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Grolar Bears Just the Start? Melting Arctic Ice May Lead to More Hybrid Marine Mammals

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Grolar Bears Just the Start? Melting Arctic Ice May Lead to More Hybrid Marine Mammals

Photo by US Geological Survey via Flickr Creative Commons What happens when a continent-sized natural barrier between similar animal species suddenly disappears? In the case of disappearing arctic ice, the result is likely to be new hybrid species of marine animals, according to researchers published in the journal Nature . Grolar bears (part grizzly, part polar) are alrea… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Week in TreeHugger: US Sues BP Over Gulf Oil Spill, and More (Slideshow)

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on The Week in TreeHugger: US Sues BP Over Gulf Oil Spill, and More (Slideshow)

The US Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency have filed suit against BP and eight other firms, asking that they be held liable for all clean up and damage costs associated with the Gulf Oil Spill. In other major green news this week, a “new car smell” may have caused a hit-and-run on a cyclist in Vail, NASA publishes two world maps showing that the planet is warming, San Jose, California bans plastic shopping bags, the MacGyver approach to winter biking (zip ties!), and more in our news in review slideshow, below.

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