White House may postpone auctioning emissions. The Obama administration might agree to postpone auctioning off 100 percent of emissions allowances under a cap-and-trade system to limit greenhouse gas pollution. [News Source]

Obama climate adviser open to geo-engineering to tackle global warming. The global warming situation has become so dire that Barack Obama's chief scientific adviser has raised with the president the possibility of massive-scale technological fixes to alter the climate known as 'geo-engineering'. [News Source]

At U.N. talks on climate, plans by U.S. raise qualms. Even in its broadest brush strokes, the American proposal differs significantly from other plans to curb carbon dioxide emissions enacted by the United Nations and the European Union. [News Source]

UN demands more climate ambition. The year's first round of UN climate talks has ended with delegates talking of a clear split between the visions of developed and developing nations. [News Source]

Climate talks pace angers developing nations. Developing nations said on Wednesday they were angry that 11 days of U.N. climate change talks failed to set a target for cuts in gas emissions by industrialized countries, as many had hoped. "We're very disappointed at this turn of events," China's climate ambassador Yu Qingtai said. [News Source]

What will global warming look like? Scientists point to Australia. Drought, fires, killer heat waves, wildlife extinction and mosquito-borne illness -- the things that climate change models are predicting have already arrived in Australia, scientists say. [News Source]

Temperature rise not so great but effects still grave. Extreme temperatures in Australia from climate change may not be as severe as feared, but they will still cause grave problems for human health, animals, plants, and infrastructure, a new scientific study finds. [News Source]

Coastal communities may be in greater peril. Rising sea levels may have greater impact on the world’s coastal communities than earlier observations, and about 600 million people living in low-lying areas may be at risk due to climate change, climate experts say. [News Source]

Bushfire imaging to determine global warming risks. 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]

National parks in climate debate. America's national parks sequester carbon, serve as corridors and refuges for plants and animals adapting to climate change, and provide model programs for conservation. They could also be one of the country's first lines of defense against climate change. [News Source]

Pets as climate change victims. Pets are normally sheltered from the harsh realities of wild living. But across Europe, increasing temperatures will expose pets to new infectious diseases spread by ticks, fleas and mosquitoes, according to new research. [News Source]