Voyage into the Arctic as summer ice vanishes. The vast Arctic sea ice which spreads across the North Pole could disappear during the summer within a decade or two - or even by 2013 - leading scientists are warning. [News Source]

Climate change could cost N.J. billions. Climate change will wallop New Jersey by 2100, endangering lives and causing tens of billions of dollars in losses, according to a recent report issued by the University of Maryland. [News Source]

Our planet is melting. The vast Arctic sea ice that spreads across the North Pole could disappear during the summer within five years, leading ice and snow scientists are warning. [News Source]

Green revolution emerges in smokestack China. China, pilloried as the world's biggest polluter, has quietly taken a lead in moving to a low carbon economy, an independent climate advisory group said. [News Source]

Bamboo can play a deep role in saving the globe. An agricultural scientist says bamboo absorbs three to four times as much CO2 as any other tree and can scrub pollution from septic tanks and factory effluents as it has a natural affinity for nitrogen, phosphorous and heavy metals. [News Source]

Delray Beach Green Task Force members push the green lifestyle: Ideas could strain tight budgets but could pay off later. Dan Sloan has a 50-foot commute. Joe Snider writes a green living column for Atlantic Ave magazine. And Nancy Schneider hypermiles -- increasing a car's gas mileage by changing the way one drives. [News Source]

Head of green group touts Gore clean energy goal. The head of a group founded by Al Gore told lawmakers on Thursday that the former vice president's goal of generating all US electricity from clean, renewable sources within 10 years is ambitious but attainable. [News Source]

Lord Nelson and Captain Cook’s shiplogs question climate change theories. The ships' logs of great maritime figures such as Lord Nelson and Captain Cook have cast new light on climate change by suggesting that global warming may not be an entirely man-made phenomenon. [News Source]

Ice researchers chip away. It's as simple as it is complex: Drill through two miles of snow at various intervals to retrieve samples of atmospheric history trapped between the layers, information that spans the last 140,000 years or so. [News Source]

James Cook logs shed light on global climate. Meticulously kept logbooks of Captain James Cook's Endeavour are to be analysed by researchers studying modern climate change. [News Source]

Crist open to drilling, but not too near shore. With gasoline just below $4 a gallon, Gov. Charlie Crist says he has to keep an open mind when it comes to drilling off Florida's coastline. But he has his limits. [News Source]