Part travelogue, part lament for a threatened way of life, Ruth Styles says that Bruce Parry’s latest book, Arctic, shows us exactly what we stand to lose if global warming isn’t stopped - today
… Global Warming Wildlife Oil Sands Canada Siberia Greenland Inuits Climate Change … Rasmus, an Inuit hunter-gather, to Yegor, a Siberian reindeer herder, the people of the …
Why so few Russian representatives at the UN's World Conference on Indigenous Peoples? Officials prevented activists - some opposing Arctic oil development - from leaving the country, damaging passports and detaining them so they missed their planes.
… Human Rights Oil Arctic russia-indigenous-siberia-cut.jpg Why so few Russian …
As the detention of Greenpeace's 'Arctic 30' by Russian security services approaches its second month, a shift of campaign tactics is taking place. Now Shell, Gazprom's partner in developing oil and gas on the Arctic Shelf, is in the firing line.
… venture to deliver joint projects in Western Siberia, other Russian regions and in third …
To reduce the pressure on the world's productive land and to help assure long-term food security, writes Herbert Girardet, city people are well advised to revive urban or peri-urban agriculture. While large cities will always have to import some food, local food growing is a key component of sustainable urban living.
… Even in remote places such as Irkutsk in Siberia with its very short growing season, I … Even in remote places such as Irkutsk in Siberia with its very short growing season, I …
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.
… central Arctic Ocean and lower pressures over Siberia also pumped warm air into the region …
Arctic warming is releasing ancient organic matter that's been deep-frozen for millennia, writes Tim Radford. And now scientists have discovered its fate: within weeks it's all digested by bacteria and released to the atmosphere as CO2 - with potentially catastrophic impacts on climate.
… centred their study on Duvanny Yar in Siberia , where the Kolyma River sluices …
The Arctic 30 are leaving Russia. 14 have received exit stamps and all are due back home in time to celebrate the New Year. But their fight for the Arctic is only just beginning ...
… which he was sentenced to internal exile in Siberia when Dima was 6. The family left …