International Law

Arctic Sea Ice Melting Fast
According to a new report by Wang and Overland in Geophysical Research Letters, the arctic sea ice is melting fast enough that it will be largely gone within 30 years. The ice is melting so fast because arctic temperatures in...

Climate Change Panel 2
Scientists are predicting that the entire Arctic Ocean could have an ice-free summer surface by 2050. As climate change causes the Arctic to melt, the several countries with territory inside the Arctic Circle - including Russia, the U...

Climate Change Panel 1
Scientists are predicting that the entire Arctic Ocean could have an ice-free summer surface by 2050. As climate change causes the Arctic to melt, the several countries with territory inside the Arctic Circle - including Russia, the U...

More on the Arctic
  As noted in the previous post,  the melting of the Arctic presents serious jurisdictional issues. Today's  New York Times has an editorial calling f

Climate Change Plenary Speaker
Scientists are predicting that the entire Arctic Ocean could have an ice-free summer surface by 2050. As climate change causes the Arctic to melt, the several countries with territory inside the Arctic Circle - including Russia, the U...

Report - Double Trouble for Polar Bears: Melting Arctic Sea Ice and Offshore Oil Development
News release: "The combination of near-record Arctic sea-ice loss and continued development of oil and gas in proposed polar bear...

Apple iPods
Injuries, Burning, and Melting Reported

Reddy Ice Holdings Inc., Arctic Glacier International Inc., and Home City Ice Co.
allegedly violated federal antitrust laws by fixing prices for packaged cubed, crushed, block, and dry ice in the US and Canada.