Africa : After Copenhagen, Questions About Next Steps to Thwart Climate Change (AllAfrica.com) For much of 2009, the international community prepared for a United Nations-sponsored summit that was supposed to produce new commitments from the international community to counter the effects of climate change. [News Source]

AP Poll: Most see climate change as serious (Park Hills Daily Journal) WASHINGTON (AP) — Three of every four Americans view climate change as a serious problem that will harm future generations if not addressed, according to an Associated Press-Stanford University poll. [News Source]

AP Poll: Most see climate change as serious (Park Hills Daily Journal) WASHINGTON (AP) — Three of every four Americans view climate change as a serious problem that will harm future generations if not addressed, according to an Associated Press-Stanford University poll. [News Source]

Do you think there are political reasons behind “Climate Change?” (KETK 56 Tyler) Tyler— Do you think there's an underlying political agenda supporting the idea of Global Warming or Climate Change? [News Source]

Do you think there are political reasons behind “Climate Change?” (KETK 56 Tyler) Tyler— Do you think there's an underlying political agenda supporting the idea of Global Warming or Climate Change? [News Source]

Disappearing options. Climate policy has a tipping point. Failure to set and meet strict emissions targets over the next 40 years puts long-term goals – such as limiting planetary warming to 2ºC by 2100 – permanently out of reach, according to a study published Monday. [News Source]

Architects plan ‘amphibious landscape’ for NYC. The New York Museum of Modern Art has asked architectural teams to come up with plans for transforming the metropolitan area's coastlines after warmer oceans and melting Antarctic ice have raised global sea levels, something many scientists predict is inevitable. [News Source]

Basalt vaults could store CO2 and turn it to rock. A new analysis suggests basalt formations off the east coast of the United States could store billions of tons of the carbon dioxide and then transform it into rock. [News Source]

Costs of managing nuclear risk slows construction of new power stations. Would a reassessment of the risks posed by radiation actually cut the costs and boost the nuclear production of low-carbon electricity which the government says is essential to tackle global warming? The short answer is doubtful. [News Source]

Damaged coral reefs can recover in marine reserves, study finds. Coral reefs inside protected marine reserves in the Bahamas showed signs of recovering from damage by bleaching and a hurricane while reefs outside reserves -- and affected by fishing -- did not recover at all, a study concludes. [News Source]

Disappearing options. Climate policy has a tipping point. Failure to set and meet strict emissions targets over the next 40 years puts long-term goals – such as limiting planetary warming to 2ºC by 2100 – permanently out of reach, according to a study published Monday. [News Source]