Tag: Arctic
In the Pursuit Of: Visiting glacial ice fields
Ted Shanahan, Stan Jeffers, Jerry Gray, and Simon Tagarook cruise through an ice field in Alaska.
“It’s like Winnipeg, Manitoba, moving to Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
Using data from 1982 to 2011, scientist Ranga Myneni of Boston University’s Department of Earth and Environment and colleagues studied vegetation rates at different latitudes, and the relationship between changes in surface temperature and vegetation growth 45 degrees north latitude to the Arctic Ocean. And their findings, published in a study in the journal Nature…
Shell: No Arctic drilling this year
Royal Dutch Shell PLC won’t drill in the Arctic this year. Shell’s full statement is on their website. In the statement, company president Marvin Odum says: “We’ve made progress in Alaska, but this is a long-term program that we are pursuing in a safe and measured way. Our decision to pause in 2013 will give…
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