Far North Feels Worst Effects of Warming

April 15, 2007 By BETH DUFF-BROWN, Associated Press Writer Far North Feels Worst Effects of Warming (AP)

In this handout photo released by the Will Steger Foundation, Will Steger prepares a tent during his trek with Inuit guides across Baffin Island, the northeastern corner of Nunavut, Canada, March 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Will Steger Foundation, Abby Fenton)

(AP) -- Inuit hunters are falling through thinning ice and dying. Dolphins are being spotted for the first time. There's not enough snow to build igloos for shelter during hunts.

Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:

New tracking approach will help protect polar bears

Jun 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Carcasses of dead walruses spotted on Alaska coast

Sep 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

Feds to decide on listing ice seals as threatened

Sep 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Antarctic Ice Loss

Jan 13, 2008 | 4 / 5 (34) | 1

German man saved on frozen sea by webcam spotter

Feb 04, 2010 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Rate this story - 3 /5 (9 votes)

rank
1
2
3
4
5

view popular

Other News

A new 3D map of the interstellar gas within 300 parsecs from the Sun

Space & Earth / Astronomy

1hour ago | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing new 3D maps of the interstellar gas in the local area around our Sun. A French-American team of astronomers presents new absorption measurements toward ...

Professor: We have a 'moral obligation' to seed universe with life

Space & Earth / Astronomy

9 hours ago | 3.6 / 5 (18) | 28 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eventually, the day will come when life on Earth ends. Whether that’s tomorrow or five billion years from now, whether by nuclear war, climate change, or the Sun burning up its fuel, the last ...

New international satellite observations help assess future earthquake risk in Haiti

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

1hour ago | not rated yet | 0

Virginia Key, Florida--Scientists at the University of Miami have analyzed images based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations taken before and just after Haiti's earthquake, on January 12. The images ...

Russian Soyuz TMA-17 rocket blasts off to the International Space Station

Russia wants to charge more for rides to space: report

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

12 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 2

Russia, which is set to hold a monopoly on flights to the international space station (ISS), wants to charge more for rides on its Soyuz rocket, the space agency head said Tuesday.

UB geographers help map devastation in Haiti

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

5 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, University at Buffalo geography students are participating in a global effort to enhance the international response and recovery effort by helping to assess damage, using images hosted ...