A U.S.-China Climate Change Roadmap (Forbes) The Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Asia Society outline a way forward. Excerpts follow. [News Source]

A U.S.-China Climate Change Roadmap (Forbes) The Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Asia Society outline a way forward. Excerpts follow. [News Source]

Citizen scientists’ notes document affects of climate change. As the study of phenology, or life cycles, attracts growing attention, researchers are turning more and more to citizen scientists for help. [News Source]

Polar ice caps melting faster. The ice caps are melting so fast that the world’s oceans are rising more than twice as fast as they were in the 1970s, scientists have found. [News Source]

China orders $13-billion drought relief for wheat growers. With the global economic crisis already producing unrest in rural areas, Chinese authorities have taken emergency action in wheat-growing regions that are suffering from their worst drought in 50 years. [News Source]

Climate change leads to early flowering in Himalayas. Climate change seems to have begun affecting flowering patterns in the Garhwal Himalayas for their Phool Sankranti, a festival of flowers. [News Source]

Energy secretary warns of global warming toll on California agriculture. This week, Energy Secretary Steven Chu caused a stir in the Golden State -- and many circles across the country -- with his warnings that global warming could destroy California agriculture by century's end. [News Source]

Climate change must be tackled to avert economic disaster: UN chief. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that failure to tackle climate change would lead to global economic upheaval, as he appealed to nations to reach agreement on carbon emission cuts. [News Source]

Coast Guard prepares as Arctic shipping lanes melt. Global warming hurts polar bears but could be a boon for international shipping, if vessels eventually use the Arctic Ocean to cut transit routes in half between Europe and Asia. [News Source]

Impacts of warming will hit here. Climate change is already showing detrimental effects to Pacific Northwest's coastal wildlife, and it could happen on Grays Harbor unless lawmakers take steps to prevent it, according to Doug Howell, regional executive director of the National Wildlife Foundation. [News Source]

Protecting fish ahead of the ‘big melt’. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council today decided to close a vast stretch of American waters to fishing that has never been fished actively. This is a proactive move aimed at avoiding big ecological disruptions as the expanding summer retreats of sea ice on the Arctic Ocean expose virgin waters. [News Source]