Save the Arctic

The fragile Arctic is under threat from both climate change and oil drilling. As climate change melts the Arctic ice, oil companies are moving in to extract more of the fossil fuels that caused the melt in the first place. But above the Arctic circle, freezing temperatures, a narrow drilling window and a remote location mean that an oil spill would be almost impossible to deal with. It's a catastrophe waiting to happen. Greenpeace is working to halt climate change and to stop this new oil rush at the top of the world.

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Racing icebergs at the top of the world

The MV Arctic Sunrise off Greenland © Greenpeace/Morton Dave is onboard the Arctic Sunrise, heading north up the coast of Greenland. Blue and white...
Posted by dave - 29 June, 2009 - 12:08

Video: Amazing glacier melt

And you thought ice melting was boring... Would you be this devoted to science? For more about these guys take a look at The Telegraph. (Spotted on Climate...
Posted by christian - 26 February, 2009 - 13:14

5 things we've recently learned about the climate

If you live in the Arctic, don't try this at home - Methane from melting permafrost, a powerful greenhouse gas, gushes out through a hole in an...
Posted by christian - 9 February, 2009 - 16:33

Because there's more at stake than just the climate

Happy Christmas from all of us here at Greenpeace. And don't forget to make your new year's resolution to get active with Greenpeace and help us...
Posted by tracy - 18 December, 2008 - 17:09

Street art to save polar bears

Residents of Washington DC were given a first hand experience last week of what climate change is doing to the polar bears. Scattered across the...
Posted by saunvedan - 25 September, 2008 - 17:34

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