Satellite on mission to catch speeding tide. An orbiting version of a police speed trap is ready to be hurled into space on a mission to reveal whether the global rise in sea levels is accelerating. [News Source]

Jellyfish outbreaks a sign of nature out of sync. The dramatic proliferation of jellyfish in oceans around the world, driven by overfishing and climate change, is a sure sign of ecosystems out of kilter, warn experts. [News Source]

Global warming panel says damage is inevitable. Global warming has already damaged agricultural production, the coastal environment and public health across Japan and will pose an even greater threat from 2020 to 2030, according to an Environment Ministry report Wednesday. [News Source]

UK’s arctic habitat faces climate threat. Britain's only arctic habitats are under threat from global warming and already showing signs of change that could drive out rare mountain birds, scientists said yesterday. [News Source]

Climate change already hurting Japan: panel. Climate change has already been causing serious problems in Japan, affecting everything from agriculture, fisheries and water supply to ecosystems, the government said Wednesday. [News Source]

Sea warmth rise worse than was thought. An Australian and American research team found that between 1961 and 2003 the rate of warming of the upper ocean layers was about 50 % higher than was estimated in last year's report by the UN's IPCC. [News Source]

Can mining make a greener world? Converting a hydrocarbon burning society to one that runs on cleanly generated electricity will demand metals - lots of metals. Those metals have to be mined. Which means clashes between treehuggers and miners could soon be history. [News Source]

Clean tech: The new kid on the block. The argument rages over global warming — is it happening or not? — but there's no argument about the performance of stocks in the clean technology industry: They are hot. [News Source]

Lower Murray River ‘is nearing collapse.’ The Water Minister denied that federal and state governments were too slow to deal with the drought-ravaged Murray-Darling Basin crisis, as scientists predicted parts of the river faced "complete ecological collapse" within months. [News Source]

Growing strength—and divide—in climate opinion. Although recent polls show that a majority of Americans are willing to tackle climate change, the political divide over this issue is deepening. [News Source]

What the Mississippi River flood tells us about global warming. The slug of slow-moving destruction that is making its way from Iowa down the Mississippi River Valley is extraordinary by any measure. [News Source]