New research sheds light on Antarctic ice melting. There may be no polar bears at the South Pole, but there sure is a lot of ice. In fact, more than 90 percent of the Earth's glacial ice is in Antarctica. Now, new research shows the continent's ice is melting in more places than previously known. [News Source]

How do you convince people of global warming in a snowstorm? Criticisms of climate change science are piling up as public concern wanes. But evidence of global warming continues to accumulate. [News Source]

Guyana forests worth more than gold. Conservationists believe the country could be a test case for implementing the "Redd+" initiative which, under an international climate change agreement, would see poor countries paid by rich nations to protect their forests and the carbon locked up in them. [News Source]

Climate group plans review. The IPCC's announcement that it will seek independent experts to investigate how factual errors were published in its latest report is a key aspect of the organization's effort to understand and divulge its institutional problems, officials there say. [News Source]

Weight of bugs in Britain’s soil has nearly doubled in just 10 years. The diversity of life in the earth appears to have reduced, according to a recent study. The most likely reason for this is the rise of annual temperatures and rainfall over the decade of the study, leading to warmer, wetter summers [News Source]

Alexander hints at interest in Kerry, Graham climate effort. Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) said Sunday that lawmakers could advance energy and climate legislation by adopting a step-by-step approach that eschews sweeping measures. [News Source]

China preparing for ice-free Arctic as global thaw uncovers new opportunities. China is starting to prepare for the commercial and strategic opportunities arising as global warming melts the polar ice cover in the Arctic, an international peace research group said Monday. [News Source]

Could Vancouver wet weather woes have been anticipated? Whatever the underlying cause of Vancouver's weather woes, the International Olympic Committee says global warming is a factor that must henceforth be taken into account. [News Source]

Al Gore takes aim at climate change skeptics. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore took aim at skeptics who doubt the reality of human-caused climate change, saying he wished it were an illusion but that the problem is real and urgent. [News Source]

MacGen Australia’s heaviest emitter. NSW power company Macquarie Generation is Australia's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, according to Department of Climate Change data. [News Source]

Global warming raises Taiwan typhoon danger. Global warming is raising the danger from typhoons, Taiwan experts warned Monday, saying the island may be hit in a year or two by a powerful storm like the one which killed more than 700 last August. [News Source]