Tiempo Climate Newswatch

November 2007

November 30 2007: Mountain summits in the Alps becoming increasingly similar - Alpine summit vegetation will become increasingly homogenized as a result of climate change, say researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research writing in the international Journal of Vegetation Science. The biologists assessed data on the composition and species numbers of plants on the summits of seven mountains measuring over 3000 meters in the Bernina range in Switzerland over a period of almost 100 years. - EurekAlert!

November 30 2007: Recipe For A Storm: The Ingredients For More Powerful Atlantic Hurricanes - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: New Research Discredits 100 Billion Dollar Global Warming Fix - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: Virginia Key FL (SPX) Nov 30, 2007 - Scientists have revealed an important discovery that raises doubts concerning the viability of plans to fertilize the ocean to solve global warming, a projected $100 billion venture. Research performed at Stanford and Oregon State Universities, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, suggests that ocean fertilization may not be an effective method of reducing carbon dioxide in the atmo ... - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: More deaths as storms exit the Philippines - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: Manila (AFP) Nov 29, 2007 - Storms Hagibis and Mitag have blown out of the the Philippines, the weather bureau said Thursday, as the death toll climbed to 29 and rescuers continued to battle rough seas in search of the missing. The coast guard said 12 Chinese fishermen went missing after two boats capsized Wednesday in rough seas near Pag Asa island off the country's western coast. Two Filipino airforce pilots are ... - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: The mismanagement of resources, not scarcity, will lead to water crises in developing Asian nations, said a study commissioned by the Asian Development Bank and released on Thursday. Urbanisation, industrialisation, population growth and climate change were likely to put a strain on the region's water resources, it said. But Asia had also developed the expertise and the technology to ens ... - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: Looking ahead to the U.N. Climate Change Conference that begins next week, a diverse chorus of elected officials and citizens are speaking out to assure the international community that Americans are moving global warming solutions forward, despite the lack of White House leadership. "The other U.S.A. will be with the world in Bali," said Larry Schweiger, president and CEO, National Wildlife Fed ... - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: Is it possible to solve climate change, reduce poverty and save biodiversity at a single stroke" It might seem like a dream, but this is exactly the issue that is being discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Bali 3-14 December 2007. The key is to include reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in the Kyoto Protocol so that developing countries c ... - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: Morogoro, Tanzania (SPX) Nov 30, 2007 - Is it possible to solve climate change, reduce poverty and save biodiversity at a single stroke" It might seem like a dream, but this is exactly the issue that is being discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Bali 3-14 December 2007. The key is to include reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in the Kyoto Protocol so that developing countries c ... - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: China reports progress on cutting pollution, but not enough - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: The Red Cross has called for the full implementation of an accord allowing Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances to move freely in Palestinian territory. - Delegates at the 30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva, also backed an ambitious aid agenda for the next four years, agreeing to tackle burning issues from climate change to migration. - Swiss Info

November 30 2007: US, EU propose trade plan to counter climate change - Stuff

November 30 2007: Paris, France (ESA) Nov 29, 2007 - A new global Earth observation system, that could save lives in disasters such as the recent cyclone in southern Bangladash, is being reviewed at a ministerial-level summit in Cape Town this week. Representatives of 71 member governments, the European Commission, and 46 participating organisations, including ESA, of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) meet in Cape Town 28-30 November, to asses ... - Terra Daily

November 30 2007: Avalanche continues for reject - Sydney Morning Herald

November 30 2007: Beijing plans to flood canals, but cost is huge - Sydney Morning Herald

November 30 2007: 30 November 2007 3:35pm | Department of Conservation - The once presumed extinct New Zealand storm petrel has again been recently captured in the Hauraki Gulf but its breeding site remains a mystery. - Scoop

November 30 2007: Carbon labelling, food miles too simplistic - Scoop

November 30 2007: Atlantic Ocean Set To Brew Bigger Hurricanes - Science Daily

November 30 2007: Ocean Fertilization 'Fix' For Global Warming Discredited By New Research - Science Daily

November 30 2007: November 30, 2007 - - Is it possible to solve climate change, reduce poverty and save biodiversity at a single stroke? It might seem like a dream, but this is exactly the issue that is being discussed at the United ... > - Science Daily

November 30 2007: - Is it possible to solve climate change, reduce poverty and save biodiversity at a single stroke? It might seem like a dream, but this is exactly the issue that is being discussed at the United ... > - Science Daily

November 30 2007: Biodiesel Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Science Daily

November 30 2007: November 30, 2007 - - Using pure biodiesel or blending biodiesel with standard fuel could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector, according to a new report. Biodiesel can be manufactured from any ... > - Science Daily

November 30 2007: - Dry common beans--favorites like pinto, kidney, navy, red, black and snap--are grown mostly in the north-central and western regions of the United States. With looming climate change breeding ... > - Science Daily

November 30 2007: November 29, 2007 - - The oil spill that wreaked havoc in the Kerch Strait leading to the Black Sea in early November will take at least 5 to 10 years for the marine environment to recover. The 2000-tonne spill has badly ... > - Science Daily

November 30 2007: Climate Change's Uncertainty Principle - Scientific American

November 30 2007: U.N.: Greenhouse Gases Hit High in 2006 - Sci-Tech Today

November 30 2007: The End of the 2007 Hurricane Season Is Here - Rigzone

November 30 2007: Friday, November 30, 2007 - - As the Gulf of Mexico's 2007 hurricane season draws to a close on November 30, the industry squeaks by with relatively little production disruption. - Rigzone

November 30 2007: T: Quote, Profile, Research) has sold a local power company a credit equivalent to 10000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) under the - Reuters

November 30 2007: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:03 AM ET - The real issues will be non-tariff barriers such as labour, environment, technical standards and - Reuters

November 30 2007: Scripted with more potholes than you could find on a post-monsoon road, - Hindustan Times

November 30 2007: A storm of protest from users about loss of privacy has forced the social networking site to change its advertising system Beacon - Guardian Unlimited

November 30 2007: UN calls for huge push on climate change - Saving the world from climate change requires "the same commitment shown in putting man on moon" - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

November 30 2007: Nano-sized voltmeter measures electric fields deep within cells - A wireless, nanoscale voltmeter developed at the University of Michigan is overturning conventional wisdom about the physical environment inside cells. It may someday help researchers tackle such tricky medical issues as why cancer cells grow out of control and how damaged nerves might be mended. - EurekAlert!

November 30 2007: Aurora Borealis breaks new grounds -- and old ice - It can crush ice sideways and stay precisely on station to an accuracy of a metre. It can drill a hole 1,000 meters deep into the seabed while floating above 5,000 meters of ocean and it can generate 55 megawatts of power. So far, Aurora Borealis is the most unusual ship that has never been built, and it represents a floating laboratory for European science, a breakthrough for polar research and a very big headache for international lawyers. - EurekAlert!

November 30 2007: An earthquake has just shaken the Greek island. Damage is widespread and all conventional, terrestrial communications have been destroyed. The rescue operations have only one means at their disposal that has not been affected by the quake -- a satellite which, from its altitude of 36,000 kilometers, can immediately link the locations involved in the catastrophe with the appropriate authorities. - EurekAlert!

