Climate change: From Copenhagen to Santa Rosa (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat) Evelina Molina went to Copenhagen last month and came back “a changed person” after talking to people from around the world experiencing the tangible effects of climate change. [News Source]

Coral can recover from climate change damage, new research suggests (Science Daily) A new study by scientists in the UK provides the first evidence that coral reefs can recover from the devastating effects of climate change. The research shows for the first time that coral reefs located in marine reserves can recover from the impacts of global warming. [News Source]

Climate change experts clash over sea-rise ‘apocalypse’ (Times Online) Climate science faces a new controversy after the Met Office denounced research from the Copenhagen summit which suggested that global warming could raise sea levels by 6ft by 2100. [News Source]

Climate change Experts want new practical ideas (Hindustan Times) The stage is set to find young minds that can come up with ideas to wage a war against global warming. [News Source]

EPA using grants to combat climate change (UPI) WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is offering grants of up to $5 million to groups working on projects intended to combat global warming. [News Source]

Both sides gird for bruising Senate debate over EPA amendment. Senate climate legislation advocates are bracing for a floor battle this month over a Republican campaign that they fear could drag down efforts to pass a major global warming bill before the real legislative debate can start. [News Source]

Three-quarters of hungry are rural poor. Climate change, associated with a four-fold increase in natural disasters in the last decade, and the growth of world population, which is expected to reach nine billion by 2050, pose new challenges for aid initiatives like those of the United Nations World Food Programme. [News Source]

Maldives: Paradise threatened? The first landmass victim of sea level rise could be a place that defines tropical flawlessness, a nation that is clean, peaceful and doing its best to be green. [News Source]

Climate expert in the eye of an integrity storm. After dozens of Michael Mann's personal e-mails were hacked in November, the tenured professor has been called a fraud, a clown, and worse by columnists and bloggers. "My suspicion is, this has been orchestrated at a high level," he said of the hacking. [News Source]

Both sides gird for bruising Senate debate over EPA amendment. Senate climate legislation advocates are bracing for a floor battle this month over a Republican campaign that they fear could drag down efforts to pass a major global warming bill before the real legislative debate can start. [News Source]

Three-quarters of hungry are rural poor. Climate change, associated with a four-fold increase in natural disasters in the last decade, and the growth of world population, which is expected to reach nine billion by 2050, pose new challenges for aid initiatives like those of the United Nations World Food Programme. [News Source]