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Global oil supplies peak in first quarter of 2008.
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Put the date on your calendar: global oil supplies peaked in the first quarter of 2008.more...
Antarctic carve up begins
News, UN
31st January, 2008
The jostle is beginning for the Antarctic, a potentially lucrative source of oil, gas and tourism. more...
Tourists bring threat of Antarctic ‘lawns’
News
29th January, 2008
Increasing numbers of tourists and research centres in Antarctica are bringing with them seeds, spores, lichens and mosses alien to the continent. more...
The Vanishing Arctic
Vivienne Raper
4th October, 2007
One of the most memorable parts of Al Gore’s film 'An Inconvenient Truth' was the cartoon polar bear trying to climb on the last piece of sea-ice in the Arctic, failing, and despondently swimming off into the sunset. With scientists this week reporting that autumn Arctic sea-ice coverage reached a record low this year, Al Gore’s cartoon may not be as far-fetched as it seems. more...
Arctic ice cover at new low
News
5th September, 2007
Levels of sea ice around the North Pole now stand at their lowest ever levels, the Guardian has reported. more...
Arctic sea ice free by 2030, say scientists
News
20th August, 2007
Arctic sea ice is melting faster than climate models predicted and there is less sea ice in the Arctic now than at any time since records began, scientists from the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) have discovered. more...
Crossing the threshold
Peter Bunyard
1st February, 2004
It takes no more than a gentle nudge to push a man over the edge of a cliff, but it is almost impossible to haul him back before he hits the ground. Given that we show no sign of putting a stop to global warming, Peter Bunyard takes a look at what the future might hold more...
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