Green Options

I know some of you may be disappointed by a return to the despondent and depressed Josh, but I do try and keep a bit of variety. Just keep in mind my last two posts: a greener Google and a larger, more efficient wind farm. Keep those in mind as we discuss the top end of our planet.

There’s no need to rehash what we already know. The Arctic is melting. It’s

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Almost every day I find yet another story alerting the world to the fact that the Arctic didn’t fair too well this past northern summer. Now, I’m relatively certain we’ve all got the idea. And trust me, I’m a huge supporter of needing to make such a piece of information known; but even I’ve got a limit to when I’ll keep pouring it down our throats.

Today is not a day

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Over my short but ultimately enjoyable tenure here at Green Options (a tenure which I hope to hold on to for a long time to come…), I have had the opportunity to write often on the recent scientific observations taken from the Arctic: that the Arctic ice sheet suffered its largest drop in recorded history. In fact, if you haven’t heard of it here at GO already, you no doubt will have heard

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The Northwest passage disappeared, sea ice was at its lowest in recorded history, and the ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica are melting quicker than previously expected. Yet some still ask if taking action against global climate change is really the right step forward?

This question has me absolutely stumped, and quite honestly, a little baffled.

"Is taking action better than not taking action?"

Apparently, to suggest taking action against not taking action is

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Over the past year as a result of my increased writing load, I have been exposed to more and more types of science, and facts that simply blow me away. One of the topics that has come to be a favorite of mine, not only as a topic of interest, but in relation to how it affects other issues such as global warming, are the patterns by which the oceans travel.

Reports of rubber

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Native solely to the Arctic, and the land’s largest carnivore, the polar bear has long been a favorite of children and scientists alike. But, give it a hundred years, and we may very well be seeing the end of the polar bear for good, if something isn’t done soon.

According to a report conducted by the US Geological Survey, released this past Friday, two-thirds of the world’s population of polar bears could simply

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Two similar reports made their appearance this week regarding the end of the "melt season" for the Arctic region, and the dramatic drop off in the ice sheet. One report believes that evidence is pointing towards a total disappearance of the ice sheet by the summer of 2030, and the other report believes that a 40% drop off will occur by 2050.

The first report, released by the US National Snow and Ice Data

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Think the Arctic is a sovereign landmass neutral to any particular country or organization? Think again. With Global Warming speeding up ice melt in the region, a massive competitive land grab is heating up between countries all over the world eager to get access to the riches that may become available. What's the number one resource everyone is eager to tap into? Well, oil of course.

It is estimated by scientists that nearly 25%

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