Posts Tagged ‘world wildlife fund’

Global warming threat to climbing

By admin • Jul 4th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Global Warming, Life

An ice climber based in the Highlands has warned warming temperatures threaten the future of the winter pursuit in Scotland.Neil Smith, of Kyle of Lochalsh, is one of a number of a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) climate change witnesses.
The conservation charity has published new research showing the UK is leading the G8 nations in meeting […]


Global Warming Is Affecting Arctic Faster, WWF Says

By admin • Apr 25th, 2008 • Category: Conferences & Events, Featured, Global Warming, Water & Fish

Global warming is hitting the Arctic harder and faster than scientists expected, causing unforeseen changes to the frigid region’s ice, wildlife, atmosphere and oceans, the conservation group WWF said.The most prominent differences observed over the last three years include a “massively accelerated” decline in summer sea ice and “much greater” shrinking of the Greenland Ice […]