Arctic

sides of the massive arena. “And the winner of the MasterCard Album-of-the Year is… the Arctic Monkeys.” For the third time in their career, the Arctic Monkeys are called to the stage of the Brit Awards. The chorus of “Do I Wanna Know?” sounds loudly throughout the venue, although it is masked by the cheers and clapping of fans and celebrities alike. The glittering blue lights of the screens now parade the Arctic Monkey’s name in layers of dancing…

Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has been decreasing since at least the late 1970s. The atmospheric circulation of the Northern Hemisphere can respond strongly to changes in sea ice, leading to "changes in hemispheric wind patterns and the distribution of tropospheric temperatures and sea level pressures". This review analyzes several recent publications in order to summarize the known "physical processes that contribute to sea ice-atmosphere linkage", observational evidence that such linkage has…

In recent years, energy policy has increased as a political issue and topic in the United States. Energy shortages and rising gas prices have always been lingering issues for the U.S. and its citizens. People want change and they don’t want to be so dependent on foreign oil. In wanting fewer imports they don’t realize that means drilling our own soil, and not many places are available for such activities. This leaves places like the ANWR vulnerable to those who are looking for local petroleum.…

an energy source that is environmentally friendly. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, “ANWR” for short, is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska. It consists of 19.6 million acres in the Alaska North Slope region. Nicholas Monaghan reports that the ANWR has been at the face of the environmental policy debate for over thirty years. Since the early 1970s, there has been an environmental battle between oil interests in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Those who seek to drill for…

of the many argumentative questions rational, environmentally aware individuals are asking after a significant amount oil has been recorded under the layers of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The price of oil and gas have nearly doubled since two years ago, according to Matthew J. Kotchen in his article Should we drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? An economic perspective. Drilling in the United States seems like the easiest…

were faced with an ethical issue, this issue caused many of them to compromise what was wrong and what was right. Around the 1980’s the U.S was having trouble producing its own oil and wanted to drill for oil near an Alaskan wildlife refuge known as Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(ANWR). Although some Americans thought this was okay there were many reasons why this should not happen. These reasons included environmental pollution, harm to wildlife, as well as the consumption rates of oil.…

The graph above compares the optimal depth for latitudes 21.4S 32.4E, 21.4S 55.3E, and 21.4S 65.3E on the given dates. Latitude 21.4S 32.4E is located in Africa between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, Latitude 21.4S 55.3E is located on Reunion island, and Latitude 21.4S 65.3E is located in the Indian Ocean. Biomass burnings alter the optical depth in Africa, whereas volcanic activity is responsible for the variations in optical depth on Reunion Island. According to the graph, biomass burnings create a…

Small Groups, Big Impact Have you ever felt like the odds were against you? Like there were no hopes in fixing a global issue because you were only one person? From the essay “How to Melt the Arctic,” written by John Bocknek, he says, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” The author enforces that no matter the problem, a person or a group of people can change a global issue. In today’s society, people…

Larson August 24, 2015 Climate Change and the Arctic Earth is a self-sustaining system that is built to cleanse and rehabilitate its own environment. Due to our interactions with the environment, producing mass amounts of greenhouse gases and releasing chemical waste, we are slowly tearing the Earth apart faster than it can repair itself. One effect this has created is climate change. Climate change has caused much of Earth’s environment to degrade, the Arctic being the most devastating. With…

personal experience, began to provide his essay with concrete evidence and logical reasoning in order to convince his readers with the idea that show the migration of tens of thousands of refugees when he was camping and hiking in these region of the Arctic Refuge. The article argues authority to protect the wild life refuge. Banerjee builds a solid argument about refuges problems with their authority. Banerjee began to describe the magnificent place by giving…