Climate Change (Foreign Policy Association) How much are human practices contributing to substantial and irreversible changes to the environment? What effect are changes to the climate having in different areas of the planet? What response can the international community adopt to lessen the impact of dramatic climate change? [News Source]

Climate Change vs Mother Nature: Scientists Reveal That Bears Have Stopped Hibernating (Common Dreams News Center) Climate Change vs Mother Nature: Scientists Reveal That Bears Have Stopped Hibernating [News Source]

Climate change blamed as bears give up hibernation (Evening Standard) Bears in Spain have stopped hibernating for the winter — and the cause could be climate change. Many of the 130 bears in Spain's northern mountains who usually sleep through the cold season are still active because milder weather means they have enough nuts and berries to survive. [News Source]

GLOBAL WARMING AND YOUR GARDEN: Climate change may give palms a chance (The Charlotte Observer) Picture palm trees lining Tryon Street. A warming climate means Charlotteans and others across the Carolinas can grow trees previously suited to hotter places, a tree advocacy group says. [News Source]