report that warns the Arctic is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet.
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Nov. 3, 2004 - The Arctic ice cover will completely disappear in summer by the end of this century unless carbon dioxide emissions are significantly reduced, according to a scientific study to be released next week.
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Nations with Arctic territory agreed to fight glacial melting but declined to endorse any new steps to counter global warming out of deference to the Bush administration.