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Two researchers here spent months scouring through old expedition logs and reports, and reviewing 70-year-old maps and photos before making a surprising discovery. They found that the effects of the current warming and melting of Greenland 's glaciers that has alarmed the world's climate scientists occurred in the decades following an abrupt warming in the 1920s. Their evidence reinforces the belief that glaciers and other bodies of ice are exquisitely hyper-sensitive to climate change and bolsters the concern that rising temperatures will speed the demise of that island's ice fields, hastening sea level rise. The work, reported at this week's...

I am a documentary fan. I will even sit through bad documentaries, except anything put out by Mikey Moore, but I stumbled upon a gem a few days ago on television. It is called, Being Caribou. The premise was that these two canucks, male and female, would follow the migration of the Porcupine Herd of Caribou on their migration route in Alaska. No red flags were up yet, but then they said that they were going to do it on foot and I noticed right away that they had a 15" doll of President Bush strapped onto one of the...

We all share the same earth and the same environment. We believe that everyone's voice should be heard in debating the policies and making the decisions that affect us all. The earth belongs to all of us. This first in the world, Online Global Poll is being conducted in conjunction with the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development being held in Johannesburg South Africa from August 25 to September 4, 2002. Your participation in this global poll adds voice to the many thousands worldwide expressing how they feel about the environment, and what they feel their leaders should do...

...Go Tell It on the Mountain What do sport utility vehicles say about us? First, they say we’re herd animals. The latest numbers from the auto industry say that every other new car driven off a dealer’s lot is a "light truck," the category that includes pickup trucks, vans, and SUVs. Five million new SUVs are sold every year. And the numbers keep growing. There are now more than 70 distinct models identified as SUVs. Recently the Ford F-series became the best-selling automobile of any kind or class, finally vanquishing the Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry after their many...

Green groups have launched a campaign designed to protect the ocean "wilderness" from the harmful activity of recreational fishermen. But anglers argue that the environmentalists are basing their agenda on flawed scientific studies to turn their traditional fishing spots into protected marine reserves. According to marine environmentalists at the Ocean Conservancy (OC), Americans don't do enough to protect the 'other' America, which is underwater. As a result, recreational fishermen are contributing to the extinction of the aquatic inhabitants, the green group warns. Rather than dealing with individual species, OC spokesman Warner Chabot explained that his organization favors a blanket tactic...