University of Alberta biologist Stan Boutin and his research team have recently published findings that North American red squirrels exhibit genetic changes in response to a warming climate. This Web site contains a University of Alberta press release detailing this first-ever demonstration of genetic adaptation to global warming. With implications that extend far beyond the immediate research...

Thousands of walruses abandon ice for Alaska shore http://www.usatoday.com/weather/environment/2007-10-05-alaska-walrus_N.htm In a Warming Bering Sea, Whither the Walrus? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5357899 Walruses Prefer Right to Left Flipper http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20031027/walrus.html Toothwalkers: Giants of the Arctic...

On January 22, 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued perhaps the most comprehensive and dire report to date on global warming and climate change. Over three years in the making, the full report includes contributions from 123 lead authors and runs over 1,000 pages. The report finds that global temperatures could rise as much as 10.5 degrees over the next century and...