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The Arctic Ocean: A Gold Rush with No Sheriff in Town

July 28, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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arctic, arcticcommision, arcticfisheries, arcticocean, aspeninstitute, globalwarming, nationalgeographicendeavor, oiladdiction, oildrilling, polarbears

In the past few days, I have seen new coverage of the oil and gas boom that is about to hit the Arctic Ocean now that global warming is melting its seas. Just two weeks ago, while I sailed through...continued

Seeing the Globe Warm: My Trip to the Arctic

July 25, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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arctic, arcticseaice, aspeninstitute, globalwarming, globalwarmingpollution, juliandowdeswell, nationalgeographicendeavor, polarbears, svalbard

I just got back from an extraordinary trip to the Arctic North of Norway, and I am left feeling exhilarated and alarmed at the same time. I knew before I went that the Arctic was the epicenter of global warming,...continued