Warming drives off Cape Cod’s namesake

Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.

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Record high temps are double the lows

Daily record high temperatures across the continental U.S. occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade, researchers say, adding that it's a sign of a warming planet.

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Ethiopia PM: world not serious on climate change  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who will represent Africa at next month's Copenhagen climate change talks, said on Thursday it was unlikely the world was serious about tackling global warming. [News Source]

Area fly fishers host global warming talk (Athens Banner-Herald) A climate change expert with the national office of Trout Unlimited will speak about global warming threats to cold-water fisheries Monday at the November meeting of the Oconee River Chapter of Trout Unlimited. [News Source]

Climate change ’sceptic’ Ian Plimer argues CO2 is not causing global warming (Daily Telegraph) Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a natural phenomenon caused by volcanoes and is not responsible for climate change a scientist has claimed. [News Source]

‘Ring church bells against climate change’ (Adelaide Now) THE World Council of Churches has called on churches around the world to ring their bells 350 times during the Copenhagen climate change summit on December 13 as a call to action on global warming. [News Source]

Special Report: The escape route. Failure to confront hard decisions about emissions puts humanity in a box. But we have a way out. Call in the geoengineers. Part three of four. [News Source]

Special Report: The escape route. Failure to confront hard decisions about emissions puts humanity in a box. But we have a way out. Call in the geoengineers. Part three of four. [News Source]

After the recession, an energy crisis could loom. To avoid an energy crisis, the IEA says the world needs to spend about $10.5 trillion in extra money from 2010 to 2030 to foster new low-carbon energy sources. Expensive, yes. But if the IEA is right, the alternative is far worse. [News Source]

New Army Corps policy forces project designers to consider rising seas. The Army Corps of Engineers must consider the effects of climate change as it draws up plans for flood control, navigation and other water projects under a new agency policy. [News Source]

Gov’t takes brown pelicans off endangered list. After nearly 40 years of struggling for survival, the brown pelican is coming off the endangered species list. The pelican’s recovery is largely due to a 1972 ban on the pesticide DDT, and conservation groups' efforts to protect its nesting sites and monitor its population. [News Source]