http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry.html From BBC News, Wednesday, September 3 "The floating tongues of ice attached to Ellesmere Island, which have lasted for thousands of years, have seen almost a quarter of their cover break away."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7595441.stm">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news--major-ice-shelf.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:44:44 GMT From all of us at GoNorth!, both two and four-legged alike, we hope you have a safe and happy holiday season. Think Snow! Team GoNorth! http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/happy-howling.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:38:39 GMT From the Mail Online, Tuesday, September 2 "The North Pole has become an island for the first time in human history. Startling satellite pictures taken three days ago show that melting ice has opened up the fabled North-West and North-East Passages - making it possible to sail around the Arctic ice cap."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050990/The-North-Pole-island-time-history-ice-melts.html#">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-the-north-pole.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:45:50 GMT From The New Zealand Herald Wednesday, September 17 "Data showing Arctic sea ice may reach its lowest level on record this summer underscores the need for governments to speed up talks on a new climate pact, says the Worldwide Fund for Nature."<br><a target=blank href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10532484">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-catastrophic-melt-threat.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:36:23 GMT From The Telegraph.co.uk Wednesday, September 17 "Arctic sea ice has melted at a slower rate compared to last year, but scientists warn it still shows a downward trend towards ice-free Arctic summers."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/17/eaice117.xml">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-arctic-sea-ice.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:34:40 GMT From SIKU News, Monday, September 15 Greenland should have one name, not three, says politician and MP Doris Jakobsen. If Greenlanders vote to accept a proposal to increase the Danish territory's autonomy, it should be accompanied by a name change, Jakobsen has suggested.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?artid=5423&catid=6">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/one.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:34:04 GMT From the Associated Press, Monday, September 155 "Data showing Arctic sea ice may reach its lowest level on record this summer underscores the need for governments to speed up talks on a new climate pact, the Worldwide Fund for Nature said Monday."<br><a target=blank href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jRNBmvGpJIvxFp1jkrh-oizrhvOgD9371O5G0">Read the Release >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-wwf-melting-arctic.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:30:56 GMT From the WWF, Friday, September 12 "Following the recent reports of polar bears swimming for their lives off Alaska, clear evidence has emerged in far-eastern Russia of how vanishing ice in the Arctic is having a catastrophic effect on walruses."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=145201">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news--vanishing-ice.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:27:29 GMT A great big Polar Husky round of howls! Recognized for applying technology to benefit humanity, GoNorth! is nominated as one of 25 innovators from around the world in the running to receive the "2008 Microsoft Education Award" at the 2008 Tech Awards Laureate in November. <a target=blank href="/support/paw_news/tech_laureate.html"> Learn More >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/one-of-the-finalists-aaron-doering.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:31:44 GMT From the AFP, September 7 "Some 40 legal experts from around the world gathered in Iceland on Sunday for a three-day conference aimed at staking out a new legal framework for the fragile and changing polar regions."<br><a target=blank href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jnTq2a4zaRtQl2hW-lMEc8nCtiig">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-new-laws-needed.html Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:29:30 GMT From the AFP, Friday, August 29 "PARIS (AFP)" Climatologists poring over Greenland's ancient past say global cooling, unleashed by a fall in atmospheric greenhouse gases, caused the vast island to ice over around three million years ago."<br><a target=blank href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hYg0J1-4pcxxOfhjNMTc-p08KSVQ">Read the Release >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-carbon-clues-to.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:38:17 GMT From the Environment News Service, Thursday, August 28 "Evidence that Earth's climate continues to heat up comes this week in the form of satellite data that shows the extent of Arctic sea ice this year has shrunk below the 2005 minimum to stand as the second-smallest since observations from space began 30 years ago."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-28-02.asp">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-shrinking-arctic-sea.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:35:59 GMT From Sci-Tech Today, Monday, August 25 "The pictures speak for themselves," said Jason Box, a glacier expert at the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University who spotted the changes while studying new satellite images. "This crack is moving, and moving closer and closer to the front. It's just a matter of time till a much larger piece is going to break off.... It is imminent."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=121006S9CCLH">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-in-greenland-new.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:14:09 GMT From The Boston Globe, Monday, August 25 "Avataq is a 74-year-old Inuit hunter who has lived all of his life closer to the North Pole than almost anyone else. He is from a small village in northwest Greenland called Morriusaq, which is home to the Polar Eskimos, the smallest tribe of Inuit people - with about 750 members - and the planet's northernmost permanent settlers."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/08/25/medical_mystery_at_the_top_of_the_world/?page=full">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-medical-mystery-at.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:26:12 GMT From AFP, Sunday, August 24 "PARIS (AFP) ”Climate change could release unexpectedly huge stores of carbon dioxide from Arctic soils, which would in turn fuel a vicious circle of global warming, a new study warned Sunday."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iurNRV6EfFYyVJTs8qHrgjte_3cA">Read the Release >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-global-warming-time.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:13:05 GMT From the Environmental News Network, Friday, August 22 "An aerial survey by government scientists in Alaska's Chukchi Sea this week found at least nine polar bears swimming in open water - with one at least 60 miles from shore - raising concern among wildlife experts about their survival."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/37994">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news--polar-bears.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:11:17 GMT From the National Science Foundation, Monday, August 18 "New research, reported this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that coal burning, primarily in North America and Europe, contaminated the Arctic and potentially affected human health and ecosystems in and around Earth's polar regions."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112074&org=NSF&from=news">Read the Press Release >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-greenland-ice-core.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:50:41 GMT From the Environmental News Network, Wednesday, August 13 "A U.S. Coast Guard cutter will embark on an Arctic voyage this week to determine the extent of the continental shelf north of Alaska and map the ocean floor, data that could be used for oil and natural gas exploration."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/37899">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/heads.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:39:17 GMT From the OttawaCitizen, Monday, August 11 "OTTAWA - The Arctic Ocean ice cover, which appeared earlier this summer to be headed for a moderate recovery after last year's record-setting retreat, has begun disintegrating so rapidly in recent weeks that experts now say the ice loss by mid-September could exceed even 2007's history-making meltdown."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=a6475b46-616e-4003-84d7-f8e4e9a18060&p=1">Read the Article >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-unprecedented-melt-sinks.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:34:35 GMT Go to the Minnesota State Fair and visit with Team GoNorth! Saturday, August 30th. Meet four-legged and two-legged team members alike and you could possibly win a prize... <a href="http://www.polarhusky.com/support/paw_news/statefair.html">Learn More >></a> http://2008.polarhusky.com/entry/gonorth-at-the-2008-minnesota-state.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:54:05 GMT