Arctic

Long droughts may result in dams unable to adequately supply the industrial heartland

“We’ve fallen off the cliff. We’re not approaching the cliff. We’ve fallen off it.”

Half the world’s orcas are doomed, because a coal byproduct has been leaking into the oceans for more than a century

The Arctic ice sheet is dwindling at a catastrophic rate, but researchers say building 10-million wind-powered pumps could save it.

This year, Arctic air temperatures are 20°C higher than they should be in November. The effects of the disappearing ice will be felt world-wide.

The US government is under fire for allowing the oil company to continue exploring the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Despite eco-disaster warnings, mining firms are in a mad dash to cash in on Greenland’s bounties.

Briton Anthony Perrett says the Greenpeace arrests highlighted the issue of climate change as he tells of his two months in jail.

The Netherlands has taken Russia to the world’s maritime court in order to free 30 crew members of Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise, charged with piracy.

Scientists fear the Arctic could be entirely ice-free in summer by the middle of the century – if not sooner.

Activists have planted a flag at the North Pole along with signatures calling for the Arctic to be declared a sanctuary protected from oil drilling.

Coca-Cola will give $4-million to conservation group WWF over the next three years to help kick-start a campaign to protect the Arctic.

An ozone hole five times the size of California has opened over the Arctic, matching ozone loss over Antarctica for the first time on record.

An unknown amount of trapped persistent organics pollutants trapped in ice, poses a threat to marine life and humans as temperatures increase.

As rising temperatures expose more land for exploration, prospectors are rushing to the far north in the hope of carving out a new mineral frontier.