Morning Ecology 14 August 2008: Ice Melt, Media Mal-reporting, and Music Edition

• R.I.P. Polar Bear Habitat (Logical Science)
• Map Could Guide Future Arctic Territory Claims (BBC News, via Celsias)
• Amid Republican Energy Hyperbole, Congress Misses the Real Story (Gristmill)
• Cultivating Carbon Capture: New Farming Initiatives Get Fed, Calif Funding (The Sietch Blog)
• What's on Your Dot Earth Playlist? (Music for a Small Blue Planet) (Dot Earth - nytimes.com

Video: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio animation of the massive loss of North Pole sea ice. Via Logical Science.