UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years. Food security and soaring oil prices are likely to overtake climate change in the priorities of the G-8 meeting starting Monday, though global warming ... [News Source]

UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years. Food security and soaring oil prices are likely to overtake climate change in the priorities of the G-8 meeting starting Monday, though global warming ... [News Source]

UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked (AP via Yahoo! News) The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years. [News Source]

Greenhouse gases a threat Pacific Ocean life, scientists say. Ocean waters welling up from the depths along the Pacific Coast from Canada to Mexico are threatening marine organisms as carbon dioxide saturates the water and increases its corrosive acidity. [News Source]

Secret report: Biofuel caused food crisis. Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. [News Source]

New West Nile virus strain may worsen epidemic. A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday. [News Source]

Rescuing reporting in the global South. Throughout most of the developing world, media coverage of global warming is woefully inadequate. This deficit is especially worrying given that developing nations are usually the most vulnerable to impacts such as worsening drought and rising sea levels. [News Source]

Japan sees a chance to promote its energy-frugal ways. Japan’s single-minded dedication to reducing energy use, which dates to the 1970s, has given it the potential to play a rare leadership role on a pressing global issue. [News Source]

Seasonal factor seen in melting and ice shifts in Greenland . A study using 17 years of satellite measurements suggests that the movement of glacial ice is not as rapid as had been feared. [News Source]

Trying to mop up the CO2 deluge. The oceans aid the sky by absorbing some CO2 in greenhouse gases; if they could be made to absorb more, warming might be curbed. [News Source]

Donning a green collar. With the green revolution rapidly gaining momentum, a new class of workers has been created, the green collar worker. [News Source]