Scientists discover that minerals found in collapsing ice sheets could feed plankton and cut C02 emissions David Adam, environment correspondent The Observer, Sunday December 7 2008 Collapsing antarctic ice sheets, which have become potent symbols of global warming, may actually turn out to help in the battle against climate change… Continue reading

—————————————————————- “It only takes four or five hours of temperatures above 30 [degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit)] to kill this highly vulnerable species,” Williams said. —————————————————— Scientific American Dec 4, 2008 Global warming’s first mammal victim? David Biello White lemuroid possums-otherwise known as Hemibelideus lemuroides-may have become the first mammal… Continue reading

Many voices are saying that the traditional subsistence economy of the world’s forest-dwelling people is endangered by the new climate, that forest villagers need for help in adaption to now-unavoidable change, and that this need is largely ignored as rich nation’s try to meet their own interests. The news story… Continue reading