Dog-Sledding, Like Climate, Heating Up
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JUKKASJARVI, Sweden -- Sixty Alaskan Huskies yipped and yelped and howled on a frozen river 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle, itching to run.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Sled-dog teams trotted through the chilly streets of Anchorage on Saturday in a festive atmosphere marking the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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the sun is hot, so harvest the heat to make ice cubes.
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Scientists find many regions on Earth that once had permanent frozen ground are now experiencing a thaw.
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Travel: It's impossible to predict the weather, but when it gets a good dump of snow - like it did last weekend - boarding in Scotland can be a great adventure
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Satellite data confirms glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula have picked up speed in recent years.
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It's like an outdoor radiant floor heating system. It melts ice and the excess energy can help heat or cool buildings.
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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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Off-piste skiing, snowboarding and trekking are putting Alpine wildlife under stress, a study concludes.
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By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 23--All of a sudden, it's starting to feel a lot like winter.   Sacramento got a half-inch of rain on Thursday, and ski resorts near Lake Tahoe were on track to get at least a foot of fresh snow by this morning.
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Temperatures have risen more than two degrees on average over the past 10 years, and average snow levels have dropped 8.8 inches over the same period, and global warming is the reason why, say results from a study measuring conditions over a 40-year period.
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By Matt Russell, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Feb. 3--As we go through the heart of winter, it's time to get off the couch and enjoy what the frosty months of Minnesota have to offer.
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TAKOTNA, Alaska -- Lance Mackey is chasing his dream. The other mushers are chasing him at the halfway point of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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Glaciers are melting faster than before in some regions from the Arctic to the Alps but others are getting bigger, scientists said on Friday.
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The permanently frozen subsoil, known as permafrost, upon which Newtok, Alaska, rests is melting.
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Rising temperatures in eastern Canada are making it more dangerous for the native Inuit population in the province of Quebec to travel and hunt by snowmobile, and a new study recommends that they return to using the traditional dogsled.
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It seemed more like the Iditarod dog sled race than a marathon.