Study: End of oil could worsen warming New research has come to the ominous conclusion that slackening oil and gas supplies could actually accelerate the pace of global warming. [News Source]

Bad tidings: How Vietnam will bear the brunt of climate change. Vietnam is the country most at risk from rising sea levels, according to a new study, as rich nations are being called on to bail out vulnerable populations. [News Source]

Climate change: A battle for the planet. Time is still available to tackle the warming of the atmosphere. But the window of opportunity is rapidly closing, and the last chance for the world to act in concert to bring the process under control is clearly visible. [News Source]

Wetter and wilder: the signs of warming everywhere. As UN negotiations towards a global climate deal continue in Poznan, Poland, this week, evidence is emerging of weather patterns in turmoil and the poorest nations disproportionately bearing the brunt of warming. [News Source]

EU carbon trading system brings windfalls for some. The European Union started with the most high-minded of ecological goals for its carbon trading market. Four years later, it has created a multibillion-euro windfall for some of the continent's biggest polluters, with little benefit to the environment. [News Source]

Conservation groups seek pine protections. A conservation group has asked the federal government to grant endangered species protections to the whitebark pine tree, which is dying in huge numbers in several western states. [News Source]

Scientists try to mitigate climate change effects. Scientists studying the changing nature of the Earth's climate say they have completed one crucial task — proving beyond a doubt that global warming is real. Now they have to figure out just what to do about it. [News Source]

Ozone hole weakens oceanic carbon sink. The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica may be impairing the Southern Ocean's ability to mop up carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere, according to work presented at a meeting in France today. [News Source]

US government outlines climate change land grab fears. Who owns your company headquarters if it disappears as a result of rising sea levels, or becomes worthless due to an absence of water supplies? What do you do in a drought if a neighbouring firm starts hording water for their office gardens? [News Source]

Tough call for African farmers adapting to climate change. While the vast majority of African farmers interviewed for a recent climate change study perceived long-term changes in both temperature and rainfall, surprisingly few of them adjust their farming practices in the face of global warming. [News Source]

Climate change may cause more coral extinction. The world has lost about a fifth of its corals and many of the remaining reefs could die in the next 20 to 40 years unless humans reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a report said on Wednesday. [News Source]