Audubon Magazine May-June 2008

Aging computers are often shipped from Europe and America to poor regions of the world, such as Ghana. There the computer wires are burned and stripped to recover copper and other metals, which are then resold in China or India. Peter Essick

Trashed

Ever wonder where the cell phone or computer you toss ends up? Our writer follows her own digital detritus to the far ends of the earth.

Aging computers are often shipped from Europe and America to poor regions of the world, such as Ghana. There the computer wires are burned and stripped to recover copper and other metals, which are then resold in China or India. Peter Essick
Although polar bears are superb swimmers, paddling in open water for too long can make them vulnerable to exhaustion and cold, rough seas. In 2004, 27 bears drowned after a severe storm. Steven Kazlowski/Left Eye Pro

Polar Distress

With the clock running out in January, the Bush administration, ignoring the concerns of its own scientists and possibly breaking federal law, looks to open a vital stretch of Arctic habitat to offshore oil and gas drilling. So

Although polar bears are superb swimmers, paddling in open water for too long can make them vulnerable to exhaustion and cold, rough seas. In 2004, 27 bears drowned after a severe storm. Steven Kazlowski/Left Eye Pro

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