Antarctica & Arctic
A Concerned and Disappointed Young Canadian
By madelinekovacs on December 17, 2009
As a concerned Canadian, I can’t help but feel embarrassed by the Canadian government’s depressing performance in Copenhagen and in climate issues in general.
Canada’s federal target is 3 per cent below 1990’s level by 2020, equivalent to 20 per cent less than 2006’s level, a target wholly inadequate to address the demands of science [...]
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Charismatic Megafauna
By Chris Chang-Yen Phillips on December 17, 2009
by David G Matyas
“I think it might be illegal to have a climate change presentation without a drowning polar bear.” It was day two of the Development and Climate Change side event and behind the young academic from the University of Hawaii, a giant image of a polar bear floating on a tiny chunk of [...]
Posted in Antarctica & Arctic, COP15, Stories | Tagged arctic, Climate Change, conference, COP15, Copenhagen, polar bears
Protect the Poles, Protect the Planet
By LaurissaChristie on December 13, 2009
What happens at the poles affects the rest of the world. International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2009 was the third of its kind: A year dedicated to research in both the Antarctic and the Arctic on the that effects climate change is having on the ecosystems and the rest of the world.
Kingnait Harbour is an old [...]
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