Polar Bears Swimming in Open Water
August 24 | New York Times The United States polar bear population spends much of its time on the Arctic ice platform. However, in recent years much of that platform....
Alaska: The Choice Between Polar Bears and Oil Wells
February 22 | MSNBC News If the polar bear goes onto the endangered species list it could kill a lot of Alaska drilling opportunities and a natural gas pipeline to....
Getting Hard to Find Water in Arizona
June 23 | Monsters and Critics Randy Pellatz, assistant director of utilities for the city of Flagstaff says that eight years of drought and a growing population is causing serious water....
Yemen Faces Water Shortage
August 23 | Yemen Times In 1975 the city of Sanaa, Yemen had a population of 135,000 - but today the population is over 2,000,000 and growing at 7 to....
Utah Coal Production Forecast
July 27 | Utah Geological Survey According to the Utah Geological Survey, "Utah’s coal production will increase slightly in 2008 to a total of 25.4 million short tons. New longwall production....
More On Egypt’s Water Issues
August 6 | IPS News Egypt is experiencing a rapid growth of population and the water demand that come with it. At present about 4% of the population is....
Girl Attacked by Grizzly and Calls 911
June 30 | MSNBC A 14-year-old girl in a 24 hour mountain bike race was attacked during the night portion of the ride by a grizzly bear. She....
International Polar Year: USGS Website and Fact Sheet
May 5 | USGS USGS is adding more information to the International Polar Year Website. According to their fact sheet important IPY activities include: a glacier studies project; sea-ice....
Dead Sea is Falling by Three Feet Per Year
June 1 | Ithaca Journal At 1400 feet below sea level, the Dead Sea is Earth's lowest point - and it is getting lower. For the past 25 years the....
Are Estimates of Greenland and Antarctic Ice Loss Too High?
May 15 | Heartland Institute Lots of recent studies provide data that Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice at a rapid rate. This study made satellite-based estimates of ice loss....
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