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]

Electric cars face obstacles to consumer acceptance. Nashville is one of a handful of cities in the U.S. targeted to become an early focal point for electric vehicles, but getting to the point where electric vehicles are common will take time and work. [News Source]

Push for wind farms in western North Carolina renewed, scaled back. Legislators declined this summer to clear the way for North Carolina to tap the power of mountain winds. Next year, they could decide whether to allow a single, experimental ridgetop wind farm. [News Source]

Global warming threat for Asia financial hubs. Hong Kong and Singapore, Asia’s two biggest international financial centres, are at serious risk of disastrous flooding and other catastrophes caused by global warming, according to a report published on Thursday. [News Source]

Dhaka tops risk table in Asia climate threat study. Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta are among the major cities in Asia most vulnerable to rising seas, storms and other climate change impacts, underscoring the threat to lives and economies, a report said on Thursday. [News Source]

Mini ice age took hold of Europe in months. Just months - that's how long it took for Europe to be engulfed by an ice age. The scenario, which comes straight out of Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, was revealed by the most precise record of the climate from palaeohistory ever generated. [News Source]