November 30 2007: WASHINGTON, DC, November 30, 2007 (ENS) - A diverse group of investment bankers, energy executives, government officials and clean energy advocates has agreed that the environmental cost of producing energy should be factored into its price, and that Congress must develop energy policies that move away from fossil fuels. At the American Council On Renewable Energy conference, Wall St. money managers, self-described conservatives, a Bush administration official, and energy company BP spoke as one. - Environmental News Service

November 30 2007: Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends: Fewer Storms Than Forecast - Environmental News Service

November 30 2007: CAMP SPRING, Maryland, November 30, 2007 (ENS) - As the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to a close today, scientists with NOAA's National Weather Service are reviewing a set of weather patterns that yielded hurricane activity across the Atlantic Basin that was lower than expected. Two back-to-back Category 5 hurricanes hit Central America and the rapid near-shore intensification of the single U.S. landfalling hurricane - Hurricane Humberto in September - marked the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. - Environmental News Service

November 30 2007: US pushes for tighter shipping pollution standards - EDIE

November 30 2007: IT giant to use wind power for Irish operations - EDIE

November 30 2007: Businesses and consumers 'can reduce their carbon footprints more' - EDIE

November 30 2007: Put pollution laws on the books - 8 states warned - Eight EU states, including the UK, have been told to implement laws on shipping pollution agreed two years ago, or face legal action in Europe's courts. - EDIE

November 30 2007: Scotland sets 50% renewable energy target - EDIE

November 30 2007: Regulator looks at water woes - Investment will need to be ploughed into the UK's water network, to replace ageing infrastructure, prevent pollution and protect us from the worst effects of climate change, according to environmental regulators. - EDIE

November 30 2007: Europe fights climate change on home front - EDIE

November 30 2007: Light pollution in Ireland has increased 'dramatically' - EDIE

November 30 2007: Retailers work with government on energy efficiency - EDIE

November 30 2007: The business leaders of 150 global companies have today published a communiqué to world leaders calling for a comprehensive, legally binding United Nations framework to tackle climate change. - OneWorld

November 30 2007: By Jeff Mason BRUSSELS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - European Union nations must step up efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions if the bloc is to meet its - Reuters

November 30 2007: Protocol, a pact against global warming that expires in 2012.... - Reuters

November 30 2007: Indonesian Environment Min airs his green credentials - Reuters

November 30 2007: 3-14, under pressure to forge a deal by 2009 to succeed the - Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions amid warnings over droughts and heatwaves... - Reuters

November 30 2007: US greenhouse emissions fell 1.5 percent in 2006 - Reuters

November 30 2007: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:14 AM ET - NEW YORK (Reuters) - US emissions of the gases blamed for global warming fell 1.5 percent in 2006 on mild weather and increased usage of natural gas and... - Reuters

November 30 2007: The EU emissions trading scheme is the bloc's key tool to fight - change. It sets limits on the amount of CO2 -- the main greenhouse gas blamed for... - Reuters

November 30 2007: Swarms of tiny aircraft could track hurricanes - New Scientist

November 30 2007: Malaria train - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)

November 30 2007: Climate change fought on Bali beach - Financial Times

November 30 2007: ECB plans extra liquidity - Eurozone inflation up and sentiment down - Financial Times

November 30 2007: Eurozone inflation at 6-year high - BBC (World)

November 30 2007: Hollywood fades to red - For years film studios threw around money like confetti but now storm clouds are gathering over Tinseltown - Guardian Unlimited

November 30 2007: Insight: Overfishing is creating a jellyfish plague - Giant swarms of jellyfish proliferating in the warming oceans are a dire warning of our need to protect fish stocks in the face of climate change - New Scientist

November 30 2007: After winning recent elections, incoming prime minister Kevin Rudd says the country will move to ratify the Kyoto protocol "within weeks" - New Scientist

November 30 2007: Encouraging forests might be the only way Europe can meet its own target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, say researchers - New Scientist

November 30 2007: ENN Weekly: November 26th -30th - ENN Week in Review: November 26th -30th 2007. We've put together some of the important stories from the last week for just in case you missed them. Inside: China "losing" 2008 Olympics? Is America too ambitious with it's biofuel program? Greenhouse emissions down in the US 2006,Miracle-Gro to pay $500K for failure to comply with GM regulations, Are fisherman facing extinction? All of this and much more. - Environmental News Network

November 30 2007: Lake shrinks, desert expands - Xinjiang's largest salt lake Aibi Lake has been shrinking and the expanding desert around it is now one of China's major sandstorm sources. - China Internet information Centre

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November 30 2007: Nation's litmus test on environment - China Internet information Centre

November 30 2007: Ice penguins vanish in the sun - In Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, several ice penguins melting gradually in the noonday sun have again raised concerns over global warming leading to the eradication of species. - China Internet information Centre

November 30 2007: Comparing climate change to the holocaust - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

November 30 2007: Philippine troops storm hotel - CNN (Asia)

November 30 2007: November 30, 2007 15:12:00 - A sustainable energy lobby group says the Queensland Government should have kept its wind farm assets if it is serious about reducing greenhouse emissions. - ABC News Online

November 30 2007: Wong swots up for Bali climate change summit - ABC News Online

November 30 2007: November 30, 2007 10:26:00 - New federal Climate Change Minister Penny Wong says next month's Bali talks are critical for setting a path to a new global emissions reduction target. - ABC News Online

November 30 2007: Whyalla deputy Mayor Eddie Hughes says the South Australian Government is not taking global warming seriously. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: Corona Energy - Natural Gas for Business - Carbon & Emissions Trading - EDIE

November 29 2007: Panic in Caribbean after strong quake - A POWERFUL but deep earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 sent workers scrambling in panic into Caribbean streets after it struck near the island of Martinique and sent tremors through the region. - The Mercury

November 29 2007: Seeds of doubt - TASMANIA would be crazy to scrap its ban on genetically modified crops. Body: Primary Industries Minister David Llewellyn is right not to follow Victoria and New South Wales down the road to a doubtful GM future. - The Mercury

November 29 2007: Filipino troops storm rebels in hotel - The Australian

November 29 2007: Quake strikes Caribbean near Martinique - A powerful but very deep earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck near the Caribbean island of Martinique on Thursday, the US Geological Survey says. - The Age

November 29 2007: Garrett stripped of climate change role - The Age

November 29 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

November 29 2007: More than one billion trees were planted around the world in 2007, with Ethiopia and Mexico leading in the drive to combat climate change through new lush forest projects, a UN report said Wednesday. The Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said the mass tree planting, inspired by Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai, will help mitigate effects of pollution and environmental deterio ... - Terra Daily

November 29 2007: Nairobi (AFP) Nov 28, 2007 - More than one billion trees were planted around the world in 2007, with Ethiopia and Mexico leading in the drive to combat climate change through new lush forest projects, a UN report said Wednesday. The Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said the mass tree planting, inspired by Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai, will help mitigate effects of pollution and environmental deterio ... - Terra Daily

November 29 2007: Australia's new government must move quickly to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions after ratifying the Kyoto Protocol or risk breaching the pact, an expert warned Wednesday. Labor leader Kevin Rudd was swept to victory in a landslide on Saturday on a mandate that included signing up to the UN-backed Kyoto process to limit carbon pollution, a policy he flagged as his first priority ... - Terra Daily

November 29 2007: Sydney (AFP) Nov 28, 2007 - Australia's new government must move quickly to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions after ratifying the Kyoto Protocol or risk breaching the pact, an expert warned Wednesday. Labor leader Kevin Rudd was swept to victory in a landslide on Saturday on a mandate that included signing up to the UN-backed Kyoto process to limit carbon pollution, a policy he flagged as his first priority ... - Terra Daily

November 29 2007: Cape Town (AFP) Nov 28, 2007 - China and Brazil will give Africa free satellite imaging of its landmass to help the continent respond to threats like deforestation, desertification and drought, the two countries said Wednesday. A land imaging satellite launched by the two governments at a cost of some 100 million dollars in September, would relay images, updated monthly, to four ground stations for dissemination to Africa ... - Terra Daily

