EU leaders drastically weaken their emission ambition. European leaders agreed on Friday to binding measures to curb global warming but pushed back deadlines and granted significant concessions to smokestack industries that said they were struggling in a hard economic climate. [News Source]

The end of the ’silent sea’. Scientists have known for some time that carbon dioxide is making the oceans ever more acidic. What they did not know until recently is that even fairly small changes in acidity levels can have a dramatic effect on seawater's noise-transmission capability. [News Source]

Climate change: A dark future for migratory fish. In Europe, most migratory fish species completing their cycle between the sea and the river are currently in danger from future disruptions of climate change. [News Source]

‘Airport malaria’ risk rising with global warming. Global warming is raising the risk for infection with so-called "airport malaria" in malaria-free zones of the United States and Europe, researchers warn. [News Source]

Arctic is the canary in the coalmine. Nearly 1,000 scientists and representatives of indigenous peoples from 16 countries have braved a major winter storm to share their findings and concerns about the rapidly warming Arctic region at the International Arctic Change conference in Quebec City. [News Source]

European butterflies threatened by climate change. European butterflies could face dramatic extinctions should global temperatures continue to rise, a new study says. [News Source]

U.S. coral reef doomed? Scientists are working to halt or even reverse the decline of one of the only coral reefs on the continental United States, near the Florida Keys. [News Source]

Nobel physicist to run energy agency. By choosing Nobel-prizewinning physicist Steven Chu to head the Department of Energy, US President-elect Barack Obama has sent a clear message: solving climate issues in a world dependent on fossil fuels will depend on science coming up with new energy technologies. [News Source]

California jumps to front of global-warming fight. The state's new emissions plan aims to cut each Californian's carbon 'footprint' from 14 tons to 10 tons a year by 2020. [News Source]

Survey: Americans see global warming, don’t want to pay. While a majority of Americans believe the Earth is warming, there is little support among the public to use tax money to address the issue, a new survey suggests. [News Source]

Reforming the carbon culprits. Where greenhouse gases are concerned, all fingers are pointing at power plants. But a Singaporean firm says much can still be done, even without the luxury of choice. [News Source]