Oysters in deep trouble. Oyster larvae have been dying by the billions. Scientists suspect it's a sign that carbon dioxide is dramatically affecting the ocean — and if they're right, it could push Washington into the center of the debate about the future of the seas. [News Source]

Coal group coy about port exposure to rising seas. A new coal port that will cement Newcastle's place as the largest coal exporter in the world is quietly being built up by several metres, apparently in preparation for the rising sea levels brought about by climate change. [News Source]

Making case for climate as driver of migration. A new report says plainly that climate change is already causing human migration and displacement. [News Source]

EU, US criticised for low profile in Bonn climate talks. The EU and the US took a backseat at the negotiating table during the second round of global climate talks in Bonn, while Japan shocked developing countries by announcing a "shameful" emissions reduction target. [News Source]

Bills to protect environment derailed by finances. Even with a democratic majority and support from the governor, environmental legislation like a carbon cap-and-trade and clean energy bills couldn't contend with the state's economic woes. [News Source]

Tundra thaw could be carbon time bomb. Rising temperatures and bacterial decomposition of currently frozen organic matter could release thousands of years of accumulated CO2. [News Source]

Lifestyle melts away with Uganda peak snow cap. In 1906, Mount Speke, one the highest peaks of Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains was covered with 217 hectares (536 acres) of ice; in 2006, only 18.5 hectares remained. [News Source]

Argentine glacier advances despite global warming. Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures. [News Source]

Influential global change model predicts greater warming. MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change predicts that the median global climate warming will be 5.2 °C by the end of the century -- more than double previous predictions made with the same model. [News Source]

UN releases ‘Mortality Risk Index’. People in China and India are among those with an “extreme” risk of dying in a natural disaster, the United Nations said in a report Monday. [News Source]

Silk Road threatened by melting glaciers. Melting glaciers sitting above the Hexi corridor in Gansu province, once an important trading and military route into Central Asia, are fuelling dramatic regional floods. [News Source]