Conservation

Global Warming May Make Humidity Worse

 |  Oct 11, 2007

The world isn’t just getting hotter from man-made global warming, it’s getting stickier. The amount of moisture in the air near the surface the stuff that makes hot weather unbearable … Read more

Chesapeake Bay and Global Warming

 |  Oct 6, 2007

I have fond memories of trolling the lower Potomac River on foggy autumn mornings, while nearby watermen "tonged" for oysters and gulls swarmed the skiffs. The Chesapeake Bay has long … Read more

Corps Reform Measures Included in WRDA

 |  Oct 3, 2007

The Water Resources Development Act, which has passed both the House and Senate, includes key reform measures that would help better protect and mitigate for the loss of wetlands and … Read more

Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts

 |  Oct 3, 2007

  The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping routes, the Northwest Passage over Canada and the Northern Sea Route … Read more

Chesapeake Bay's Habitats Threatened By Global Warming

 |  Oct 3, 2007

NWF’s new report on the impact of global warming on the Chesapeake Bay calls for a major shift in how land is managed in the bay to protect the nation’s … Read more

Dingell stirs debate over carbon tax

 |  Oct 3, 2007

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) this week threw a new wrinkle into the debate over how the United States should respond to global warming with a proposal to create a new … Read more

Sportsmen and Women Target Congress on Climate Action

 |  Oct 1, 2007

Dozens of hunters and anglers from across the nation descended on Capitol Hill last week, asking their members of Congress to take strong action on climate change. Organized by the … Read more

The Chesapeake Bay and Global Warming

 |  Sep 25, 2007

The National Wildlife Federation just released a report on the impacts of global warming on one of America’s most cherished regions, “The Chesapeake Bay and Global Warming: A Paradise Lost … Read more

Arctic Ice Has Shrunk to Record Low

 |  Sep 20, 2007

New satellite images have shown that Arctic sea ice has shrunk to the smallest size on record, down to 1 million square miles from 1.5 million square miles in 2005. … Read more

Already Seeing the Changes

 |  Sep 19, 2007

The Washington Post reports that the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland is already feeling the affects of climate change. Thousands of acres of wetlands have become encroached by sea … Read more