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We have to prepare for the world coming to the Arctic”. So says Coast Guard Rear Admiral Gene Brooks, commander of the Guard’s Alaska District. As the Arctic sea ice extent continues to shrink, new stretches of navigable water in the far north is allowing oil tankers, fishing vessels, and even cruise ships to venture where once only indigenous hunters and fishermen traveled.

The Ivins story has the smell of convenient death and cover-up. The anthrax attacks of 2001 may have been a means to an end. ABC refuses to release information on discredited sources, information that could bring clarity to the anthrax story today. All this and more, Jay Rosen Friday on Glenn Greenwald’s podcast.

Arctic Ocean’s Ice Levels in August 2008 In the summer of 2007, as Arctic sea ice reached a record low, the Northwest Passage opened between Baffin Bay and McClure Strait, which is sufficiently... The Search for Sustainable Technologies

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So, now that I’ve taken a week off getting myself to Chicago, I can get right back into telling you semi-depressing news about the environment. I know, I know; I missed you too. Today I get to tell you that, for the year summer in a row, it looks like excessive heat may open up the Northwest Passage in Alaska.

Advantage North & Arctic Shipping: The Promise of the Northwest Passage and Marine Transportation By Alan Sorum | 28 July 2008 Icebreaker Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 11) Port expansion, arctic shipping and economic development in the north will be effected by global warming and the opening of the Northwest Passage.

Background on UN Convention of Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Real Climate - Climate science from climate scientists Arctic & Antarctic Photograph: Louise Murray/Science Photo Library July 25 Riches in the Arctic: the new oil race (The Independent) It is the increasingly rapid melting of the

And it’s not the Vikings mascot (our team mascot’s name is Ragnar so I find it fitting I’m doing a relay in this series!). That’s right folks, this will probably be my last post before my trip as I leave work around 2 pm tomorrow and will be heading to the airport via Supershuttle to fly to Portland

And talk about a blowout. 14-2, Go Twins!! We actually saw a good game. About everyone got a hit!!What a long day though. I was up at 5:30 on Saturday, out the door to meet the group for our 16 miler (averaging 8:42 thank you very much!). Lakes were packed because Twin Cities Marathon sponsored a water stop.

Anthony Watts has published some sattelite images of the Arctic ice which looks remarkably unemelted. So much for last year’s Northwest Passage hysteria!