Past Climate Change: Continental Stretching Preceding Opening Of The Drake Passage (Science Daily) Due to the impact of global warming, it has become essential to understand the causes and processes involved in past climate changes. One of the most prominent events in Earth's climatic evolution was the transition from the global warmth of the Eocene "greenhouse" to the Oligocene "icehouse" glacial conditions. [News Source]

California joins major North American effort to curb greenhouse gases. California, six other Western states and four Canadian provinces will launch a market-based carbon trading system in a major effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

China: Stoking the fire. China burns more coal than any other country; how it does so in the future will determine our planet's climate. [News Source]

Gassing up with garbage. After years of false starts, a new industry selling motor fuel made from waste is getting a big push in the United States, with the first commercial sales possible within months. [News Source]

China: The third pole. Climate change is coming fast and furious to the Tibetan plateau. [News Source]

Will global warming flood the Meadowlands? Global warming will cause billions of dollars in damage to New Jersey real estate, transportation and tourism, according to a national legislative group – and the state says it is trying to confront the looming crisis. [News Source]

Link between crop failure and climate change often missed. Climate change has a profound effect on food security in Africa, as increasing temperatures and shifting rain patterns reduce access to food across the continent. [News Source]

Coral grief. Jacques Cousteau was a pioneer in the study of marine biology, but new research shows the ocean life he explored could be dead within a few years, due to climate change. [News Source]

Dengue cases in Philippines rise by 43 percent. Global warming may have contributed to a 43 percent rise in the number of dengue cases in the Philippines for the first half of the year, the health secretary said Wednesday. [News Source]

Whale playground offers glimpse into melting Arctic. With the melting of ice sheets in the Arctic, the Russian government has set the development of rich oil and gas reserves in the region as a priority, including fields in the Barents Sea where many Beluga whales spend the winter. [News Source]

Closer look shows southeast will see more scorchers. Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney will blister in temperatures of more than 50C by 2050, according to the first hard look at the impact of climate change on extreme weather. [News Source]