November 29 2007: AgResearch to estimate sheep meat carbon footprint - Scoop

November 29 2007: 29 November 2007 12:27pm | AgResearch - AgResearch today announced it had, in collaboration with industry partners, won a MAF tender to develop a model, based on Life Cycle Assessment methodology, to estimate the total greenhouse gases (GHG) or carbon footprint of New Zealand produced sheep ... - Scoop

November 29 2007: This December, three New Zealanders will take part in the Asian Young Leaders Climate Forum (AYLCF) ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties [COP13]. All three were born in the South Island, but with ... - Scoop

November 29 2007: Proposed Global Warming Fix Discredited - Science Daily

November 29 2007: - Much of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Bali will focus on monitoring tropical deforestation and the critical role of remote sensing systems in REDD mechanism development. Using data ... > - Science Daily

November 29 2007: Climate Change And Life In The Southern Ocean - Science Daily

November 29 2007: Smarter Energy Storage For Solar And Wind Power - Science Daily

November 29 2007: November 29, 2007 - - Development of the first hybrid battery suitable for storing electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is now a step closer. It is expected that the discharge and charge power ... > - Science Daily

November 29 2007: Voluntary Carbon Standard Lacks Credibility, WWF Argues - Science Daily

November 29 2007: November 29, 2007 - - A new standard for carbon offsets fails to guarantee climate benefits and promote sustainable development, and could further increase insecurity and volatility in the carbon offsets market, says WWF. ... > - Science Daily

November 29 2007: Climate Change Likely To Result In Eco-migration: What Can Be Done? - Science Daily

November 29 2007: November 28, 2007 - - Climate change is likely to intensify droughts, storms and floods, which will undoubtedly lead to environmental migrations and potential conflicts in the areas migrated to. In the aftermath of ... > - Science Daily

November 29 2007: UN: Rich countries driving 'ecological debt crisis' - Wealthy countries must cut greenhouse gas emissions and help poorer nations adapt to climate change, says a UN report. - SciDev.Net

November 29 2007: Twisted Sister: Twin Planets Earth and Venus Were "Separated at Birth" - But they're definitely not identical; Venus today might portend an Earth ravaged by climate change - Scientific American

November 29 2007: Trashed Tech: Where Do Old Cell Phones, TVs and PCs Go to Die? - Electronic waste is reaching critical mass, releasing toxic chemicals into the environment. The solution? Recycling and toxin-free electrical components - Scientific American

November 29 2007: State of the Science: Beyond the Worst Case Climate Change Scenario - The IPCC has declared man-made climate change "unequivocal." The hard part: trying to stop it - Scientific American

November 29 2007: Special Report: Climate Change - Examining the state of the science on climate change - Scientific American

November 29 2007: 10 Solutions for Climate Change - Ten possibilities for staving off catastrophic climate change - Scientific American

November 29 2007: Loss of habitat and climate change are pushing 178 species toward extinction in the continental U.S. - Scientific American

November 29 2007: U.N.: Greenhouse Gases Hit High in 2006 - Sci-Tech Today

November 29 2007: U.S. Government to Distribute $1 Billion to Protect Shoreline Environments - Rigzone

November 29 2007: US says greenhouse emissions fell 1.5 percent in 2006 - Reuters

November 29 2007: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:01 PM ET - higher than they were in 1990, a key year in international efforts to fight climate change because it is the baseline year for the un's - Reuters

November 29 2007: Warming's hidden danger - On Line Opinion

November 29 2007: Hundreds homeless after storms lash Swaziland - Hundreds of people have been left homeless in the landlocked kingdom of Swaziland after a severe storm wreaked havoc, disaster officials said on Thursday. Ben Nsibandze, chairperson of the National Disaster Management Agency, said 76 households had been given tents and blankets after the heavy rains that began sweeping through Swaziland on Tuesday. - Mail & Guardian Online

November 29 2007: Typhoon preparedness saved many lives in the Philippines - MANILA - With the devastation of last year’s Typhoon Reming (international code name: Durian) still fresh in their minds, the people of Bicol Region, central Philippines, quickly headed for evacuation centres last week when word came that another potential super typhoon was headed their way. - IRIN

November 29 2007: By ANDREW C. REVKIN - A new report warns that progress toward prosperity in the world's poorest regions will be reversed unless rich countries promptly begin curbing emissions linked to global warming. - International Herald Tribune

November 29 2007: View More Pictures - Warming up for 2nd Test - Hindustan Times

November 29 2007: Video: Troops storm Manila hotel - Guardian Unlimited

November 29 2007: Troops storm Manila hotel - Guardian Unlimited

November 29 2007: Coup attempt in Manila hotel fails - Troops storm one of the most prestigious hotels in the Philippines after standoff with escaped dissidents - Guardian Unlimited

November 29 2007: Stern raps 'market failure' on climate - Author of climate change review says targets and trading must be at the heart of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - Guardian Unlimited

November 29 2007: December Geology and GSA Today media highlights - Topics include: onset of plate tectonics on Earth; Arctic Ocean's role in the global climate system; cause of the end-Permian mass extinction; Olduvai Basin lake cycles and survival of early hominins; an ancient mantle plume and the break-up of Rodinia; relationship between earthquakes and melting glaciers; monitoring Mt. Etna gas composition and eruption forecasting; and cause of the end of the PETM. The GSA TODAY science article examines Colorado citizen involvement in geoscience research. - EurekAlert!

November 29 2007: Wildlife Conservation Society study finds seasonal seas save corals with 'tough love' - Finally, some good news about the prospects of coral reefs in the age of climate change. According to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, corals may actually survive rising ocean temperatures in 'tough love' seas with wide-ranging temperatures. - EurekAlert!

November 29 2007: Is it possible to solve climate change, reduce poverty and save biodiversity at a single stroke? It might seem like a dream, but this is exactly the issue that is being discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali Dec. 3-14, 2007. The key is to include reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation in the Kyoto Protocol so that developing countries can be compensated for saving their forests and woodlands. - EurekAlert!

November 29 2007: Having the climate cake and eating it, too - Is it possible to solve climate change, reduce poverty and save biodiversity at a single stroke? It might seem like a dream, but this is exactly the issue that is being discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali Dec. 3-14, 2007. The key is to include reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation in the Kyoto Protocol so that developing countries can be compensated for saving their forests and woodlands. - EurekAlert!

November 29 2007: Recipe for a storm: The ingredients for more powerful Atlantic hurricanes - EurekAlert!

November 29 2007: New research discredits $100B global warming 'fix' - EurekAlert!

November 29 2007: National Science Foundation, Center for Research on Ocean Carbon Sequestration, Stanford Univeristy, A.W. Mellon Foundation, International JGFOS Program, Bangalore - EurekAlert!

November 29 2007: New research discredits $100B global warming 'fix' - Scientists have revealed an important discovery that raises doubts concerning the viability of plans to fertilize the ocean to solve global warming, a projected $100 billion venture. According to Dr. Michael Lutz at UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, ocean fertilization schemes, which resemble an artificial summer, may not remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as has been suggested, because they ignore important natural processes. - EurekAlert!

