Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops. Surging costs, population growth, and drought and other setbacks linked to global climate change are pressuring world food supplies. [News Source]

UN climate summit seeks clarity. This year's round of UN climate talks are opening in Poland with nations attempting to set the terms of a new deal on all aspects of climate change. [News Source]

DNA gleaned from ancient coral unlocks clues about warming. The story of undersea coral fossils tells us how ancient creatures survived or disappeared as a result of dramatic climate changes. [News Source]

Arctic treasure hunt puts chill on diplomacy. As polar ice melts north of the Russian and Norwegian coastlines, the competition to exploit the sea's hidden resources heats up. [News Source]

CO2 removing mechanism resumes in North Atlantic Ocean after a decade. Scientists have determined that due to a dramatic loss of sea-ice in the Arctic during 2007, convective mixing, a mechanism that helps to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, has returned after a decade of near stagnation. [News Source]

Climate change pushes coral decline. The world's marine reserves may be helping to restore local fish populations, but they are failing to protect fragile coral reefs from the harsh effects of global warming, a conference has heard. [News Source]

Climate change increases problems for Florida reefs. Despite new federal protections, elkhorn coral may disappear from the waters off the coast of South Florida. [News Source]

Financial crisis already delaying green projects. The global financial crisis already has delayed some green energy projects, stoking fears that a shortage of investment money will lead to cheap and dirty decisions on new power plants, the U.N.'s top climate official said. [News Source]

Fazilka, first to have a ‘Car-free city’ concept in India. Fazilka, a small township near the India-Pakistan border, in Punjab has become the first ever place in India to implement a unique concept of creating a "Car Free City" in the region. [News Source]

Carbon capture and electric energy at centre of climate plans. Important decisions about the future of coal power in Britain are likely to be made today when the government's climate change committee sets out plans to de-carbonise the economy. [News Source]

New Jersey leaders forsee job growth in fields of ‘green’. In the midst of the current economic turmoil, one of the few things business leaders are optimistic about are jobs in alternative energy. [News Source]