From Smithsonian, an article on Barrow, Alaska: Ground Zero for climate change. Like scenes out of Gary Larson's Far Side comic strip, scientists have discovered a tragicomedy playing out in deaths of Arctic seabirds. What happens to polar bears as Arctic ice shrinks? An excerpt from Alun Anderson's After the Ice: Life, Death and Geopolitics in the New Arctic (and more). An excerpt from Who Owns the Arctic?: Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North by Michael Byers. A review of The Scramble for the Arctic by Richard Sale and Eugene Potapov. A review of The Future History of the Arctic by Charles Emmerson (and more and more). An interview with Henry Pollack, author of A World Without Ice. A message from the glaciers: A review essay on global warming. An interview with Nikolas Kozloff, author of No Rain in the Amazon: How South America’s Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet. At some point in the nearish future, much of the Maldive Islands will slip beneath the sea; the country's young president has an audacious plan: To buy a new homeland for his people. Living world: An article on how to save an island. Scientists announce they believe they have discovered sunken islands in the Caribbean Ocean. For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal; now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island has gone. If global warming throws us into a WaterWorld like future, Adre bin Sarkum's aqua-condo looks like much sweeter digs than a rickety boat captained by a urine-drinking fish-man. Europe's plan to simulate the entire planet: The "Living Earth Simulator" will mine economic, environmental and health data to create a model of the entire planet in real time.