November 29 2007: New York City to Cut Greenhouse Gases 30% by 2030 - Environmental News Service

November 29 2007: CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, November 27, 2007 (ENS) - The first evidence that fatter people with higher body mass index may have a greater reaction to smoggy air than leaner people was presented today by the National Institutes of Health. Short-term exposure to ground-level ozone, or smog, is known to cause a temporary drop in lung function in many people, but this is the first study in humans to look at whether body weight influences how much lung function drops. - Environmental News Service

November 29 2007: New York (AFP) Nov 27, 2007 - Google announced Tuesday it will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in ways to make "green" energy less costly than that from pollution-spewing coal. The Google initiative is dubbed "REC," using a play on computer code to symbolize "renewable energy less than coal." "I know it seems a little bit geeky, but it is a good description," Google co-founder Larry Page said of the name while ... - Terra Daily

November 29 2007: How to make 'Page 1' on the Web - To generate Web hits, just string together 'key' words - like Britney Spears's iPhone causes global warming. - Christian Science Monitor

November 29 2007: Australia in from the cold on Kyoto - Climate change news > Kyoto & climate politics - Carbon Positive

November 29 2007: OneWorld's own social networking space, OneClimate.net, is opening a virtual - window on the UN's forthcoming climate conference in Bali, allowing people around the world to participate in the event without emitting carbon through flying to Indonesia. - OneWorld

November 29 2007: Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions amid warnings over droughts and heatwaves... - Reuters

November 29 2007: 3-14, under pressure to forge a deal by 2009 to succeed the - Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions amid warnings over droughts and heatwaves... - Reuters

November 29 2007: The scientists urged the EU to award credits for forests, now outside the main accounting system for greenhouse gases under the un's - Reuters

November 29 2007: Indonesia increases security for climate change meet - Reuters

November 29 2007: to gather in Bali from December 3 to 14 to find a successor to the - Protocol on cutting climate warming carbon emissions which expires in 2012.... - Reuters

November 29 2007: European Union countries will require an old ally - Mother Nature and her forests - to meet an ambitious post-Kyoto goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2020, according to new research. - OneWorld

November 29 2007: Comment: Bali offers chance on climate change - If action is taken now, we can stop the worst effects of climate change at a fraction of the probable cost of inaction, writes - Financial Times

November 29 2007: Bali offers a vital chance - If action is taken now, we can stop the worst effects of climate change at a fraction of the probable cost of inaction, writes - Financial Times

November 29 2007: Strong earthquake hits Martinique - BBC

November 29 2007: MagLev Wind Turbine - Environmental News Network

November 29 2007: Life In The Southern Ocean & Climate Change - Environmental News Network

November 29 2007: Climate change could hit Vietnam hard - VietnamNews.Net

November 29 2007: People's Daily - The recent record high tide levels in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City could have gained strength as part of the effects of ongoing global climate change, local newspaper Vietnam News reported... - VietnamNews.Net

November 29 2007: Art: Window to Climate Change? - Discovery Online

November 29 2007: The discovery could reveal some secrets about how hot fluids deep in the crust control earthquakes as well as lead to new - Discovery Online

November 29 2007: The Taklimakan Desert and the Gurbantunggut Desert on each side of the Tianshan Mountains in west China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have become wetter and greener thanks to the global warming and human efforts. - China Internet information Centre

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November 29 2007: Resource-based cities on path of sustainable development - China Internet information Centre

November 29 2007: UN to help nation fight global warming - China Internet information Centre

November 29 2007: US credit drought sparks fear of recession - Sydney Morning Herald

November 29 2007: Did Hurricane Forecasters Overdo It? - ABC News

November 29 2007: November 30, 2007 09:31:00 - Whyalla deputy Mayor Eddie Hughes says the South Australian Government is not taking global warming seriously. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: Fine for river pollution - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: Burnie base for climate change research - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: November 30, 2007 08:20:00 - International scientists have chosen Tasmania's north west coast to be the Southern Hemisphere base for new climate change research. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: Flying foxes to wilt with climate change - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: November 29, 2007 21:00:00 - New research shows some of Australia's flying foxes face a grave threat from extreme temperatures expected to become more frequent with climate change. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: November 29, 2007 18:39:00 - The NT Environment Centre has renewed its call for the Territory Government to maintain a land clearing moratorium in the Douglas Daly. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: Labor's climate change policies will 'boost Aust credibility' - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: November 29, 2007 17:46:00 - The head of a climate change review commissioned by state and territory leaders earlier this year says Labor's policies will go a long way to boosting Australia's credibility at the climate change meeting in Bali next month. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: The State Government is boosting staff numbers at the Department of Environment and Conservation as part of its response to the concerns about lead pollution in Esperance. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: November 29, 2007 16:19:00 - The State Government is boosting staff numbers at the Department of Environment and Conservation as part of its response to the concerns about lead pollution in Esperance. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: For the first time in five years the United States has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: Rich should pay for climate change: Brazil - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: November 29, 2007 13:13:00 - The Government of Brazil has rejected any suggestion that developing countries should reduce their carbon emissions. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: Fears drought threatens mammals - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: November 29, 2007 13:00:00 - Conservationists are concerned about the future for five mammals whose last significant habitat on two Western Australian islands is under threat from drought. - ABC News Online

November 29 2007: More than one billion trees have been planted around the world in 2007, with Ethiopia and Mexico leading in the drive to combat climate change, a United Nations (UN) report said. - ABC News Online

November 28 2007: US helps cyclone survivors in Bangladesh - The Age

November 28 2007: Drought drags down GrainCorp profit - GrainCorp has reported a 162.3 per cent fall in profit in the full year ended September 30, 2007, as the second year of drought grips the nation. - The Age

November 28 2007: Washington DC (AFNS) Nov 28, 2007 - After more than two years at the helm of U.S. Northern Command, Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating oversaw planning for military responses to the most devastating domestic disasters, and mobilized U.S. military support when Hurricane Katrina provided a real-life test of those plans. So when his staff at U.S. Pacific Command watched a fierce tropical cyclone make its way toward Bangladesh earlier this ... - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Death toll from Philippines typhoon rises to 12: officials - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Climate Change And Life In The Southern Ocean - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Average Atlantic hurricane season draws to an end - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Miami (AFP) Nov 27, 2007 - Residents of hurricane-prone areas heaved a sigh of relief as this year's Atlantic tropical storm season drew to an end, while experts wondered why forecasts for above-average activity have been so wrong. A total of 14 named storms, including six hurricanes developed in 2007, making it an average season. Forecasters had initially expected at least 17 named storms, nine of them hurricanes ... - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Fonterra to study carbon footprint - Stuff

November 28 2007: Drought to pinch this summer - Stuff

November 28 2007: MIKE HEYDON - DROUGHT TO PINCH THIS SUMMER - Stuff

November 28 2007: Satellite Shows Regional Variation In Warming From Sun During Solar Cycle - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 18, 2007 - A NASA satellite designed, built and controlled by the University of Colorado at Boulder is expected to help scientists resolve wide-ranging predictions about the coming solar cycle peak in 2012 and its influence on Earth's warming climate, according to the chief scientist on the project. Senior Research Associate Tom Woods of CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics said ... - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Pollution by coalmines on rise, say Greens - Sydney Morning Herald

November 28 2007: Venus ruined by greenhouse - Sydney Morning Herald

November 28 2007: Donations storm hits Brown lieutenant - Sydney Morning Herald

November 28 2007: 28 November 2007 5:32pm | British Council - This December, three New Zealanders will take part in the Asian Young Leaders Climate Forum (AYLCF) ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties [COP13]. All three were born in the South Island, but with ... - Scoop

November 28 2007: Fonterra to Measure and Monitor Carbon Footprint - Scoop

November 28 2007: Jobs At Risk With Emissions Trading Scheme - 10:38 AM | Greenhouse Policy Coali... - Scoop

