Glaciers: Changing at a less than glacial pace. A new study indicates that the balance of the world's ice may be shifting faster than scientists thought. That may be bad news for those who think there's plenty of time to adapt to a warmer world. [News Source]

Tofu can harm environment more than meat, finds WWF study. Becoming a vegetarian can do more harm to the environment than continuing to eat red meat, according to a study – undermining claims by vegetarians that giving up meat automatically results in lower emissions and that less land is needed to produce food. [News Source]

China’s fears of rich nation ‘climate conspiracy’ at Copenhagen revealed. A document from a Chinese government thinktank, which was written in the immediate aftermath of Copenhagen but has only now come to light, provides the most candid insight yet into Chinese thinking on the fraught summit. [News Source]

Warming water spurs U.S. to consider ESA protection for 82 coral species. The Obama administration will consider federal protection for 82 coral species threatened by warming water temperatures. [News Source]

Rising sea level poses threat to Seychelles. In the past decade, the rising sea level has taken a bite out of Seychelles' spectacular strip of shore. But tourists are not the only ones threatened; a gradual increase in sea temperature is killing coral reefs and endangering a rare species of sea turtle. [News Source]

Polar explorer sees economic opportunity as driving force on global warming. When open water kept Will Steger's dogsled from crossing the Arctic ice shelf, he switched to canoes. When controversy over the science of global warming keeps him from reaching an audience, he switches to jobs and national security. [News Source]

Lobbyists for US cap and trade face daunting task. The U.S. Senate's stalled climate bill is getting a last big push from an unlikely ally -- a group of energy companies who say a carbon market will help them get financing for the next generation of energy production. [News Source]

Climate change scientists losing ‘PR war.’ A Nobel peace prize-winning Welsh physicist says climate change scientists are losing "a PR war" against sceptics with vested interests. [News Source]

Much work lies ahead for Africa. Africa needs urgent action on global warming. The consensus position adopted by African leaders ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen failed. African environmental activists are now debating their way forward. [News Source]

Chinese climate allegations ‘ludicrous’ – Minister. Allegations from an internal Chinese government report that Canada was "conniving" to get the world to accept weakened climate change goals at last December's international summit on global warming are ludicrous, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said. [News Source]

New inquiry into climate science unit. The University of East Anglia today announced that there would be an independent, external “reappraisal of the science” in key publications from its Climate Research Unit. [News Source]