POLITICS BUZZ – The people of Greenland want to be free!Greenland is a protectorate dependent on Denmark for money and food. But global warming is melting Greenland’s icecap, freeing up farmland and unlocking revenue from the exploration for oil, minerals, and diamonds. That means Greenland might soon be free. When it comes to independence, the people of Greenland are really Inuit!

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The Best Links:

1. As a Land Thaws, So Do Greenland’s Aspirations for Independence
2. Will Global Warming Give Greenland Its Independence? The New York Times Seems To Think The Answer is YES.
3. Iceland Is Mostly Green and Greenland Is Mostly Ice (For Now)
4. Ice Melts Exposing Diamonds - Another Reason They Like Global Warming in Greenland
5. Culture of Greenland on Wikipedia
6. Greenland Deer Hunting Photos

SCIENCE BUZZ – Join the global movement to live on only 2000 Watts of energy a day.The average American lives a 11,400 Watt life - six times the goal. Europeans are better but still over the limit - they live 5,400 Watt lives. Combined with alternative energy sources, the 2000-Watt Society could stop global warming without ruining the enjoyment of our lives. In the words of project director Roland Stulz: “it’s not starving, it’s not having less comfort or fun. It’s a creative approach to the future.”

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The Best Links:

1. An Overview of the 2000 Watt Society
2. 2000-Watt Society on Wikipedia
3. New Yorker On A Special Danish Island, the Future of Energy, and 2000-Watt Society (Long Article)
4. Slideshow: How To Understand Your Energy Use and Get Down To 2000-Watts
5. Graph: What Switzerland Will Need To Change To Get To 2000-Watts

SCIENCE BUZZ – Scientists say the ice at the North Pole is on course to fully melt during this summer.It’d be the first time in human history that a boat could reach the North Pole. It’s a worrying sign of global warming, but also makes Arctic drilling for oil and gas all that more likely.

The Best Links:

1. “For the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year”
2. In 2000: “North Pole ice ‘turns to water’”
3. North Pole Web Cam
4. Unique Sailing Opportunities At The North Pole!

SCIENCE BUZZ – The mythic trash pile growing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is now twice the size of the U.S.Hopefully all the trash will soon coalesce into some type of floating island so that the entire population of the Maldives can be moved there once global warming destroys their homeland. Silver linings!

The Best Links:

1. A Trash Patch Twice the Size of the U.S.
2. The World’s Largest Landfill Can Be Found at Sea
3. Satellite Shot of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
4. The Trash Vortex Means Lots O’ Trash

SCIENCE BUZZ – Could polar cities be the fallout shelters of the climate change era?In a development that could be a major boon to the fleece industry, a group of futurists, scientists, and planners has proposed building sustainable campus-like villages throughout the Arctic hinterlands to save us from the coming environmental apocalypse. Construction on the first will begin in Longyearbyen, Norway, in 2012. If these plans are carried out, the incidence of polar warfare seems certain to rise.

The Best Links:

1. Ice: The New Frontier
2. Polar City Illustrations (2121 A.D.)
3. Polar Cities for Day After Tomorrow Survivors Will Save Us All From Horrible Deaths
4. Norway Builds Giant Shelter For The End Of The World
5. Clusters of Modular Polar Cities
6. Polarcity.org
7. Model Polar City Resident List