The handwriting on the greenhouse wall (MSNBC) While the political debate over global warming continues, top executives at many of the nation's largest energy companies have accepted the scientific consensus about climate change and see federal regulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions as inevitable. [News Source]

Energy Firms Come to Terms With Climate Change (Washington Post) While the political debate over global warming continues, top executives at many of the nation's largest energy companies have accepted the scientific consensus about climate change and see federal regulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions as inevitable. [News Source]

Impact of climate change in Africa (EurekAlert!) Africa is the continent that will suffer most under global warming. Past history gives us lessons on the likely effects of future climate change. Of greatest concern are the 'large infrequent disturbances' to the climate as these will have the most devastating effects. [News Source]

Sea canyons braced for climate change (New Scientist) Global warming could reach down into the ocean floor, interrupting the flow of vital nutrients from shallow waters to deep ocean ecosystems [News Source]

Global warming fuels fungal toad-killer (New Scientist) The first evidence in Europe of a decline in species from a disease tightly linked to climate change is revealed by a 26-year-long study [News Source]