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    The last ocean - by frog



    The Ross Sea is described as the world’s last ocean. The Greens support making the Ross Sea a Protected Area, which would mean protecting the Ross Sea’s Antarctic toothfish from fishing. Do you agree? read more
    November 5, 2009 9:33 am - 8 Comments
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    The island - by frog



    It seems you can now sail around the Arctic if you should want to.  The ice has melted enough that there are, for the first time in recorded history, sailing passages around both the north of Canada and Russia allowing boats to circumnavigate the ice. Of course, for some this is a good thing: Shipping [...] read more
    September 1, 2008 4:04 pm - 7 Comments
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    Target Practice - by frog



    Well, it looks like the US, China, Canada and Japan are going to hold Bali to ransom and prevent anything substantial from coming out of it. Not that I expected any grand outcome, just a decent framework to keep the post-Kyoto negotiations going. A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to The Big [...] read more
    December 14, 2007 3:18 pm - 7 Comments