Marine dead zones set to expand rapidly. Rising levels of carbon dioxide could increase the volume of oxygen-depleted 'dead zones' in tropical oceans by as much as 50 percent before the end of the century — with dire consequences for the health of ecosystems. [News Source]

Investment funds’ dilemma: Environment or profit. Most institutional investors, including a number of foundations already committed to environmental goals as part of their giving, have resisted the green investment movement, or taken only small steps, out of fear that it would hurt earnings. [News Source]

The art of the possible. The question is not whether the world can cope with three billion cars—but how. [News Source]

California ordered to prepare for sea-level rise. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday ordered preparations for rising sea levels from global warming, a startling prospect for the most populous U.S. state with a Pacific Ocean coastline stretching more than 800 miles (1,290 km). [News Source]

NASA fights global warming with bathtime favourite. A scientist is using the beloved rubber ducky to track exactly what happens to the melted water from the glacier, allowing him to predict exactly how a catastrophic ice-cap melt would affect ocean levels. [News Source]

Scientists upset over end of global warming tests. For more than a decade, the federal government has spent millions of dollars pumping elevated levels of carbon dioxide into small groups of trees to test how forests will respond to global warming in the next 50 years. [News Source]

Maldives sends mayday signal as seas rise. Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, aims to start setting aside some of his country's sizeable tourist revenue to set up a land-purchase fund for relocating the nation due to sea level rise. [News Source]

Sun shines on destroyed infrastructure. The Western Cape needs long-term planning as the effects of climate change are felt more and more. We cannot only be reactive, even though we are really good at reacting to disasters, according to Brown. [News Source]

Himalayan glaciers ‘melting away’. Glaciers in the Himalayas are at risk of disappearing by the year 2035, according to Ajit Tyagi, Director General of the Indian Meteorological Department. [News Source]

Rising levels of CO2 set to increase dead zones in tropical oceans. New research shows that rising levels of carbon dioxide will make oceans more hostile to life, with the volume of oxygen-depleted dead zones in tropical oceans expanding rapidly by as much as 50 percent before the end of the century. [News Source]

Saving Earth’s shield. If countries hadn't taken action to protect stratospheric ozone, the atmosphere would have significantly more potential to trap heat than it does now, states a new U.S. government report. [News Source]