Stranded Polar Bears at Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska
Possibly hundreds of bears are becoming stranded on the coastal plain of North Alaska, because they cannot reach the retreating sea ice. Will Rose and Kajsa Sjölander, captured shots of stranded polar bears as part of “70° North”, a multimedia project documenting the impact of climate change and resources exploration in the Arctic.
Can Egypt Escape Its Climate Future?
” The Mediterranean is remorselessly battering the Egyptian coastline. Salt is leaching into the rich soils and invading the drinking water wells, 1,000-year-old homes are being eroded from below. Sea levels are inexorably rising and storms are becoming more intense…” A first article of a Climate Journey across Africa, which is experiencing rising temperatures, coastal erosion, storms and water scarcity. Narrated by environmental journalist John Vidal.
Miss South Pacific: Beauty And The Sea Trailer
What does a beauty pageant in Suva, Fiji have to do with climate change? Quite a lot, as it turns out. “Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea” is a short documentary film about a Miss South Pacific Pageant that brought contestants, to Suva, Fiji to address issues of rising sea levels, and the salt water intrusion that is destroying their land and drinking water.
IPCC First Report To Confirm Link Between Climate Change And Extreme Weather
The United Nations created Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to release its first special report today in which it will highlight extreme weather conditions and explore its links to rising greenhouse gas emissions. Compiled over two years by 220 scientists, this report is the first comprehensive examination of scientific knowledge on the subject.
Ancient Bronze Artifact from East Asia Unearthed, Alaska’s Seward Peninsula
The excavations are part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation, to study human response to climate change at Cape Espenberg from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1400. The team is examining the timing and formation of the beach ridges as well as the contents of peat and pond sediment cores to help them reconstruct the sea-level history and the changing environment faced by Cape Espenberg’s settlers.
Bangkok Floods Could Go Into Next Year
Thailand’s worst floods in half a century, caused by months of unusually heavy monsoon rains, could left parts of Bangkoh still flooded next year.
Flash Forward 100 Years: Climate Change Scenarios in California’s Bay-Delta
Scientists investigated how California’s interconnected San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the Bay-Delta system) is expected to change from 2010 to 2099 in response to both fast and moderate climate warming scenarios. Results indicate that this area will feel impacts of global climate change in the next century with shifts in its biological communities, rising sea level, and modified water supplies.
Birth of an Iceberg
While satellites have tracked the formation of new icebergs, this is the first detailed airborne survey of such an event.
The 42-nation Association of Small Island States Slam Slow Pace Of Climate Talks
Island states facing rising seas driven by global warming slammed on Thursday suggestions by some rich nations that a comprehensive climate deal can wait until 2018 or later. Such proposals are “both environmentally reckless and politically irresponsible…”