Water managers discuss global warming’s effects on sea levels (TCPalm.com) Polar bears and their melting habitat sent a wake-up call to South Florida water managers Wednesday. The same day the federal government called for recognizing the polar bear as a threatened species because of global warming, South Florida water managers agreed to take a yearlong look at how melting ice could raise sea levels that claim the southern part of the state. The South Florida ... [News Source]

Proof found of man-made climate change (Financial Times) Scientists have been able to say with virtual certainty for the first time that the climate change observed over the past four decades is man made and not the result of natural phenomena. [News Source]

Peruvian ‘Switzerland’ melting under climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) Peru's Cordillera Blanca, a snow-topped northern mountain range sometimes called the "Peruvian Switzerland," is slowly disappearing because of climate change, a key issue on the table of a Latin America-EU summit being held in Lima this week. [News Source]

Global warming changing nature of world (News Interactive) CLIMATE change is turning polar bears into cannibals and birds into early breeders, a study has found. [News Source]

U.S. calls polar bears threatened species, won’t link move to global warming (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) WASHINGTON - The U.S. Interior Department is listing polar bears as a threatened species in danger of extinction but it won't address the issue of global warming that's causing the loss of their Arctic sea ice habitats. [News Source]

Paul McCartney’s carbon footprint criticized

Paul McCartney is being criticized for having a hybrid car flown to him in Britain rather than having it sent by ship.

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Polar bear listed as threatened species because of global warming (International Herald Tribune) The U.S. Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. [News Source]

U.S. lists polar bear as threatened by global warming (USA Today) The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. [News Source]

Polar bear listed as threatened species

Citing shrinking Arctic sea ice, the Bush administration on Wednesday declared the polar bear a threatened species. But activists were quick to criticize the ruling, saying it was full of loopholes.

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Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public. (ZDNet) The U.S. Department of Interior has just listed the polar bear as a "threatened" species, that is legally and technically different than being listed as "endangered." The Feds based their announcement on studies by government scientists. Global warming is reducing Arctic sea ice off... [News Source]

New study amplifies warning on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) A wide-scale study published Wednesday has strengthened warnings, spelt out last year by UN scientists, that climate change is already on the march. [News Source]