Global Warming Not A ‘Hoax,’ Beebe Says (The Morning News) LITTLE ROCK -- Global warming is serious problem, not a "hoax," and requires more than a state response, Gov. Mike Beebe said Friday. [News Source]

Urgent: global warming may threaten golf glove business (ZDNet) A raft of Magellan penguins have turned up in Brazil thousands of miles north of their usual ocean haunts. Some scientists blame the changing ocean temps and currents cuased by global warming. About half of the birds have been saved despite their wayward ways. How does global warming affect these penguins? It changes both the surface temp of the Atlantic. It's now one degree warmer than in past ... [News Source]

Many delta islands may be lost. Two decades ago, water breached a levee on Tyler Island, 8,800 acres along the northeastern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Steve Mello worries the same thing may happen again - with the approval of state policymakers. [News Source]

Canada’s forests now contribute to climate change. Scientists have concluded that Canada's forests, stressed from damage caused by global warming, insect infestations and persistent fires, have crossed an ominous line and are now pumping out more climate-changing carbon dioxide than they are sequestering. [News Source]

‘As night from day.’ The change in the White House promises to be the single most important factor governing the world’s approach to tackling what many governments and scientists regard as the biggest problem of the century: climate change. [News Source]

Ocean acidification hits Great Barrier Reef. The rate of growth on the Great Barrier Reef has slowed 13% since 1990, most likely due to climate change, according to a new paper in Science. [News Source]

Signs of another California drought year. California--just finished with its second consecutive year of drought--might well be facing a third. If so, state authorities may be forced to impose water rationing on farmers, homes and businesses. [News Source]

New Jersey green consumers have the fiscal blues. Now that money is tight, will environmentalism turn out to have been just a passing trend -- the political equivalent of the pet rock? [News Source]

As red gum forests turn green. Premier John Brumby said climate change and drought meant the river red gums were in trouble and "we have to take action to protect this precious heritage." [News Source]

Stunted coral highlights troubling ocean trends. Coral in the Great Barrier Reef is showing significant signs of trouble, apparently the result of human activities. [News Source]

Slowing coral growth may spell disaster for Great Barrier Reef. Growth rates among corals on the Great Barrier Reef have slumped to their slowest in at least four centuries and growth is expected to cease within 26 years. [News Source]