Global Warming: Green lobby says Brown is ‘tinkering at margins’ in fight against climate change (Independent) Doubling airport tax to £10 and raising petrol duty last night by 1.25p per litre were presented as part of a "green budget" to combat global warming by Gordon Brown but disappointed environmental campaigners. [News Source]

Global warming to have major impact on ocean food web: study (AFP via Yahoo! News) A new study of the oceans suggests that phytoplankton -- the vital first link in the food chain of the seas -- will be hugely affected by global warming. [News Source]

Global warming will stifle oceans: scientists (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Global warming will stifle life-giving microscopic plants that live in the surface layer of the oceans, cutting marine food production and accelerating climate change, according to a study published on Wednesday. [News Source]

New Data Show Global Warming Kills Marine Life (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) Satellite data revealed for the first time that global warming could devastate key marine life, scientists announced today. [News Source]

Global warming will reduce ocean productivity, marine life (EurekAlert!) CORVALLIS, Ore. -- A 10-year, satellite-based analysis has shown for the first time that primary biological productivity in the oceans - the growth of phytoplankton that forms the basis for the rest of the marine food chain - is tightly linked to climate change, and would be reduced by global warming. [News Source]

Global-warming laws: What may be ahead (CNN Money) With the Democrats back in control of Congress next month, mandatory restrictions to combat global warming are again on the table. [News Source]

US Supreme Court to rule on climate change (New Scientist) The court will decide whether the evidence for global warming is sufficient to merit controls on carbon dioxide emissions from cars [News Source]