skippy the bush kangaroo: environmental news stories sunday

Sunday, January 30, 2011

environmental news stories sunday

i know...i know...a little late, but i have been busy this weekend at the edible institute, an amazing conference for those involved in all things food. (for some live blogged highlights...huffpo had a blogger there. i was too busy working it...although, i did find some time to tweet.)

today, in "honor" of 1/2 governor 1/2 wit sarah palin's visit to the santa barbara area soon, a few stories involving alaska.

one bear's long swim illustrates sea ice shortage. - in one of the most dramatic signs ever documented of how shrinking arctic sea ice impacts polar bears, researchers in alaska have tracked a female bear that swam nine days across the deep, frigid beaufort sea before reaching an ice floe 426 miles offshore - latte times

alaskan chronicles polar bear's 9-day swim. - one of alaska's own polar bear experts is making headlines this week with a new revelation about the toll climate change is taking on polar bears as a result of melting sea ice. scientists recently documented a mother bear's "epic nine-day swim in search of ice" in the waters of the beaufort sea. - anchorage alaska dispatch

fairbanks' pollution levels could hinder federal money. - commissioner larry hartig told the alaska house finance committee on friday that the decision by residents could have statewide ramifications for federal road dollars to alaska, which depends on a federal order that the city reduce pollution levels by 2014 - ap

arctic waters are warmest in 2000 years: study. - water flowing into the arctic ocean from the north atlantic is now the warmest in at least 2,000 years, reports a new international study that's bad news for climate change as well as polar bears needing sea ice for survival. - ustoady

alaska seeing impact of climate change in its infrastructure, villages. - climate change has already begun to make life difficult for state transportation managers. and they expect it to become a bigger and more expensive challenge if warming trends continue as predicted - fairbanks daily news miner

fairbanks borough follows ballot measure weakens air quality regulations. - the fairbanks north star borough assembly passed an air quality ordinance thursday that eliminates emissions fines but keeps penalties for prohibited fuels. - fairbanks daily news miner

Labels: alaska, animals, climate change, global warming, pollution, regulation