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Environment News tagged with Arctic

UK Nitrogen Feeds Bacteria in the Arctic
Environment  (tags: climate, environment, Study, Arctic, bacteria )

Katie
- 8 days ago - planetearth.nerc.ac.uk
A mass of air laden with industrial nitrogen pollution may be hardly noticed in Britain, but it can cause a flurry of activity in bacteria living in extreme environments as far as the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, north of Norway.
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Protect the Arctic Refuge: America's Polar Bear Nursery ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic, protection, nature, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 13 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Rising temperatures are robbing polar bears of vital habitat and melting the sea ice they use for hunting and raising their cubs. In response, the Interior Department has announced a proposal to designate more than 200,000 square miles of critical
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US Gives Shell Green Light for Offshore Oil Drilling in the Arctic
Environment  (tags: environment, drilling, oil, arctic, destruction, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 37 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Conservationists say the decision by the Obama administration to allow drilling in the Beaufort Sea repeats Bush era mistakes
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Arctic to Be Ice Free in Summer - Consequences for Polar Bears
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic, ice-free, animals, polar bears, habitat, protection, wildlife, nature )

Cher
- 43 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
New data, released by the Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF, provides further evidence of thinning Arctic sea ice, supporting the emerging thinking that the Arctic Ocean will be largely ice-free in summer within a decade. The Catlin Arctic Survey provides
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Urge President Obama to Protect the Arctic ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, Arctic, protection, wildlife, wild lands, habitat, nature )

Cher
- 66 days ago - action.wilderness.org
With the beautiful landscape and wildlife of the Arctic at risk, President Obama must create a comprehensive conservation and energy plan to protect our nation's Arctic wild lands.
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Dramatic Biological Responses to Global Warming in the Arctic
Environment  (tags: environment, Arctic, warming, habitat, protection, globalwarming, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 72 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past," says Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University. Post leads a large, international team that carried out ecosystem-wide studies of the biological response to Arctic warming
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Protect America's Arctic ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, Arctic, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 78 days ago - change.org
For thousands of years, the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean have nurtured irreplaceable species including polar bears, whales and seals, and a unique human culture. But in the next few weeks, the Obama administration will make a series of crucial decision
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Arctic Summers Are The Hottest For 2000 Years Say Scientists.
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, pollution, Arctic, Ice, Warming, Reversal of Coolling, Doubters, Flat Earthers, Mercenaries, Extreme Right Wing, Vested Interests )

Panda Eat
- 84 days ago - guardian.co.uk
No doubt this report,which disproves the link between solar activity and global warming,will not convince or sway the "climate change is not humanmade/ is not happening" flat earthers..nothing will..they are a lost cause,hopefully the earth isn't yet .
73 comments
No Drilling in America's Arctic ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic, drilling, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 90 days ago - change.org
For thousands of years, the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean have nurtured irreplaceable species including polar bears, whales and seals, and a unique human culture. But in the next few weeks, the Obama administration will make a series of crucial decision
19 comments
President Obama: America's Arctic Deserves Protection ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic, protection, habitat, nature )

Cher
- 100 days ago - capwiz.com
Isn't it finally time to protect the treasures of America's Arctic from destructive drilling? Last year, there were more than 90 oil spills per day in the United States.
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Environment  (tags: environment, climate-change, habitat, protection, Arctic, expedition, nature )

Cher
- 100 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Scientists begin a three-month Arctic expedition to document the effects of climate change
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Arctic Protections Proposed in Legislation
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic, polar, bears, walrus, wolves, tourism, gas, oil, fishing, climate-change, pollution, nature, habitat, protection, wildlife, politics, science, ecosystems, destruction, conservation, climatechange, animals )

Tom
- 116 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Polar bears are stranded at sea. Walruses are falling victim to wolves and polar bears. Oil and gas development is expanding. And the Arctic seas are being opened to the possibility of tourism, shipping and perhaps even commercial-scale fishing.
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President Obama: America's Arctic Deserves Protection ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, protection, Arctic, nature, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 128 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
All of America's polar bears live in the Arctic Ocean, migratory caribou still roam free in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and birds from around the globe spend their summers at Teshekpuk Lake in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
11 comments
Help Bring Arctic Protections Across the Finish Line ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: Arctic, environment, industrial fishing, Arctic Fishery Management Plan, environment, protection, habitat, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 140 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
Together we achieved a huge victory for the Arctic in February when the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously to close the Arctic to any new industrial fishing until it can be shown that such activities would not impact the health
10 comments
Take a Time Out on Arctic Industrialization Until We Can Study the Environmental Impact ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, Arctic, impact, industrialization, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 141 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
For eight years, the Bush environmental policy was to disregard environmental policy. With a nod and a wink from the White House, industry forged ahead with complete disregard for the environmental impacts of destructive development.
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