So the North Pole is melting and polar bears are on the verge of extinction. Solution? Ship 'em off to the other pole, to Antarctica. Lame. Story in the full article.

If "when hell freezes over" means a firm "no," then "when the North Pole melts away" should mean "yes," yes? Am I mixing metaphors or something? Anyway, it seems that the North Pole is in danger of being bare of ice this year. Santa and his elves are reported to have moved to Hawaii.

While the talk on global warming is all the rage these days, one scientist says the phenomenon isn't to blame for everything. Tom Knutsen put together a study that leads him to believe that the rise in hurricane frequency is due to multi-decade weather patterns, not warmer seawater. More in the full article.

Another alarming study regarding global warming has surfaced, revealing that tropical species are also in trouble. According to the UCLA and the University of Washington, warming can cause population of animals and insects in the tropics to decline, which adversely hurts the ecosystem. See the full article for details.

The director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies James Hansen had several choice words directed towards the fossil fuels industry regarding the critical state of our planet right now. His rather forward address expounds on how the industry was trying to cover up the extent of the global warming problem from the public and how badly their byproducts are affecting the environment. You can read more about Hansen's statement in our full article.

Have you been feeling a bit warm lately? You may eventually get some relief - UN meteorologists have said that temperatures this year will decrease slightly. This change in climate is attributed to the La Nina phenomenon, which will likely make itself felt well into the summer.  More "cool" news follows after the jump.

Promising development to protect the atmosphere is underway, as NASA just shed light on the launch of its Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS). What's believed to be the most extensive field campaign ever to study the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere, the project employs three airborne laboratories that intends to explain how pollutants cause climate changes in the Arctic sea. Fly to the full article for more details.

If a 160-square-mile ice shelf collapsing isn't a sure sign of global warming, then we sure as heck don't know anymore what is. Last month, a huge chunk of the Wilkins ice shelf in Antarctica broke away from its main body, and the remaining bulk of it is about to give way any time soon. Scientists are not as disturbed, though. Read on to the full article to know why.

So we're all resigned to the fact that the Earth is heating up? Wait until you see by how much. The Canadian Coast Guard Amundsen research ship was confident about using a likewise massive Arctic ice bridge as a port. Every winter the bridge appears, but not this year. More details after the jump.

A recent study published online is stating that Ireland can turn into a deserted, brown and dry land if the worsening global climate change will not be checked. The said research was pioneered by the group Irish American Climate Project. Highlights of their study can be read at the full article.