November 28 2007: Proposed Global Warming Solution Needs More Scientific Research - Science Daily

November 28 2007: Climate Change Impacts On Biodiversity Misleading? - Science Daily

November 28 2007: Are Current Projections Of Climate Change Impacts On Biodiversity Misleading? - Science Daily

November 28 2007: U.N.: Greenhouse Gases Hit High in 2006 - Sci-Tech Today

November 28 2007: Could Warming Reverse Progress? - Sci-Tech Today

November 28 2007: Google is expanding into alternative energy in its most ambitious effort yet to ease the environmental strain caused by the company's voracious appetite for power to run its computing centers. - Helping the world's poor adapt to more floods, droughts and other changes from a warming planet will cost the richest nations at least $86 billion a year by 2015, an expert panel warned Tuesday. - Sci-Tech Today

November 28 2007: US says greenhouse emissions fell 1.5 pct in 2006 - Reuters

November 28 2007: India slams new UN carbon cut recommendations - Reuters

November 28 2007: Friends of the Earth International - Image: Jacabamba Glacier, Peru, in 1980 (left) and 2002 (right) © Lynas - OneWorld

November 28 2007: Google plans big renewable energy push - New Zealand Herald

November 28 2007: Fever Outbreak Linked to Climate Change - Newsday (AP update)

November 28 2007: Scholars Use Art to Study Climate Change - Newsday (AP update)

November 28 2007: Prepare for floods now, urge aid agencies - IRIN

November 28 2007: JOHANNESBURG - The United Nations Climate Change Conference on the Indonesian island of Bali in December is not expected to achieve any dramatic breakthroughs on saving the planet from global warming, a senior official of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) told IRIN. But it could well produce an important timeframe on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, predicted Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC chair. - IRIN

November 28 2007: Hoping for a deal on the road to Bali - UN climate change conference could set a timeframe for cutting greenhouse gas emissions - IRIN

November 28 2007: Commonwealth summit weak on climate change - IRIN

November 28 2007: Police flood riot-torn Paris suburb - Guardian Unlimited

November 28 2007: Increased disease risk a result of climate change - Guardian Unlimited

November 28 2007: UN calls for huge push on climate change - Saving the world from climate change will require the commitment shown by the US in developing the atomic bomb or putting a man on the moon, says UN - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

November 28 2007: Cut carbon to save poor, UN says - Guardian Unlimited

November 28 2007: UK carbon reduction strategy attacked - Annual UN report into climate change warns that temperatures would rise by 5C if the world followed a flawed UK blueprint to cut carbon emissions - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

November 28 2007: Raytheon Selected to Design The Next GPS Control Segment For Precision Navigation And Timing - Aurora CO (SPX) Nov 27, 2007 - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Voices From Communities Affected By Climate Change - A new report provides nine testimonies from people around the world who have dramatic first-hand experience of the devastating impacts of climate change. (PDF document) - OneWorld

November 28 2007: 'Moral Case' for GM Crops Rejected - Responding to the Uk government chief scientific adviser's claim that there is a moral case for GM crops, an environmental group said such crops are not needed to deal with growing populations and climate change. - OneWorld

November 28 2007: Organic 'building blocks' discovered in Titan's atmosphere - Scientists analysing data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft have confirmed the presence of heavy negative ions in the upper regions of Titan's atmosphere. These particles may act as organic building blocks for even more complicated molecules and their discovery was completely unexpected because of the chemical composition of the atmosphere (which lacks oxygen and mainly consists of nitrogen and methane). The observation has now been verified on 16 different encounters and findings will be published in Geophysical Research Letters on Nov. 28. - EurekAlert!

November 28 2007: Trade & Industry - - China pledges to collaborate with eurozone on currency swings - EurActiv

November 28 2007: Environment - - EurActiv

November 28 2007: Transgenic Plants Patented for Warming World - Environmental News Service

November 28 2007: Climate Change Traps World's Poorest - Environmental News Service

November 28 2007: NEW YORK, New York, November 27, 2007 (ENS) - Climate change could have a disastrous impact for the world's poorest people and reverse any gains made in poverty reduction, nutrition, health and education, warns the annual United Nations Human Development Report released today. The world's 2.6 billion people living on less than $2 daily have contributed least to global emissions. But they are "paying a high price for the actions of others," said Claes Johansson of the UN Development Programme. - Environmental News Service

November 28 2007: CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, November 27, 2007 (ENS) - The first evidence that fatter people with higher body mass index may have a greater reaction to smoggy air than leaner people was presented today by the National Institutes of Health. Short-term exposure to ground-level ozone, or smog, is known to cause a temporary drop in lung function in many people, but this is the first study in humans to look at whether body weight influences how much lung function drops after acute ozone exposure. - Environmental News Service

November 28 2007: Rising energy costs and efforts to improve energy efficiency will be central drivers of the cleantech industry over the next five years, according to a poll of attendees at Ernst and Young's Strategic Growth Forum. The poll results showed that nearly half of the approximately 140 respondents said rising energy costs are driving corporate interest in cleantech, more than any other factor, includi ... - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Renewable Energy Investment Market Sets Sights On 50 Billion Dollars By 2011 - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: New York NY (SPX) Nov 28, 2007 - With an anticipated investment value of $25 billion this year, following on the heels of a stellar 2006 in which investments tripled, Renewable Energy Investment in the U.S., a new report from market research firm Packaged Facts, projects that the rapidly emerging renewable energy (RE) investment market could skyrocket to nearly $50 billion by 2011. Report projections are based on key assu ... - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: India slams new UN recommendation on carbon cuts - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Biodiesel Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: Canberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2007 - A CSIRO report released confirms that using pure biodiesel or blending biodiesel with standard fuel could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector. Biodiesel can be manufactured from any product containing fatty acids, such as vegetable oil or animal fats. The report, The greenhouse and air quality emissions of biodiesel blends in Australia assesses the emission levels and envir ... - Terra Daily

November 28 2007: A dirty way to fight climate change - A promising strategy: Store carbon in the soil. - Christian Science Monitor

November 28 2007: Plugging the Internet into clean power - Google said this week it would invest $100 million in renewable energy sources. - Christian Science Monitor

November 28 2007: Mexico’s Floods Go Ignored In The U.S. - CBS

November 28 2007: ZAMBIA: Prepare for floods now, urge aid agencies - IRIN

November 28 2007: UPDATE 2-US says greenhouse emissions fell 1.5 pct in 2006 - Reuters

November 28 2007: Sunday, November 25, 2007 9:11 PM ET - Correa said Ecuador and Indonesia, both home to some of the world's richest biodiversity, had agreed to have a common negotiation position at a UN - Reuters

November 28 2007: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:14 PM ET - emissions were projected to be down 7.4 percent in 2010 compared to base years -- usually 1990 -- set in the Kyoto Protocol on combating - Reuters

November 28 2007: Rising smog levels threaten health, crops; China link seen - The Japan Times

November 28 2007: Malaria train - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)

November 28 2007: Credit squeeze fails to dent eurozone borrowing - Financial Times

November 28 2007: EU warns China of protectionist pressures - Senior eurozone policy makers have alerted China to the risk that protectionist pressures would rise in Europe unless the Chinese allowed the renminbi to rise in value against the euro - Financial Times

November 28 2007: UN focuses carbon burden - China and India should be spared the full burden of fighting climate change, the United Nations said in an agenda-setting report - Financial Times

November 28 2007: EU seeks binding cap on greenhouse gases - The European Union said it was confident that a global agreement ­limiting greenhouse gas emissions would be struck at a key climate conference next week, as it set out its position for the Bali ­discussions - Financial Times

