Are We Toast?

Or, do We have the Time and Wisdom to Protect our Planet's Climate?

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Science Daily
3/11/10, Impacts of changing climate on ocean biology
3/10/10, More maize ethanol may boost greenhouse gas emissions
3/10/10, Aquatic 'dead zones' contributing to climate change
3/10/10, Predicting future climate: Networking initiative to support interdisciplinary research
3/10/10, Ever-changing Earth: How the atmosphere can affect planet's shape, rotation, gravitational field
3/10/10, Learning from nature: Scientists break down carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using visible light
3/9/10, Prehistoric response to global warming informs human planning today
3/9/10, Increased solar radiation requires additional CO<sub>2</sub> reduction of 50 million tonnes, analysis finds
3/7/10, Carbon emissions 'outsourced' to developing countries
3/7/10, Climate fluctuations 115,000 years ago: Were short warm periods typical for transitions to glacial epochs?
3/5/10, Snowball Earth: New evidence hints at global glaciation 716.5 million years ago
3/5/10, Methane releases from Arctic shelf may be much larger and faster than anticipated
3/4/10, Warming coastal water, thinning marine populations: Tracking of 2010 El Niño reveals marine life reductions
3/3/10, Mass loss from Alaskan glaciers overestimated? Previous melt contributed a third less to sea-level rise than estimated
3/2/10, Chemicals that eased one environmental problem may worsen another
3/2/10, El Niño and a pathogen, not global warming, killed Costa Rican toad
3/2/10, Antifreeze proteins can stop ice melt, new study finds
3/2/10, Ancient corals hold new hope for reefs
3/2/10, Understanding global climate change through new breakthroughs in polar research
3/1/10, Ancient DNA from rare fossil reveals that polar bears evolved recently and adapted quickly

Climate Progress
3/11/10, The disinformers are winning, but mostly with the GOP - New Gallup poll shows sharp partisan divide in understanding of climate change
3/11/10, Wattergate: Tamino debunks “just plain wrong” Anthony Watts
3/11/10, Energy and Global Warming News for March 11: Rural utility loan bill designed to spur efficiency; Poverty and tyranny central to immoral practice of mountaintop destruction, water and air poisoning — RFK, Jr.
3/11/10, Rep. Inslee: “This is a moment for scientists to channel their inner Rambo.” - Tells Senators to &quot;put away your fear&quot; and unleash clean energy jobs
3/11/10, You can support Van Jones and clean energy jobs
3/11/10, Big Oil uses fake “Americans” to attack fake “energy taxes.”
3/10/10, Vote for Climate Progress in TreeHugger’s Best of Green Awards
3/10/10, Nature editorial: “Scientists must now emphasize the science, while acknowledging that they are in a street fight.” - Nature News: &quot;Attack sparks memories of McCarthy witch-hunt.&quot;
3/10/10, Glenn Beck Attacks You!
3/10/10, ConocoPhillips chair mocks clean energy advocates as “hydrocarbon deniers” - CEO of Saudi Aramco worries about &quot;a bottleneck&quot; in oil production. Seriously!

CNN
2/9/10, Climate row scientist says he considered suicide
2/2/10, Obama's climate change police
1/27/10, Americans cooling on climate change, survey says
1/20/10, U.N. climate chiefs apologize for glacier error
1/7/10, Top 10 environmental moments of the decade
12/30/09, Fight global warming, get $1,100 a year
12/29/09, Small forests a big help in curbing carbon
12/19/09, U.N. chief: Climate change deal reached
12/17/09, Coca-Cola takes on climate change
12/17/09, WHO wants health issues at heart of climate talks

New Scientist
3/11/10, Battle over climate science spreads to US schoolrooms
3/8/10, US still responsible for most CO2 emissions
3/8/10, High-carbon ice age mystery solved
3/4/10, Methane bubbling out of Arctic Ocean - but is it new?
3/4/10, Why scientists must be the new climate sceptics
3/2/10, Climategate scientist questioned in Parliament
3/2/10, There's no war to fight over global warming
2/26/10, Arctic arch failure leads to sea-ice exodus
2/26/10, A quiet sun won't save us from global warming
2/24/10, Can we trust the IPCC on the big stuff?

