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Tag: Arctic regions

Arctic Ice Melt Pushed Sandy toward NYC

by Kat LongArticlesPosted on March 20, 20130 comments

As if we needed more convincing that the melting Arctic sea ice will create havoc on the world’s coasts, scientists from Rutgers and Cornell have found a link between the melting icepack and the unusual westward path of Hurricane Sandy last October. Sandy did not spin harmlessly out to sea like most late-fall hurricanes. Instead, …

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Polar Bears: They Lose, We Lose

by Kat LongCommentaryPosted on March 7, 20130 comments

News outlets are reporting the failure of a U.S.-proposed plan to outlaw the export of polar bear parts at the annual meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) this week in Bangkok. Canada is the only nation that allows the export of polar bear skins, teeth and paws, and vehemently opposed …

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