Commentaries by Arne Jernelov

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  Jan. 17, 2013

  Taming the Arctic Oil Rush

  VIENNA – The rapid shrinkage of Arctic ice cover is one of the most dramatic changes in nature currently occurring anywhere on the planet, w…

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  May 28, 2010

  Oil in the Gulf, Then and Now

  VIENNA – On April 20, an explosion on Deepwater Horizon, a British Petroleum (BP)- operated oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, led to the most p…

• Aug. 15, 2006

  The Environmental Fallout of the War in Lebanon

  In any war, the primary focus is on dead, wounded and displaced people. The number of people killed as a result of Israel’s offensive in Leb…

• May 22, 2006

  Sexy Culture

  Why is there culture? What motivates people to write poems, paint, or sing? Most people engaged in these activities would respond with answe…

• May 5, 2005

  The Ozone Mafia

  Now that the Kyoto Protocol has been ratified, with even Russia belatedly signing on, a threat is emerging against an earlier landmark in in…

• Jan. 24, 2005

  The Environmental Effect of Tsunamis

  Reports about the tsunamis that devastated Southeast Asia barely a month ago have understandably been dominated by tales of death, suffering…

• Sep. 17, 2004

  Science and the Meaning of Life

  Most religions embrace and promote certain notions about the meaning of life, offering the faithful reasons why we and all other organisms e…

• Sep. 9, 2003

  Iraq's Secret Environmental Disasters

  Horror stories of all types have emerged in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. But not only people were horrifically abused. Iraq's envi…

• Jun. 6, 2003

  War and the Environment

  Concern about the environmental consequences of war probably started after the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at …

• Apr. 16, 2003

  The Environmental Effects of the Iraq War

  Aside from the infrastructure damage and civilian suffering and death implied by the cynical term "collateral damage," all wars have environ…