Over the last week, lots of news outlets have picked up on a report out from the WWF. I thought I’d share, since I helped write it!

Here are some of the news stories:

Global Warming Is Affecting Arctic Faster, WWF Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - 19 hours ago
By Alex Morales April 24 (Bloomberg) — Global warming is hitting the Arctic harder and faster than scientists expected, causing unforeseen changes to the …

Arctic ice melting faster than anticipated -WWF
Reuters - Apr 23, 2008
By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, April 24 (Reuters) - Arctic ice may be melting faster than most climate change science has concluded, the conservation group WWF …

Eyewitness To A Melting World
Huffington Post, NY - Apr 22, 2008
In February, I came within a few degrees of 70 latitude south in Antarctica (see Solo to Antarctica …) And I returned a few days ago from northern …

The WWF press releases were picked up all over the world it seems, though mostly by countries other than the US. They also seem to have focused on the sea-ice/polar bear issue, even though there’s a LOT more in the report (including my piece on the impacts on Arctic peoples.

The full report can be accessed here: (My section starts on page 91, bullet summary on p14)

 http://assets.panda.org/downloads/final_climateimpact_22apr08.pdf

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