Global warming pioneer’s job threatened (Independent) The man who unlocked the secrets of the new seasons of climate change may have to leave his job because of government cutbacks. Tim Sparks has led the way in demonstrating that the plants and animals were already responding to global warming, before people were even aware of the problem. [News Source]

Letter: Man-caused global warming a hoax (AG Weekly) As a plant scientist, I am concerned that Idaho and most states are planning to limit and reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. This is being done to supposedly reduce global warming. [News Source]

EGYPT: Scientists uncertain about climate change impact on Nile (AlertNet) Source: IRIN One scenario set out by climatologists is that global warming in Egypt could speed up the Nile river evaporation process and lead to a decline in freshwater supplies, exacerbating the country's acute shortage of water for drinking, irrigation and hydro-electric generation. [News Source]

Sea urchins at risk due to global warming (New Kerala) Washington, March 2 : A new study has determined that global warming is proving to be a threat to the sea's tiniest creatures, namely sea urchins. [News Source]

Paul Loeb: Obama & Clinton: Who’s More Likely to Confront Global Warming? (HuffingtonPost) If we ignore global warming much longer, we'll face a world of perpetual disaster, so there's no larger question for presidential candidates than who is more likely to tackle it successfully. Although Obama's and Clinton's positions are similar, he seems... [News Source]

Chill in air undermines climate change talk (Albany Times Union) Skeptics latch onto recent cold as proof there is no global warming [News Source]

Danish leader presses U.S. on climate change (The News Journal) CRAWFORD, Texas -- The Danish prime minister, the host of the next big international meeting on climate change, used unusual one-on-one time Saturday with President Bush to press the United States to take a leadership role in reducing greenhouse-gas... [News Source]

New Castle adopts steps to reduce global warming (The Journal News) NEW CASTLE - Working with the state's new Office of Climate Change, the town has outlined a series of steps for reducing its contribution to global warming and dealing with the potential effects. [News Source]