Fiscal crisis puts global warming on shelf (San Francisco Chronicle) The financial crisis and a deepening economic downturn are threatening to delay efforts to deal with another pressing global crisis: climate change. Hopes for action had been running high since both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama had... [News Source]

Olympics in cyberspace, lab-grown meat, licences to have children, climate change denial a crime, and return of the … (The Scotsman) A CHILLING world where licences are required for having children and questioning global warming is a crime could be ushered in by climate change, a report out today predicts. [News Source]

Global warming grips Greenland, leaves lasting mark. Symptoms of the planet's warming pop up everywhere in Greenland. The summer fishing season is longer. Crops are being grown in areas never thought possible. Tourism is booming. But Greenland's long-term problems from global warming will likely overshadow such short-term gains. [News Source]

As the climate changes, proponents of ‘assisted migration’ say it’s time to help animals and plants move. A growing number of ecologists worry that conservation-as-usual won't be able to keep up with the predicted pace of climate change. [News Source]

A ‘Green New Deal’ can save the world’s economy, says UN. Top economists and UN leaders are working on a "Green New Deal" to create millions of jobs, revive the world economy, slash poverty and avert environmental disaster. [News Source]

Warming may kill coral, amphibians. Climate change may soon cause the extinction of coral in the Ogasawara Islands and amphibious animals in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures. [News Source]

Longest, hottest drought on record, says Bureau of Meteorology. The long drought affecting southern Australia is officially the worst on record. [News Source]

Researchers work to revitalize Florida’s coral reefs. Scientists trying to save Florida's diminishing coral reefs are using new approaches to help damaged reefs recover and survive a changing climate. [News Source]

Ohio State facility holds eons of atmospheric history. For nearly 50 years, the center - named after explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd - has brought together climatologists, glaciologists, and oceanographers to study opposite poles of the Earth. [News Source]

Scientist defies danger, goes deep for answers on receding ice sheet. Mr. Steffen's motivation for entering moulins is to learn more about the physical properties of those ice shafts, especially how they drain melt water from the top of the Greenland ice sheet to its base and speed the calving of glaciers. [News Source]

Aging oilfields could turn CO2 pipe dreams into reality. Alberta hopes to turn declining oilfields into giant storage areas for carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced in large amounts by the local chemical and petroleum industry. [News Source]