Climatechangenews.org
3/11/10, Protecting Taxpayers from a Financial Meltdown - Calculating the Credit Subsidy Fee on a Loan Guarantee for a New Nuclear Reactor
3/11/10, Colorado goes all-in on renewable energy
3/11/10, The Scalability of Biochar
3/11/10, Women's Rights, Population and Climate Change: The Debate Continues
3/11/10, Transition Culture roundup - Mar 9
3/11/10, Biofuels - Mar 9
3/11/10, Monbiot vs. Leggett duking it out over solar panels and feed-in tariffs - Mar 9
3/11/10, B.C. braces for a dry summer - Victoria Times Colonist
3/11/10, On the Causes of Climate Deadlock
3/11/10, What's Better? Climate Change OR Climate Disruption - Energy Collective - blog
3/11/10, How to calm the climate science confidence crisis - Washington Post - blog
3/11/10, EU climate chief wants Europe to &quot;lead by example&quot;
3/11/10, Scientists Develop New Plastics That Can Be Recycled Continuously
3/11/10, US greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.9 per cent in 2008 - EARTHtimes.org
3/11/10, South Korea unveils ‘recharging road’ for eco-friendly buses
3/11/10, Dear Vinod Khosla &amp; Tom Friedman: No amount of sequestration will make coal “clean”
3/11/10, U.S. &quot;cap and trade&quot; rebranded &quot;pollution reduction&quot;
3/11/10, Obama wants climate bill passed this year: Senator
3/11/10, Exclusive: Dr. George Woodwell sets the record straight
3/11/10, Is &quot;More Jobs&quot; Sustainable or Necessary in the Post-Peak Oil World?

MSNBC
3/10/10, U.N. climate panel faces major review
3/8/10, IMF suggests how to raise climate change funds
3/5/10, Arctic reveals surprise greenhouse-gas source
2/27/10, Climate panel, under attack, seeks review
2/25/10, Global temperatures to be taken more often
2/21/10, Study: Warming to bring stronger hurricanes
2/16/10, Texas challenges greenhouse gas finding
2/4/10, Declined: Pika won't be protected species
2/4/10, EU: Hackers broke into cap-and-trade system
2/3/10, Penn St. proceeding with scientist e-mail scrutiny
2/3/10, G-7 ministers are pawns in warming Arctic
2/3/10, Obama unveils coal, biofuel plans
2/3/10, Warming melts winter fun, Colo. warns
2/2/10, The 'new' NASA will look back at Earth
2/2/10, Hotter sands a threat to sea turtles
2/1/10, UN says nations' greenhouse gas pledges too little
1/31/10, Axed elm to be studied for climate clues
1/31/10, Obama's new climate card: nuclear power
1/28/10, Cave clue points to drier Southwest
1/28/10, Water vapor tied to lower warming rate

New York Times
3/9/10, Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work
3/8/10, China and India Join Climate Accord
3/8/10, Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
3/8/10, Climate Goal Is Supported by China and India
3/7/10, Kenya: Financing Climate-Change Fight
3/3/10, Darwin Foes Add Warming to Targets
3/3/10, Shifting Soil Threatens Homes’ Foundations
3/3/10, Study Says Undersea Release of Methane Is Under Way
3/2/10, Scientists Taking Steps to Defend Work on Climate
2/27/10, We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change
2/26/10, Independent Board to Review Work of Top Climate Panel
2/25/10, Wal-Mart Unveils Plan to Make Supply Chain Greener
2/21/10, Climate Change
2/20/10, A Small Price for a Large Benefit
2/17/10, Overpopulation and Climate Change

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