November 28 2007: Industries that use large amounts of energy, such as those in the steel and cement sectors, should be granted concessions on carbon emissions to prevent them leaving Europe, says an EU commissioner - Financial Times

November 28 2007: Ethiopia assures no Ogaden famine - BBC

November 28 2007: Venus offers Earth climate clues - Observations of Venus might assist efforts to tackle the threat of climate change here on Earth. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

November 28 2007: Drought-hit Australia votes to go green - After winning recent elections, incoming prime minister Kevin Rudd says the country will move to ratify the Kyoto protocol "within weeks" - New Scientist

November 28 2007: Getting rid of older secondary fridges might be a simple way for households to slash their greenhouse gas emissions - New Scientist

November 28 2007: The combination of high population density and high levels of biodiversity, together with a staggering 80,000 kilometres of coastline and 17,500 islands, makes Indonesia one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change. - Environmental News Network

November 28 2007: The review from the global conservation organization, Climate Change in Indonesia [ndash] Implications for Humans and Nature, highlights that annual rainfall in the world[rsquo]s fourth most populous nation is already down by 2 to 3 per cent, and the seasons are changing. - The combination of high population density and high levels of biodiversity, together with a staggering 80,000 kilometres of coastline and 17,500 islands, makes Indonesia one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change. - Environmental News Network

November 28 2007: Indonesia at risk: Climate change threatens people and nature - Jakarta, Indonesia [ndash] The devastating impact of global warming is already evident in Indonesia and will likely worsen due to further human-induced climate change, warns WWF. - Environmental News Network

November 28 2007: U.S. greenhouse emissions fell 1.5 percent in 2006 - Environmental News Network

November 28 2007: 2007 set to be 6th warmest year on record - Environmental News Network

November 28 2007: Climate change may cost Florida $345 billion a year: study - Environmental News Network

November 28 2007: November 28, 2007 04:29 PM - - TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - If nothing is done to combat global warming, two of Florida's nuclear power plants, three of its prisons and 1,362 hotels, motels and inns will be under water by 2100, a study released on Wednesday said. - Environmental News Network

November 28 2007: More Than 1 Billion Trees Planted in 2007 - The UN tree-planting initiative aims to combat climate change. - Discovery Online

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November 28 2007: Put poorest at the center of the fight against climate change - China Internet information Centre

November 28 2007: Birds to fly free in their own corridor - Shanghai has set aside a special corridor for migrating birds at its new wind power generator site. The five-km wide corridor will let the city develop its power capacity without affecting bird life and without damaging natural ecology. - China Internet information Centre

November 28 2007: In Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, several ice penguins melting gradually in the noonday sun have again raised concerns over global warming leading to the eradication of species. - China Internet information Centre

November 28 2007: Guangdong water woes 'to worsen' - Pollution and inefficient use is worsening the drinking water shortage in Guangdong Province, scientists said yesterday. Figures have shown that more than 17,000 cu m of sewage are discharged into rivers throughout the province every year. - China Internet information Centre

November 28 2007: Thousands flee floods in Jakarta - CNN (Asia)

November 28 2007: Prepare for Floods Now, Urge Aid Agencies - Aid agencies have called on Zambia's government to step up disaster preparedness to deal with possible widespread flooding forecast by the meteorological department this rainy season. - All Africa News

November 28 2007: November 28, 2007 22:25:00 - More than one billion trees have been planted around the world in 2007, with Ethiopia and Mexico leading in the drive to combat climate change, a United Nations (UN) report said. - ABC News Online

November 28 2007: November 28, 2007 11:23:00 - The New South Wales Land and Environment Court has dismissed an application aimed at stopping the Anvil Hill coal mine in the state's Upper Hunter Valley. - ABC News Online

November 28 2007: Urban planning experts are meeting to discuss ways to build cities better able to cope with climate change. - ABC News Online

November 28 2007: Development stymied over climate change threat - ABC News Online

November 28 2007: November 28, 2007 11:01:00 - The Greens say yesterday's court ruling against a development plan because of the potential impact of climate change sets an important precedent for Australian projects. - ABC News Online

November 28 2007: A major study of the world's worst polluters shows that Thailand is emitting more carbon dioxide per capita than China or India. - ABC News Online

November 28 2007: The New South Wales Environment Department has rejected suggestions whales are avoiding Sydney Harbour because of pollution. - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: Greenhouse Gases: The State Of The Atmosphere - The latest analysis of data shows that carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide reached new highs in 2006. The total warming effect (radiative forcing) of all long-lived greenhouse gases has increased by 22.7% since 1990 and by 1.23% from 2005 to 2006. (PDF document) - OneWorld

November 27 2007: 21 Vietnamese-Owned Businesses Honored In Biloxi - Many of them lost their homes, possessions, even family members, in Katrina, but they still managed to make a comeback. Since the storm, 21 Vietnamese-owned businesses have been built in East Biloxi... - VietnamNews.Net

November 27 2007: Jakarta in flood after climate change warning - VietnamNews.Net

November 27 2007: Aurora axes its broadband trial - AURORA will dump its technically successful broadband over powerlines trial because it is not commercially viable. - The Mercury

November 27 2007: Brown welcomes Rudd input on climate - British PM Gordon Brown believes his new Australian counterpart's contribution to global climate change talks next month will be very important for the future. - The Age

November 27 2007: Typhoon Mitag slams into Philippines: officials - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Manila (AFP) Nov 26, 2007 - Rescuers went on full alert Monday after Typhoon Mitag slammed into the Philippines, killing at least eight people and forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes in one of the country's largest evacuation operations in recent history. Mitag hit the northern province of Isabela on the main island of Luzon late Sunday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain, knocking out power lines and caus ... - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Planting Carbon Deep In The Earth -- Rather Than The Greenhouse - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Leeds, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2007 - Storing carbon dioxide deep below the earth's surface could be a safe, long-term solution to one of the planet's major contributors to climate change. University of Leeds research shows that porous sandstone, drained of oil by the energy giants, could provide a safe reservoir for carbon dioxide. The study found that sandstone reacts with injected fluids more quickly than had been predicted - suc ... - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Ecologists pay too much attention to increasingly rare "pristine" ecosystems while ignoring the overwhelming influence of humans on the environment, say researchers from McGill University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Prof. Erle Ellis of UMBC and Prof. Navin Ramankutty of McGill assert that the current system of classifying ecosystems into biomes (or "ecological commun ... - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: The head of a Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists was cautiously optimistic Monday about progress being made at a key UN global warming conference in Indonesia next month. Country delegations will be meeting on the island of Bali from December 3-14 to break a deadlock on negotiations for intensifying cuts in the world's carbon emissions five years from now. Intergovernmental Panel ... - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 26, 2007 - Coal power stations will remain central to the world's energy supply for the next 40 years, but they must slash emissions to avoid pushing up global temperatures, an environmental group said Monday. The plants could still provide 20 percent of the world's energy needs in 2050 with only a limited rise in temperatures if they used technology that could capture carbon dioxide, said Ina Pozon, c ... - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: China, France sign climate change pact - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Beijing (AFP) Nov 26, 2007 - Chinese President Hu Jintao and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday oversaw the signing of a bilateral pact on the fight against climate change. China and France "recognise the impact of climate change for the survival and development of humanity and recognise the importance and the urgency to fight against climate change and to put in place sustainable development," said the ag ... - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Accuracy Of Past Hurricane Counts Good - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: University Park (SPX) Nov 27, 2007 - Counting tropical storms that occurred before the advent of aircraft and satellites relies on ships logs and hurricane landfalls, making many believe that the numbers of historic tropical storms in the Atlantic are seriously undercounted. However, a statistical model based on the climate factors that influence Atlantic tropical storm activity shows that the estimates currently used are only slig ... - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: See story - Yes, it will help cut pollution - Stuff

