[Our ship burns an enormous amount of fossil fuel!]: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

She is powered by 7 EMD 16 cylinder diesel engines, 5 at 2100 kw (3000 horse power) and 2 at 1500 kw (2200 horse power). She carries 936,000 gallons (3,000 metric tons) of fuel!

From the same web site: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

Continually climbing levels of carbon dioxide are of special concern at the poles for two reasons. First, polar regions are especially sensitive to global warming.

Hudson: The summer that isn’t (so far) - Dover, MA - Dover-Sherborn Press

Ever heard of the New England summer that wasn’t? The year is 2009, but I don’t have to tell you this. For almost seven weeks we normally weather-hardy New Englanders have suffered chilly and wet conditions, soaked by so much rain, rain and more rain, of biblical proportions. The thermometer hasn’t inched up either — anybody remember the last 90-plus degree day? In a normal summer, we’d already be cranking up the AC and lazing in the hammock or lying on the beach, not wrapped up in fleece or a blanket to stave off a wet chill.

Rainy, cold weather stunts corn harvest - Massachusetts

From a farmer's point of view, July's weather has been as bad or worse than June's - cold and wet for both. July, on average, has been about six degrees colder than normal in Greater Springfield. June was four degrees colder than normal.