Climate Change to Cause Major Shifts in Global Wildfire Patterns (Newswise) New research helps scientists predict wildfire hotspots as global warming changes weather patterns. [News Source]

Arctic ice getting thinner, fading fast. Ice in the ocean surrounding the Arctic is thinner than it's been in 30 years, and there's much less of it, say scientists who are monitoring the effects of climate change. [News Source]

A £1bn nuclear white elephant. The failure of the controversial Sellafield nuclear recycling plant strikes a blow to the Government as it plans to lead Britain into a "nuclear renaissance," pinning its hopes on nuclear technology to help meet its ambitious targets on reducing carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. [News Source]

Arctic ice getting thinner, fading fast. Ice in the ocean surrounding the Arctic is thinner than it's been in 30 years, and there's much less of it, say scientists who are monitoring the effects of climate change. [News Source]

Can carbon capture and storage save coal? Like all big coal-fired power plants, the 1,600-megawatt-capacity Schwarze Pumpe plant in Spremberg, Germany, is undeniably dirty. [News Source]

Archer Daniels Midland project aims to bury carbon dioxide. The $84-million project, of which $66.7 million comes from the Energy Department, will help determine whether storing greenhouse gases underground--or so-called sequestration--is a viable solution for global warming. [News Source]

Snow maps from space aid reindeer herders. Arctic reindeer herders in northern Scandinavia are getting a view from space to help them look after their herds as the region copes with climate change. [News Source]

Ice ‘melting faster than first thought’. A study has provided a timeline of sea level rises during warm periods of the earth's history, leading researchers to warn that the world's ice sheets might melt faster than previously thought. [News Source]

Researchers hope changes in desert rat can help other animals. Because of climate change in the Mojave Desert, the pack rat is eating an extremely toxic plant that would have killed its ancestors. [News Source]

Climate change in Lake Superior ice. What started as a high school science fair project is the latest piece of evidence that global warming is affecting Lake Superior. [News Source]

Murray-Darling inflows at 117-year low. The persistence and severity of the drought in the Murray-Darling Basin has been described as "unprecedented" after late summer inflows to the river system fell to a 117-year low. [News Source]