Global warming opinion and the role of partisan cues II (Larvatus Prodeo) Today’s Neilsen poll, published in the Fairfax press, contains some interesting findings about public opinion on the CPRS and on the climate change policies of the major parties. Just under two months ago, I noted that shifts in public opinion about the reality of anthropogenic global warming appeared to be strongly related to partisan cues, in [...] [News Source]

Water at core of climate change impacts, UN experts warn (The Malaysian Insider) OSLO, Feb 8 – The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past cooperation such as over the Indus or Mekong Rivers to help avert future conflicts, experts said on Sunday. Desertification, flash floods, melting glaciers, heat waves, cyclones or water-borne diseases such as cholera are among the impacts of global warming inextricably tied to water ... [News Source]

Climate change tied to water (Straits Times) OSLO - THE main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past cooperation such as over the Indus or Mekong Rivers to help avert future conflicts, experts said on Sunday. Desertification, flash floods, melting glaciers, heatwaves, cyclones or water-borne diseases such as cholera are among the impacts of global warming inextricably tied to water. And ... [News Source]

Global warming is man-made, top UN official reaffirms (Pakistani Newspaper) UNITED NATIONS, Jan 7 (APP): The great weight of science still supports that global warming is man-made, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said Sunday following recent attacks from climate change skeptics over a mistake in the assessment. [News Source]

Climate change critics ‘funded’ (The New Zealand Herald) A campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claim.The attack against scientists supportive of the idea of man-made climate change has... [News Source]

Climate change critics ‘funded’ (The New Zealand Herald) A campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claim. [News Source]

The extreme floods in Cumbria. For all their drama, the floods should not have come as much of a surprise. Twenty years ago, Britain’s first climate change predictions told us we should prepare for drier summers and wetter winters, with more intense rainfall and flooding the likely consequences. [News Source]

New errors in IPCC climate change report. The United Nations panel on climate change is facing fresh criticism today as The Sunday Telegraph reveals new factual errors and poor sources of evidence in its influential report to government leaders. [News Source]

Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers. An orchestrated campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claimed last night. [News Source]

Top British scientist says UN panel is losing credibility. A leading British government scientist has warned the United Nations’ climate panel to tackle its blunders or lose all credibility. [News Source]

In the mountains of the moon, a trek to Africa’s last glaciers. The shrinking ice cap atop Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's most famous glacier. But the continent harbors other pockets of ice, most notably in the Rwenzori Mountains of western Uganda. And as temperatures rise, the Rwenzori's tropical glaciers are fast disappearing. [News Source]