November 27 2007: Ozone Can Affect Heavier People More - Science Daily

November 27 2007: November 27, 2007 - - A new study provides the first evidence that people with higher body mass index may have a greater response to ozone than leaner people. Short-term exposure to atmospheric ozone has long been known ... > - Science Daily

November 27 2007: - How can we prepare for the natural hazards that will result from environmental change? How can we predict the effect of climate change on the Alps and other regions of Switzerland? How can we assess ... > - Science Daily

November 27 2007: High Performance Field-effect Transistors With Thin Films Of Carbon 60 Produced - Science Daily

November 27 2007: November 27, 2007 - - Using room-temperature processing, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have fabricated high-performance field effect transistors with thin films of Carbon 60, also known as fullerene. ... > - Science Daily

November 27 2007: Tropical Storms Increasing In Number - Science Daily

November 27 2007: Number Of Tropical Storms In Recent Past Increasing - Counting tropical storms that occurred before the advent of aircraft and satellites relies on ships logs and hurricane landfalls, making many believe that the numbers of historic tropical storms in the Atlantic ... > - Science Daily

November 27 2007: Wind power, long considered to be as fickle as wind itself, can be groomed to become a steady, dependable source of electricity and delivered at a lower cost than at present, according to scientists. ... > - Science Daily

November 27 2007: November 27, 2007 - - Wind power, long considered to be as fickle as wind itself, can be groomed to become a steady, dependable source of electricity and delivered at a lower cost than at present, according to scientists. ... > - Science Daily

November 27 2007: New Microscope Peers Into Secret Lives Of Cells - A new laser-scanning confocal microscope is helping researchers explore a diversity of intriguing subjects, from plants that can decontaminate soils of toxic metal pollutants, to carbon nano-bombs for destroying cancer cells. ... > - Science Daily

November 27 2007: Thermoelectric Materials Are One Key To Energy Savings - Science Daily

November 27 2007: November 27, 2007 - - Breathing new life into an old idea, scientists are developing innovative materials for controlling temperatures that could lead to substantial energy savings by allowing more efficient car engines, ... > - Science Daily

November 27 2007: Earth's Crust 'Ultrasound' Reveals Tsunami Factory - Science Daily

November 27 2007: 'Ultrasound' Of Earth's Crust Reveals Inner Workings Of A Tsunami Factory - Research by geoscientists may explain why part of the seafloor near the southwest coast of Japan generates devastating tsunamis, such as the 1944 Tonankai event, which killed at least 1,200 ... > - Science Daily

November 27 2007: Algeria and China forge scientific partnership - Algeria and China signed an agreement last week to collaborate in agricultural science and desertification. - SciDev.Net

November 27 2007: Examining the state of the science on climate change - Scientific American

November 27 2007: 2 hours ago - Hurricane season mild for U.S. but not the rest - Scientific American

November 27 2007: Earth in Heat: 10 Views of a Warming World - The impacts of global warming have begun to appear across the globe, from shrinking glaciers to rising seas. - Scientific American

November 27 2007: U.N.: Greenhouse Gases Hit High in 2006 - Sci-Tech Today

November 27 2007: Could Warming Reverse Progress? - Sci-Tech Today

November 27 2007: Recycling Electronics Boosts Pollution - Sci-Tech Today

November 27 2007: The U.N. weather agency said two of the most important greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere reached record highs in 2006, with carbon dioxide playing a growing role in global warming. - Sci-Tech Today

November 27 2007: Astronauts Spacewalk, Finish Project - Helping the world's poor adapt to more floods, droughts and other changes from a warming planet will cost the richest nations at least $86 billion a year by 2015, an expert panel warned Tuesday. - Sci-Tech Today

November 27 2007: FACTBOX: What is the Kyoto Protocol? - Reuters

November 27 2007: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 6:03 AM ET - By Raymond Colitt BRASILIA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Unless the international community agrees to cut carbon emissions by half over the next generation, - Reuters

November 27 2007: UPDATE 1 - France sees progress in China on FX, environment - Reuters

November 27 2007: Nappy changes, oil changes, and climate change - On Line Opinion

November 27 2007: Hurricane Hugo and Typhoon Mahmoud - On Line Opinion

November 27 2007: U.S. All but Spared by Hurricanes - Newsday (AP update)

November 27 2007: More on natural disasters - IRIN

November 27 2007: Humanitarian cost of climate change understated - IRIN

November 27 2007: Commonwealth summit “did not do enough� on climate change - IRIN

November 27 2007: By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD - In California, experts are hoping that a plant devoted to purifying sewer water into drinking water will serve as a model for authorities worldwide facing drought and water shortages. - International Herald Tribune

November 27 2007: Google invests in renewable energy development - Guardian Unlimited

November 27 2007: UN attacks British climate change plans - Annual UN report into climate change warns that temperatures would rise by 5C if the world followed a flawed UK blueprint to cut carbon emissions - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

November 27 2007: 10 years to mend our ways, warns UN - Poor will be hit hardest by failure of developed countries to act on climate change, report warns - Guardian Unlimited

November 27 2007: 'Moral Case' For GM Crops Rejected - GM crops are not needed to deal with growing populations and climate change, a leading environmental group said in response to a statement by the British government's chief scientific adviser that there is a moral case for them. - OneWorld

November 27 2007: Woods Hole Research Center debuts new image mosaic that will strengthen global forest monitoring - Much of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Bali will focus on monitoring tropical deforestation and the critical role of remote sensing systems in REDD mechanism development. Using data acquired by the Japanese Advanced Land Observing Satellite, WHRC scientists have completed the first-of-its-kind image mosaic for part of the Amazon. Images acquired globally over narrow timeframes provide for "snapshots" of deforestation, giving leverage to monitoring programs that hinge on timely, accurate forest observations. - EurekAlert!

November 27 2007: Where does stored nuclear waste go? - The November issue of Vadose Zone Journal features a series of papers addressing the mysteries beneath the Hanaford site where millions of gallons of hazardous nuclear waste are stored. With the Columbia River bordering much of the site, where these nuclear wastes migrate, their composition, and how fast they are traveling are of vital importance to both people and the environment. - EurekAlert!

November 27 2007: Nanowires grown at NIST have a mechanical 'quality factor' at least 10 times higher than reported values for other nanoscale devices such as carbon nanotubes, and comparable to that of commercial quartz crystals. Suggesting possible future uses as oscillators in nanoelectromechanical systems for nanosensors and communications devices. - EurekAlert!

November 27 2007: Climate change and life in the Southern Ocean - EurekAlert!

