Alternative Energy, the Chicago Way - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Burning tires are being considered as an alternative-energy source in Illinois. Chicago Tribune

2010 Official Nenana Ice Classic [the ice is *much* thicker than it was a couple of decades ago]

17-Mar 51.5 Inches
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1989 Nenana Ice Classic
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16-Mar 37.5 Inches

Art placed atop melting iceberg - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Ap Verheggen, 45, says he built the swirling five-metre metal sculptures, which represent a dog sled, to highlight the impact of a warmer climate on the Inuit people.

"The sea doesn't freeze. People can't trust nature anymore," he said.
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In Uummannaq, an Inuit village of fishers and hunters on an island in north-west Greenland, the sea did not freeze enough this winter to form the thick ice needed for hunters to travel around the fjord on dog sleds.

Meanwhile, the thin ice that did form on the sea locked the fishermen's boats in the harbour, further restricting their movements.

[Forces of nature: Can your iPod charger do this?]

An Icelandic volcano, dormant for 200 years, has erupted, ripping a 1km-long fissure in a field of ice.