"Australian officials announced that part of a planned marine park will be set aside to help protect humpback whales; Mexico's legislature passed a strong, new climate change law"
In the December issue of Arctic, a photographer and an arctic biologist note that there have now been three documented sightings of adult male polar bears on sea ice feeding on younger bear kills. The waxy buildup in a whale's ears may contain interesting data about its exposure to contaminants.
" scientists say there's nothing new in the 5000 new e-mails hackers have released from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory has been successfully launched"