PhotoBlog - global-warming

Scientists map beneath Antarctic sea ice

A free-swimming robot submarine maneuvers beneath sea ice in Eastern Antarctica in this undated photo made available on Oct. 11, 2012. Scientists have produced the first three dimensional map of the surface beneath Antarctic sea ice, helping them better understand the impact of climate change on Antarctica. The team of scientists from eight countries has used a robot submarine to chart a frozen and inverted world of mountains and valleys, allowing accurate measurements of the crucial thickness of Antarctic sea ice.

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Dec

2010

7:28am, EST

Ferry Latif / Reuters

Orangutans are tied to the ground as villagers look on in Sungai Pinyuh, Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, November 22, 2010. The primates were captured as they came to the village to look for food and were beaten, resulting to the death of one orangutan, according to a villager. Rainforests cover 60 percent of Indonesia, and yet the country is one of the world's leading emitters of the greenhouse gas blamed for global warming. The reason is that Indonesia also has one of the planet's fastest rates of deforestation. Deforestation is destroying the natural habitats of the primate and driving them out of forests.

Deforestation in Indonesia takes a toll on wildlife

By John Makely, NBC News

First, their forest is cut down. Then when the hungry orangutans come searching for food in the village they are beaten?