Web Features: Even Skeptics Admit Global Warming is Real [Video] (Scientific American) The 2,500 or so scientists, economists and other experts of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) call global warming "unequivocal" and think it "very likely" that humans have contributed to the problem. The world's governments agree with the panel, which also shared last year's Nobel Peace Prize. [News Source]

Arctic sea ice rebuilds, but it’s thinner

Arctic sea ice this winter made a tenuous partial recovery from last summer's record melt, scientists said Tuesday, but the thickest, oldest and toughest sea ice is undoubtedly melting.

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Japanese baseball joins fight against global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) Japanese professional baseball players have vowed to shorten playing time per game as part of the national pastime's contribution to the fight against global warming. [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]

Explorer Describes Global Warming (Brigham Young NewsNet) Arctic explorer Will Steger told college students in Canada that young people can and should take steps to mitigate climate change. [News Source]

Japan baseball looking to fight global warming with shorter games (Slam! Sports) TOKYO - Japanese baseball is going green. As part of the fight against global warming, Japanese professional baseball has come up with a plan to shorten its games and reduce carbon dioxide emissions at stadiums. [News Source]

Japan to host climate change summit (Environmental News Network) TOKYO (Reuters) - Leaders from 16 countries including the Group of Eight (G8), China, India and Brazil will gather to discuss climate change on the sidelines of the G8 summit in July, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday. Global warming is at the top of the agenda for the G8 summit and host country Japan is inviting the leaders of Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South ... [News Source]

Poor are sidelined on climate change solutions (International Herald Tribune) Remedies in the developed world ignore how to best help people elsewhere who are already feeling the effects of global warming. [News Source]

Japanese baseball joins fight against global warming (TODAYonline) Japan's Munenori Kawasaki runs during a baseball match against Taiwan in December. Japanese professional baseball players have vowed to shorten playing time per game as part of the national pastime's contribution to the fight against global warming. [News Source]

Japanese baseball joins fight against global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) Japanese professional baseball players have vowed to shorten playing time per game as part of the national pastime's contribution to the fight against global warming. [News Source]

Japan says to host expanded climate change summit (The Star) TOKYO (Reuters) - Leaders from 16 countries including the Group of Eight (G8), China, India and Brazil will gather to discuss climate change on the sidelines of the G8 summit in July, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday. [News Source]