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There’s nothing quite as nice as a really catchy title that perfectly sums up your story. If you want to leave it at that, then you’ve probably got the whole of the story. However if you want to know just a bit more about how climate change is affecting our planet’s poles, then keep reading.

Speaking in a telephone briefing last Friday, Jennifer Francis, an atmospheric scientist at Rutgers University in New Jersey, said that the Arctic and Antarctic are exhibiting opposite effects to the climate change affecting our planet.

The Arctic ice has been at the center of environmental concern for a long time now. Ever since its ever-increasing decline in size came to a peak last year with the exposure of the fabled Northwest Passage, it has been the focus of scientific study and environmental bickering.

Traditionally March marks the time of year when the Arctic ice is at its highest extent after the Northern Hemisphere’s winter comes to a close. For 40 years NASA satellites have tracked the ice coverage of both Arctic and Antarctic.

So with March half way gone, what is the Arctic looking like?

We’ve written often recently off the challenges soon to be faced by the continuing melt of the Arctic. Without a doubt, there are resources up there that someone will attempt to get their grubby little hands on. And, with the price of oil continuing to skyrocket with each passing month, if oil is found in the north – not an unexpected possibility considering the nearby […]

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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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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GreenlandMYTH: When Eric the Red and his Viking buddies settled Greenland, it was a lush pastoral paradise fit for farming and raising animals.

Facts: As climate change skepticism has developed into a full-blown industry, a number of myths have filtered out about historical patterns of warming and cooling: just mention the "Little Ice Age" or the "Medieval Warm Period" to your favorite skeptic, and let 'em go…

As a history buff, I always found

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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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Winter wonderland, snow everywhere. It's like the romance of Valentine's Day has carried over to the following day. That might be the case if you could stay inside by the fire all day; but you probably have to go to school, work, and the grocery store. You need to clear the driveway and the sidewalks, and it's not an easy task.

You probably find that you need to use some sort of "ice melt" […]