Global warming is either a challenge or a hoax (Tri-State Neighbor) Mentioning global warming, climate change or even carbon dioxide emissions in any circle is likely to be met with some sort of reaction. What some call the “biggest challenge of our times,” others call “a hoax.” [News Source]

Congressional action sought on climate change (Wickenburg Sun) Governor Janet Napolitano asked Congress to act quickly to pass climate change legislation before the end of this year; she also discussed the efforts of Arizona and other states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat global warming. [News Source]

Study: Droughts exacerbate warming

Droughts do more harm than just parching the land. They can also exacerbate rising carbon dioxide levels, government scientists have found.

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Vietnamese say country lacks strategy on climate change (EARTHtimes.org) Hanoi - Vietnamese officials, responding to a new United Nations report warning that climate change threatens the country's economic development, confirmed Thursday that they lack a national strategy to cope with the effects of global warming. Vietn... [News Source]

Indonesia at high risk to climate change: WWF (Antara News) Indonesia is one of the nations most vulnerable to climate change and is already feeling some of the consequences of global warming, environmental group WWF said Wednesday in a new report. [News Source]

Climate change data presented at lecture (The Shorthorn) It’s difficult to get people excited about the changes needed to affect global warming, a geology professor said Wednesday. A few students and an alumnus gathered to discuss an article on global warming at the Climate Change and Global Warming event. [News Source]

Scholars Use Art To Study Climate Change (CBS News) The vivid sunsets painted by J.M.W. Turner are revered for their use of color and light and for their influence on the Impressionists. But could they also help global warming experts track climate change? [News Source]

Scholars use art to study climate change (AP via Yahoo! News) The vivid sunsets painted by J.M.W. Turner are revered for their use of color and light and for their influence on the Impressionists. But could they also help global warming experts track climate change? [News Source]

Art works ‘hold clue’ to global warming (The Scotsman) GLOBAL warming experts are using the works of British artist JMW Turner, right, to try to track climate change over more than a century. [News Source]

Scholars use art to study climate change (AP via Yahoo! News) The vivid sunsets painted by J.M.W. Turner are revered for their use of color and light and for their influence on the Impressionists. But could they also help global warming experts track climate change? [News Source]

U.S. readies for U.N. climate talks U.S. officials, preparing for a United Nations climate conference, said Wednesday they plan to push for a framework on further negotiations and will make no commitment for specific reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]