“Geoengineering” To Fight Global Warming? (CBS News) Tinkering with Earth's climate to chill runaway global warming - a radical idea once dismissed out of hand - is being discussed by the White House as a potential emergency option, the president's new science adviser said. [News Source]

Pact To Combat Global Warming Wraps Up In Bonn (Scoop.co.nz) New York, Apr 8 2009 5:10PM The latest round of United Nations talks aimed at reaching an ambitious new treaty on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions wrapped up today in Bonn, Germany, having achieved what the world body’s top climate change official called “important” progress. [News Source]

What will global warming look like? Scientists point to Australia (Los Angeles Times) Drought, fires, killer heat waves, wildlife extinction and mosquito-borne illness -- the things that climate change models are predicting have already arrived there, they say. Frank Eddy pulled off his dusty boots and slid into a chair, taking his place at the dining room table where most of the critical family issues are hashed out. Spreading hands as dry and cracked as the orchards he tends, ... [News Source]

Obama looking at climate change (WABC-TV New York) Tinkering with the climate to chill global warming is being discussed by the White House. [News Source]

Congressional subcommittee holds climate change hearing here (Desert Trail) TWENTYNINE PALMS — The potential loss of the Joshua tree from the Joshua Tree National Park due to climate change was only one of many points made during a long-ranging hearing of the Congressional Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands this week. [News Source]

Bushfire imaging to determine global warming risks (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) In an attempt to determine which areas of the globe will be most affected by climate change, US scientists are using thermal satellite imaging to help map global wildfires, with Victoria's recent deadly fires feature in the research. [News Source]

Geoengineer climate? Obama aide won’t rule out

The president's new science adviser said Wednesday that global warming is so dire, the Obama administration is discussing radical technologies to cool Earth's temperatures.

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Obama science adviser says global warming may require tinkering with atmosphere (Chicago Tribune) WASHINGTON (AP) — The president's new science adviser said Wednesday that global warming is so dire, the Obama administration is discussing radical technologies to cool Earth's air. John Holdren told The Associated Press in his first interview since being confirmed last month that the idea of geoengineering the climate is being discussed. [News Source]

Climate change discussed at local meeting (Oregon Daily Emerald) On Tuesday night, while polar ice caps melted, lakes in Siberia bubbled with methane and Mount Hood continued to lose its glaciers, Congressman Peter DeFazio and former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury discussed the urgency of stopping global warming and presented their views on capping carbon emissions in front of 150 constituents at Cozmic Pizza in Eugene. [News Source]

Is Global Warming a Myth? (Scientific American) Dear EarthTalk: I keep meeting people who say that human-induced global warming is only theory, that just as many scientists doubt it as believe it. Can you settle the score? -- J. Proctor, London, UK [More] [News Source]

Obama May Block Sun’s Rays to End Global Warming (Fox News) White House science adviser radical solutions being considered to stop climate change. [News Source]