Tag: antarctica
The International Polar Year Comes Back Around
by director on Feb.25, 2009, under Ecology, science
The International Polar Year is over. It stretched between two years, actually, 2007 and 2008, with loads of research based upon cooperation between scientists from all over the world, researching the state of the north and south poles, climatologically and biologically.
The thing is, though that the work continues. Scientists continue to cooperate, to do work on these areas of research. The event goes away, and the science goes on.
Actually, the event continues too. The research done in 2007 and 2008 as part of the International Polar Year continues to bring new understanding about the state of climate change.
Today, the IPY team revealed that the minimum extent of year-round ice in Antarctica reached the smallest area ever measured during 2007 and 2008. Areas of Antarctica thought to be relatively untouched by climate change were found to have subject to unexpectedly strong effects of global warming as well.
The year has passed, but keep an eye on the International Polar Year, definitely still part of current events.
Sea Shepherd Rocks Antarctica!
by director on Jan.18, 2008, under Ecology
Thank you to the activists of Sea Shepherd for showing the world what real commitment looks like. Instead of just bemoaning environmental decline in the world’s oceans, Sea Shepherd gets active, and directly confronts those who, like those on the Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru, break the laws that protect the seas.
When the whalers aboard the Yushin Maru took two activists from Sea Shepherd prisoner, the world responded with well-deserved anger. Now, on their protest ship the Steve Irwin, the people of Sea Shepherd are giving inspiration to all of those who are tired of seeing the riches of their planet harvested from beneath them for the sake of temporary profit.
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