Could Fish Fossils Help Us Better Predict Climate Change? By measuring an element present in fish fossils, researchers at the University of Missouri may have found a key to better understanding how climate change works. The researchers measured neodymium, an element that indicates where sea water originally came from. The ratio of two isotopes of neodymium varies in different areas, [...] [News Source]

Africa: Global Business Leaders Issue Urgent Call to Action on Climate Global business leaders issue urgent call to action on climate Governments warned: window to limit global warming closing Climate change threatens to 'undermine global prosperity and inflict significant social, economic and environmental costs on the world', according to a global coalition of companies who today issued an urgent call to action to governments around the world. [News Source]

Climate scientist sparks protest MINNEAPOLIS — The annual meeting of the Geological Society of America isn't the type of affair one might associate with outrage among the citizenry — or anyone, really. [News Source]

Climate change denier now agrees with global warming WASHINGTON -- A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly. The study of the... [News Source]

South Africa: Kids to Get Lessons On Climate Change Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, will spend this year's National Children's Day empowering children with information on global warming and climate change. [News Source]

Catastrophic drought in Texas causes global economic ripples. The drought map created by University College London shows a number of worryingly dry areas around the globe, in places including East Africa, Canada, France and Britain. But the largest area of catastrophic drought centers on Texas. [News Source]

An acidic ocean threatens shellfish farms. For more than two decades, Rob Saunders grew his shellfish larvae in ordinary seawater drawn from the pristine natural environment of Baynes Sound. Now the water in Baynes Sound is so acidic, Mr. Saunders’ fragile seed stock will die unless he artificially adjusts the PH level in his hatchery tanks. [News Source]

World population is seven billion strong says Ban Ki-moon. As the world readies to welcome its seventh billion inhabitant on Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for “unity of purpose” among people across nations to address problems of climate change, economic crisis and inequality. [News Source]

World population hits 7 billion in record time. The historic milestone is rekindling age-old debates over birth control, protecting natural resources and reducing consumption. It also has many wondering whether the Earth can support so many people. [News Source]

Cleaning up after nature plays a trick. It was a storm of record consequence, disrupting large swaths of the Northeast in ways large and small: towns were buried in dense snowfalls, closing down streets, schools and even, in some cases, Halloween celebrations. [News Source]

Catastrophic drought in Texas causes global economic ripples. The drought map created by University College London shows a number of worryingly dry areas around the globe, in places including East Africa, Canada, France and Britain. But the largest area of catastrophic drought centers on Texas. [News Source]