Feb 28th, 2010 · There may be no polar bears at the South Pole, but there sure is a lot of ice. In fact, more than 90 percent of the Earth's glacial ice is in Antarctica. Now, new research shows the continent's ice is melting in more places than previously known. Host Guy Raz speaks to scientist Jane Ferrigno of the U.S. Geological Survey about the Antarctic Peninsula's ice retreat.
Feb 26th, 2010 · Reporting in The Canadian Field-Naturalist, researchers write of spotting grizzly bears in Canada's Wapusk National Park, on the shores of the Hudson Bay — land previously inhabited only by polar bears. Author Robert Rockwell discusses potential competition between the species.
Jan 16th, 2010 · Former editor-in-chief of New Scientist magazine predicts that the killer whale will usurp the polar bear as the king of the Arctic by the year 2050.
Dec 14th, 2009 · NPR's science producer Jason Orfanon sends another dispatch from Antarctica, with a story about his polar plunge!
Dec 10th, 2009 · Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham outlined Thursday the basics they would like to see in legislation to control global warming and to increase the nation's energy independence. This outline could ultimately suggest a way toward a compromise on the highly polarizing issue.
Dec 10th, 2009 · Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham outlined Thursday the basics they would like to see in legislation to control global warming and to increase the nation's energy independence. This outline could ultimately suggest a way toward a compromise on the highly polarizing issue.
Nov 25th, 2009 · A British environmental group has produced a video that shows falling polar bears slamming into the sides of buildings, onto the sidewalk or into the top of a parked car. The group, Plane Stupid, equates the weight of each bear, 400 kilograms, to the amount of greenhouse gases produced by an average European flight for each passenger it carries. Andrew Revkin, a New York Times reporter who covers the environment, looks at the facts.
Nov 22nd, 2009 · Polar bears are some of the most high-profile victims of global warming. They’re irresistibly cute, and author Richard Ellis says they’ll disappear from the wild within a hundred years as irreversible warming destroys the polar ice caps. Ellis talks to host Guy Raz about his new book, On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear.