In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth
TASIILAQ, Greenland - Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.
Nations:Denmark Norway Canada Greenland
2009-11-27
Over 2T tons of ice melted in arctic since '03
WASHINGTON - More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming.
Nations:U.S. Greenland Source:(AP)
2008-12-16
Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
A defiant Japan embarked on its largest whaling expedition in decades Sunday, targeting protected humpbacks for the first time since the 1960s despite international opposition. An anti-whaling protest boat awaited the fleet offshore.
Nations:Japan Greenland
2007-11-18
UN panel gives dire warming forecast
Global warming is "unequivocal" and carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere commits the world to an eventual rise in sea levels of up to 4.6 feet, the world's top climate experts warned Saturday in their most authoritative report to date.
Nations:China U.S. India Greenland Chile Indonesia People:Ban Ki-moon Al Gore
2007-11-18
Global warming to continue for centuries
Global warming is so severe that it will "continue for centuries," leading to a far different planet in 100 years, warned a grim landmark report from the world's leading climate scientists and government officials. Yet, many of the experts are hopeful that nations will now take action to avoid the worst scenarios.
Nations:U.S. Bangladesh Greenland South Africa Italy U.K. People:Jacques Chirac
2007-02-02
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