Leisure Living Expects Increased Sales of Backyard Hockey Rinks Due to NHL Winter Classic Game
Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) December 26, 2009 — In just three short years the National Hockey League’s Winter Classic game has become a mainstay for hockey fans across the United States. This January and February will be dominated by professional ice-skating, as all eyes turn to the NHL’s outdoor hockey game followed shortly thereafter by the [...]
Top Expert on Melting Polar Ice to Discuss Impacts on Tampa-St. Petersburg
(Vocus) October 16, 2009 — One of the world's leading experts on melting polar ice will be visiting Tampa on Thursday, October 22 and Friday, October 23 to explain why ice in the Arctic and Antarctic is melting and how one meter or more of sea level rise – which scientists now say is likely [...]
Warming In the Arctic Could Have Far-Reaching Consequences for U.S. and Planet
Washington, DC (Vocus) September 2, 2009 — Warming in the Arctic (http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/arctic/index.html) will likely have far-reaching impacts throughout the world, resulting in a sharp increase in harmful greenhouse gases and significant shifts in global weather patterns that could disrupt the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. That's according to a new study [...]
Dramatic Footage of Walruses in Alaskan & Russian Arctic Highlights Threats from Climate Change
Anchorage, Alaska (Vocus) October 1, 2009 — World Wildlife Fund (www.worldwildlife.org) has obtained dramatic high definition footage along the Arctic shorelines of Russia and Alaska showing the dramatic impact climate change (www.actforourfuture.org) is having on walruses. Earlier today, an investigative team led by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued preliminary findings explaining the [...]
Scientists Say New Observations in the Arctic Make Higher Sea-level Rise a More Urgent Concern for Seven Cities Area
(Vocus) October 28, 2009 — Dr. Robert Bindschadler, NASA chief scientist, and Dr. Jim White, Professor at The University of Colorado at Boulder, brought with them the most detailed maps and made-for-TV video animations yet of exactly what could go underwater this century in this area. According to Drs. Bindschadler and White, the old estimates [...]
Double Trouble for Polar Bears
Washington, DC (Vocus) December 16, 2009 — The combination of near-record Arctic sea-ice loss and continued development of oil and gas in proposed polar bear critical habitat spells double trouble for Alaska’s polar bears, according to a new report issued by the National Wildlife Federation and the Northern Alaska Environmental Center. Mapping out recently proposed [...]