Like jellyfish? Warming helps them out

Global warming certainly threatens many species, but some can actually benefit — at least in the short run. The lifestyle of the jellyfish is testament to that, according to a new study.

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Kick carbon habit, U.N. urges planet

The United Nations on Thursday marked "World Environment Day" by urging individuals and governments to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide, saying everyone must fight climate change.

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Puffin decline seen as warming signal

The puffin population off Scotland's east coast has dropped by nearly a third in less than five years, prompting scientists to issue warnings about the orange-beaked seabird's future.

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Kiribati likely doomed by climate change: president (AFP via Yahoo! News) The president of the low-lying Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati said Thursday his country may already be doomed because of climate change. [News Source]

Add to global warming - Senate hot air? (San Jose Mercury News) WASHINGTON - About a day into the debate over legislation to combat global warming but before Republicans brought the discourse to a dead stop Wednesday by insisting that the clerk read every word of the 492-page bill, Sen. [News Source]

Climate change: Is it a hoax or is it true? (Daily Press) NASA Langley researcher Bruce Wielicki is convinced the world is warming. Bruce Wielicki has been researching the Earth's atmosphere and its changing climate since the 1970s, when his fascination with the nascent study of global warming drew him away from his chosen field of oceanography. [News Source]