#7 – New Arctic. Same politics.
Weekly newsletter – 1 March 2020
Frozen, white, cold and impenetrable. These are some of the adjectives historically associated with our North Pole. The Arctic.
They will all soon be just that, history. Recent studies have shown that its ice cap is melting at a much faster rate than expected.
This is already causing deep changes in the ecosystem and life in the Arctic, to the extent that cannibalism among polar bears has increased alarmingly in the face of lack of food.
But don’t worry, because the great nations causing this situation have already set to work. To stop the rise in temperatures and reverse the loss of the Arctic? Nice dream! More like to start a hidden war to control the natural resources under the ice.
Featured news
- Red snow: What caused Antarctica’s ice to turn blood red?
- Development at what cost? Plan to drain Congo peat bog for oil could release vast amount of carbon
- A small victory is still a victory: Climate campaigners win Heathrow expansion case
- Who is benefiting? Study finds quarter of climate change tweets from bots
- Australia’s endless summer: Climate change lengthens Australian summers by 50%
Eco-tip of the week
Stop buying clothes you don’t need.
- Think of all the clothes you already have. Do you know there’s such a thing as hoarder syndrome?
- Think of all the money you could save.
- Think about how simple and quick it is to get dressed when you’re short on clothes.
- Think about what you would do with all that extra space in your travel suitcase.
- Think about the people who have suffered to create those clothes you don’t even wear.
Quote of the week
It is demonstrable that power structures tend to attract people who want power for the sake of power and that a significant proportion of such people are imbalanced — in a word, insane.
Frank Herbet – Writer and ecologist