Scorching temperatures: ‘climate change to blame’. Protracted warm, dry weather in NSW has prompted speculation among meteorologists that climate change could be to blame. [News Source]

Fossil of 43-foot super snake Titanoboa found in Colombia. The discovery of a 2,500 pound snake that ruled the ancient Amazonian rain forest for 2 million years before slithering into nonexistence sheds new light on snake evolution; it also provides telling insights on climate. [News Source]

Climate change to hit Africa fisheries hard: study. African nations will be the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change on fisheries, ranging from damage to coral reefs to more severe river floods, according to a study of 132 nations on Thursday. [News Source]

Ice collapse ‘could raise sea levels 20 feet’ Global warming could lead to sea level rises of more than 20 feet -- far higher than current estimates, and enough to swamp densely populated coastlines of north America and Europe, say scientists. [News Source]

More of North America may face flooding from Antarctic ice sheet melt: study. Cities on the east and west coasts of North America will face even greater flooding if a massive Antarctic sheet melts completely, according to a new study that claims the rate of sea level rise is higher than previously thought. [News Source]

Antarctic bulge could flood Washington DC. Rather than spreading out evenly across all the oceans, water from melted Antarctic ice sheets will gather around North America and the Indian Ocean. That's bad news for the US East Coast, which could bear the brunt of one of these oceanic bulges. [News Source]

New study suggests rise in sea levels from global warming may be worse than expected. Long-term sea level increases that could have a devastating effect on southern Florida and highly populated coastal areas may be even larger than once thought, a report suggests. [News Source]

The sea-level fingerprint of West Antarctic collapse. There is widespread concern that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be prone to collapse in a warming world. The recent Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC estimated that this collapse would lead to a sea-level rise of ~5 m. [News Source]

Making poo work for you. Kayaletu Makasi lives on a smallholding with 17 cows, three pigs and a gaggle of chickens. He feeds their manure into a digester and in return he gets free fuel, highly nutritious food for the pigs and chickens, and a treasure trove of organic fertiliser for his soil. [News Source]

How to stash carbon dioxide: Turn it into stone. Next month in Reykjavík, Iceland, a pilot project will inject carbon dioxide-saturated water into a formation of basalt rock more than 1,300 feet below ground. Scientists hope to learn how quickly the carbon dioxide reacts with the basalt rock to form calcium carbonate. [News Source]

Sweden lifts ban on nuclear power. Nuclear power received a significant boost today when the Swedish government announced plans to overturn a near 30-year ban on atomic plants as part of a new drive to increase energy security and combat global warming. [News Source]