Global warming fuels hurricanes, say scientists (Philippine Daily Inquirer) WASHINGTON—Global warming has probably made Hurricane Gustav a bit stronger and wetter, some top scientists said, but the specific connection between climate change and stronger hurricanes remains an issue of debate. [News Source]

Beyond carbon: scientists worry about nitrogen’s effects. Public discussion of complicated climate change is largely reduced to carbon: carbon emissions, carbon footprints, carbon trading, but other chemicals have large roles in the planet’s health. [News Source]

Scientists remain divided over issue of changing patterns in storms. Gustav and a string of tempests percolating in the Atlantic are intensifying a debate within the scientific community over whether hurricanes are getting more destructive, and if so whether global warming is to blame. [News Source]

Climate ‘hockey stick’ is revived. A new study by climate scientists behind the controversial 1998 "hockey stick" graph suggests their earlier analysis was broadly correct. [News Source]

Suspect: Global warming. Add mudslides to the mix of global-warming worries. [News Source]

Green cement may set carbon emissions fate in concrete. For every ton of ordinary cement, known as Portland cement, a ton of air-polluting carbon dioxide is released during production. A new green cement holds promise of eliminating those emissions. [News Source]

Aid agencies plan CO2 offsets that also help poor. From fuel-efficient stoves for displaced Congolese families to drought-resistant cashew trees in Brazil, some aid agencies offering carbon offset schemes want to marry emissions savings with help for people living with climate change. [News Source]

New Orleans levees tested as Gustav lashes Gulf Coast. As the storm made its way inland, federal, state and local officials expressed confidence that the levees protecting New Orleans would hold, sparing the city from catastrophic flooding. As of late Monday afternoon, it was confirmed that there were no levee breaches so far. [News Source]

Worst believed over for storm-hit New Orleans. New Orleans shrugged off a pounding blow by Hurricane Gustav, with relieved officials saying the city appeared to have avoided a repeat of the catastrophe of three years ago when Katrina struck with deadly effect. [News Source]

In the Big Empty, a Calm after the storm. City and state officials warned Monday that the city was still not safe and residents would not be allowed to return until the streets are cleared of debris and power lines. But the worst appeared to be about over by late afternoon. [News Source]

Gustav does its worst, but New Orleans survives. New Orleans appeared yesterday to have been narrowly spared a repeat of the devastation of Katrina three years ago when Hurricane Gustav weakened and veered to the west of the city as it made landfall. [News Source]