Polar Bear Yoga

Happy World Polar Bear Day! Cartoon from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

The Antarctic Algal Bloom

Earlier this month, pictures from Antarctica depicting the ice turning red emerged. And no, it was no martian invasion, but the blooming of a Chlamydomonas algae, precipitated by climate change. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

Arctic Diseases and Climate Change

Arctic diseases are on the rise, with pathogens like the seal distemper virus spreading a lot easier because of melting ice caps. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

And before one of you smartypants tells me that penguins aren't found in the Arctic: that bird is a Common Murre. 

Gigantic Iceberg breaks off from Antarctica

Antarctica lost a trillion tonne chunk of ice from the Larsen C ice shelf this week. While scientists are not certain that climate change is the prime culprit, this may just be the tip of the iceberg! News here.

Polard Prump

Polard Prump- our only hope for the Arctic!

The comic appears in my column with Mid-Day today. This is also my tribute to Alec Baldwin, whose contribution to satire, particularly recently, has been tremendous!

Where are we heading?

One from my Gocomics page about global warming and floating penguins.

Global warming and Rudolph the Reindeer

A Christmas special from my Gocomics page here. A merry Christmas to all Green Humour readers!

Horror Stories from the Arctic

One on oil drilling in the Arctic that appeared on my Gocomics page last month, here.

Coincidentally, today also happens to be Polar Bear Day!

How to Dump your Boyfriend like an Environment Hero

Note- The woman's expressions look even more terrifying in the print. A3/ A4 posters available.

Penguins and Climate Change

One on penguins and climate change published in the January issue of Saevus magazine.

Santa versus Climate Change

A Christmas special from my fortnightly in The Hindu's BLink. Merry Christmas!

Narwhals and Climate Change

Narwhals are toothed whales living in the Arctic, and have the largest canines for any animal in the world. This canine is the long, helical 'tusk' that you see protruding out of the animal's snout. The tusk is a common masculine feature but is also seen in some females. The narwhal is one of the most vulnerable mammals to climate change as it depends on sea ice to hunt fish. The current world population is around 75000, giving it a 'Near Threatened' designation on IUCN's Red List.

With this cartoon, I begin a fortnightly column in 'The Hindu' newspaper's weekend supplement, 'BL-ink'. Watch out for more new cartoons here!

Polar bears and Climate Change

Polar Bear International recently released this  picture and a report of a polar bear corpse found in such a malnourished state that it resembled a rug. 

This is not only a sign that bears are in serious trouble, but also a climate change alarm. Polar bears depend on sea ice for making successful seal hunts, and the loss of sea ice obviously means that they have to starve until conditions are conducive for hunting. Read the report here- http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/news-room/scientists-and-explorers-blog/viewing-polar-bears-svalbard-2013

Copyrights for the picture- Dr. Ian Stirling (http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/science/polar-bear-scientists/dr-ian-stirling)

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Shelling the Arctic?

The good news- Shell delays its oil drilling activities in the Arctic for the year. The bad news- with the Obama Government approving the bulk of Shell's drilling permits, the company is sure to resume its plans. Looking at Shell's track record of environmental mishaps and broken promises, this will be the final nail in the Arctic coffin and campaigners must fight till the end to avert this crisis.

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Arctic Agony

The 'Arctic Oil Rush' is threatening to cause unprecedented devastation in the Arctic. Shell, BP, Exxon, Gazprom, Rosneft and others want to risk a devastating Arctic oil spill for only three years’ worth of oil. In the last 30 years, the world has lost about 3/4th of the ice cover in the north. As global warming goes on, the Arctic ice continues to melt bit by bit and several endangered animals like the Polar Bear cruise towards extinction.

 Join Greenpeace's initiative here http://www.savethearctic.org/ called 'Let's declare a global sanctuary in the Arctic'. It sure is a now-or-never situation.

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Atlas and Climate Change

Ever wondred how Atlas must be coping with climate change?!

BTW, You can now read some Green Humour cartoons in the latest issues of Current Conservation magazine http://www.currentconservation.org/ . The magazine has great content and coverage, and the design studio, Pencil Sauce has made it one of the best looking magazines on the theme, with extremely creative and exquisite illustrations.

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The Antarctic Salon

The polar regions of the earth are where the effects of global warming are most pronounced. Sea ice has been disintegrating constantly and at extremely alarming rates, the examples of which include the breaking away of the Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica. The immediate effects of climate change are felt by the inhabitants of the poles such as polar bears, penguins. seals and whales. The penguins of Antarctica have very delicate and complicated life cycles, depending on seasonal variations and the availability of food. Any unprecedented change in this could mean death by starvation for their brood.

This is a re-rendition of old cartoon on global warming.

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Vanishing colors!

We all know that the Solar System's eventual fate is to burn out, like all planetary bodies. But we seem to be in some kind of a contest to see how soon we can make the earth get there! The more fossil fuels we burn and the more we delay our switch to green energy, the faster we ensure the martians of their chance of having the last laugh.


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