Inuit leaders are expected to announce today that they will seek a ruling from an international court that the U.S. government’s position on global warming is threatening their existence as a people. About 155,000 Inuit, or Eskimos, live around the Arctic where the icecaps have begun to melt. The New York Times reports the Inuit are casting the issue as no longer simply an environmental problem but as an assault on their basic human rights. The announcement to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is expected to be announced in Buenos Aires at the 10th round of international talks on climate change.