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Mr. Polar Bear Goes to Washington
Washington, DC got a rare sight this week — Arctic wildlife walking through our nation’s capitol. If you were stuck in construction traffic on Constitution Avenue you may have caught sight of an Arctic Tern, a sandpiper, and yes, even… Read more >
Polar Bear Update: No Good News for Bears in 2011 [video]
After a summer where record fires, floods, rains and droughts dominated the news, polar bears and the Arctic have been far from most people’s minds. This does not mean polar bears have had it easy in 2011. In fact, almost… Read more >
Shell Moves Us One Step Closer to an Arctic Tragedy
The Arctic Ocean is one of the globe’s last wildernesses: often dark, always frigid, and prone to violent storms and drifting ice sheets that make navigation next to impossible. But despite all of these problems the Obama Administration just gave… Read more >
Rowing To The Magnetic North Pole: An Expedition Brought To You By Global Warming
We might think of this as the expedition we hoped we would never see. Around August 1, a rowing team led by Scottish adventurer Jock Wishart will leave from Resolute Bay in the north of Canada and attempt to row… Read more >
The Upside-Down, Post-Deepwater Horizon World
Historically, environmental disasters have tended to prompt introspection, learning and some level of commitment to do a better job in the future. When an oil blowout blackened the waters near Santa Barbara in 1969, the nation galvanized in its support… Read more >
Polar Bear Swims Nine Days to Find Ice
Yesterday I read a story that broke my heart. The LA Times reported that researchers have tracked a female polar bear that swam for nine days – nonstop — across the Beaufort Sea, before reaching an ice floe: “In one of the… Read more >
Polar Bear Tours for Everyone
When I found out that National Wildlife Federation was sending me to the polar bear capital of the world to do some work on polar bears, I was pretty excited. On Thursday, when my plane touched down and I stepped… Read more >
Protect the Arctic Refuge for Good!
December 6th marks the 50th anniversary of the Arctic Refuge, which polar bears, arctic foxes, migratory birds and other wildlife depend on for their survival.
You Can’t Rewind an Oil Spill
By Larry J. Schweiger You can’t rewind an oil spill but you can put a pause to the next one. Arctic ocean drilling is a mistake for wildlife. Read more >
Decade of 2000s Warmest on Record
In a bit of irony, Winston Churchill praised his famed enemy German Field Marshal Rommel as “a skillful opponent” and a “great general.” Should similar words of “praise” go to those who are continuing to foster the false idea that… Read more >
