Climate change menaces Galapagos: scientists. The unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands -- penguins, fur seals, swimming iguanas and flightless birds -- is profoundly threatened by climate change, scientists said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Otways burn-offs lift fire risk, say experts. Fuel-reduction burns will increase fire risk in the Otways, according to Melbourne University experts, but they also noted that extreme weather caused by global warming was a greater threat than fuel [News Source]

Global warming blamed for unstable ice shelf in Antarctica. Satellite images of Antarctica show a huge ice shelf has become unstable, with icebergs breaking off it, in the latest evidence of climate change. [News Source]

Climate crunch: Sucking it up. Air capture of CO2 has been ignored by the IPCC and sidelined by scientists, but that is changing. Researchers in Canada, the United States and Switzerland have come up with plans, tested prototypes, filed patents and founded companies to pursue the idea. Second of three parts. [News Source]

A clean energy machine that works like the sun. What could be the world’s most expensive clean energy project is getting under way in a quiet corner of southern France. [News Source]

Generating energy from the deep. Lockheed Martin is best known for building stealth fighters, satellites and other military equipment. But since late 2006 the company has taken on a different kind of enterprise — generating renewable power from the ocean. [News Source]

Climate crunch: Great white hope. Geoengineering schemes, such as brightening clouds, are being talked about ever more widely. Established theory predicts that such whitening, if achieved, could cool Earth significantly. Third of three parts. [News Source]

NYC sees economic boost in ‘green building’ effort. The federal stimulus package and the city's ambitious "green building" initiative should provide a jobs bonanza for heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialists, city officials said yesterday. [News Source]

Arctic nations say they will cut soot that helps thaw ice. Arctic nations agreed on Wednesday to crack down on soot that is darkening ice around the North Pole and hastening a thaw that they also blamed on global warming. [News Source]

Change is needed, climate scientist says. Climate-change activist and author Bill McKibben was in Wanaka as a guest of the Otago University's Centre for Science Communication to take part in the Festival of Colour's Aspiring Conversations programme. [News Source]

Global warming subject of newly developed curriculum. Couple DeWaine and Jane Tollefsrud have joined forces to create "Global Fever," a curriculum for studying climate change. [News Source]