November 27 2007: 'Carbon' import duty proposal fails to impress - EurActiv

November 27 2007: Energy - - EU industry warns about carbon trading and renewables - EurActiv

November 27 2007: Arizona Starts to Cut Greenhouse Gases From Vehicles - Environmental News Service

November 27 2007: Flood Risk Management Law Takes Effect in Europe - Environmental News Service

November 27 2007: BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 26, 2007 (ENS) - Reducing the risks and adverse consequences of floods in the European Union is the aim of the new directive, or law, on flood risk management that came into force today. In the past 10 years, Europe has suffered more than 100 major floods, lending urgency to implementation of the new law. - Environmental News Service

November 27 2007: Renewable energy way forward for poor countries: Germany - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Industrial nations should help poorer nations to develop renewable energy from the wind and sun, Germany's environment minister said Monday, days before a conference on the world's response to climate change. "Prosperity for everyone is possible and it is compatible with the environment," Sigmar Gabriel said in an interview with Bild newspaper. "We must put economic growth on a different ... - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Berlin (AFP) Nov 26, 2007 - Industrial nations should help poorer nations to develop renewable energy from the wind and sun, Germany's environment minister said Monday, days before a conference on the world's response to climate change. "Prosperity for everyone is possible and it is compatible with the environment," Sigmar Gabriel said in an interview with Bild newspaper. "We must put economic growth on a different ... - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Britain's business chiefs target global warming - Terra Daily

November 27 2007: Google branching into green energy - U.S. search engine giant Google announced Tuesday it will spend millions to develop a renewable energy business. Google executives said the effort, RE - Earth Times

November 27 2007: The strange, slow-motion disaster of the mud volcano - A seemingly unstoppable mud volcano has displaced thousands of Indonesians. - Christian Science Monitor

November 27 2007: GLOBAL: Humanitarian cost of climate change understated - IRIN

November 27 2007: GLOBAL: Commonwealth summit “did not do enough� on climate change - IRIN

November 27 2007: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:48 AM ET - By Jeff Mason BRUSSELS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - European Union nations must step up efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions if the bloc is to meet its - Reuters

November 27 2007: By Barry Moody KAMPALA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Commonwealth said on Saturday - change threatened the existence of small island members faced with... - Reuters

November 27 2007: BEIJING (Reuters) - Rich countries responsible for most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions should take the lead on - Reuters

November 27 2007: APX to develop greenhouse gas registry - Reuters

November 27 2007: Indonesia losing crops and fish stocks to global warming - Reuters

November 27 2007: where delegates from 189 countries will hammer out a replacement for the - Protocol, a pact against global warming which runs out in 2012.... - Reuters

November 27 2007: Malaria train - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)

November 27 2007: Climate change: the (Groucho) Marxist approach - Financial Times

November 27 2007: UN focuses carbon burden - Financial Times

November 27 2007: The risk of conflict within the eurozone is clear. A stronger euro would be anathema to those already worried about its strength, writes - Financial Times

November 27 2007: EU and China to rein in currency swings - Chinese and European policymakers agreed to co-operate in preventing big exchange rate fluctuations during talks between Beijing and the 13-nation eurozone - Financial Times

November 27 2007: Sarkozy warns China of carbon tariffs - Financial Times

November 27 2007: Inflation fears hit eurozone - Financial Times

November 27 2007: Dutch bank to unveil Amazon carbon credits - Financial Times

November 27 2007: Archbishop urges divine intervention to end Cypriot drought - BBC (World)

November 27 2007: Earthquakes hit eastern Indonesia - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

November 27 2007: Sarkozy urges China to act on climate change - Reuters

November 27 2007: Jakarta floods blamed on warming - CNN

November 27 2007: Climate change blamed for Indonesian flooding - CNN

November 27 2007: Snowflakes may be guiding force for hurricanes - New Scientist

November 27 2007: Lester R. Brown -Earth Policy Institute - Building a new economy, one that can sustain economic progress, involves phasing out old industries, restructuring existing ones, and creating new ones. This new economy will be powered by renewable sources of energy, will have a more diverse transport system[mdash]relying more on rail, buses, and bicycles, and less on cars[mdash]and will recycle everything. For example, coal use will be phased out, replaced by efficiency gains in many countries, but also by natural gas, as in the United Kingdom, and by wind power, as in Denmark and Germany. - Environmental News Network

November 27 2007: Google plans renewable energy push - Environmental News Network

November 27 2007: Energy efficiency fails to cut consumption: study - Environmental News Network

November 27 2007: November 27, 2007 05:08 PM - - In what the study calls "the efficiency paradox," consumers have taken money saved from greater energy efficiency and spent it on more and bigger appliances and vehicles, consuming even more energy in the process. - Environmental News Network

November 27 2007: Brazil urges rich nations to curb climate change - Environmental News Network

November 27 2007: Climate Change & Business: The Carbon Disclosure Project - Environmental News Network

November 27 2007: Rich and poor gird for climate change - Environmental News Network

November 27 2007: Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City to encounter biggest flood tide in 48 years - VietnamNews.Net

November 27 2007: Superplants Survive Extreme Drought - Discovery Online

November 27 2007: Renewable Energy Program - China Internet information Centre

November 27 2007: Typhoon Mitag hits Philippines - CNN (Asia)

November 27 2007: Typhoon hits Philippines, 12 killed - CNN (Asia)

November 27 2007: Climate Change Threatens Continent - The carbon emissions of developed countries threaten to devastate sub-Saharan Africa in the coming decades, says a major United Nations report issued today. - All Africa News

November 27 2007: protocol, which aims to reduce emissions of the gases that cause climate change.... - Reuters

November 27 2007: Thais spotlighted in pollution report - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: November 28, 2007 10:09:00 - A major study of the world's worst polluters shows that Thailand is emitting more carbon dioxide per capita than China or India. - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: November 28, 2007 10:02:00 - The New South Wales Environment Department has rejected suggestions whales are avoiding Sydney Harbour because of pollution. - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: Riverland drought aid needed urgently: Xenophon - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: Ratifying Kyoto Protocol takes time: law expert - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: November 27, 2007 14:23:00 - An international law expert has cast doubt on whether the newly elected Federal Government will be able to ratify the Kyoto Protocol in the short term. - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: Labor must address climate change now: Agforce - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: November 27, 2007 12:00:00 - Rural lobby group Agforce says Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd must highlight agriculture's contribution to lowering the nation's greenhouse gases when he travels to an international climate conference in Bali next month. - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: Flood link to sick dolphins - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: November 27, 2007 09:35:00 - CSIRO scientists hope a new battery will eventually be used in homes to store power from renewable energy sources. - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: November 27, 2007 11:17:00 - The Australian Local Government Association has released its latest State of the Regions report, with a warning that regional households will face considerable financial pressure from climate change. - ABC News Online

November 27 2007: Outgoing federal environment minister and hopeful Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull has welcomed the entry of Tony Abbott into the Coalition leadership race. - ABC News Online

November 26 2007: Indonesian earthquake leads to casualties - VietnamNews.Net

November 26 2007: Typhoon kills eight in Philippines - The Age

November 26 2007: Paris (AFP) Nov 24, 2007 - Supporters of the Kyoto Protocol were gleeful on Saturday after Australian elections left the United States in the wilderness as the only major economy to boycott the UN's climate pact. The ouster of Prime Minister John Howard stripped President George W. Bush of a key ally barely a week before a conference in Bali, Indonesia, on the world's response to climate change beyond 2012, they said. ... - Terra Daily

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November 26 2007: Scientists warn of agrarian crisis from climate change - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: Hyderabad, India (AFP) Nov 22, 2007 - An agrarian crisis is brewing because of climate change that could jeopardise global food supplies and increase the risk of hunger for a billion poorest of the poor, scientists warned Thursday. South Asia and Africa would be hardest hit by the crisis, which would shift the world's priorities away from boosting food output year after year to bolstering the resilience of crops to cope with war ... - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: Tacoma WA (SPX) Nov 26, 2007 - For more than a decade geoscientists have detected what amount to ultra-slow-motion earthquakes under Western Washington and British Columbia on a regular basis, about every 14 months. Such episodic tremor-and-slip events typically last two to three weeks and can release as much energy as a large earthquake, though they are not felt and cause no damage. Now University of Washington researchers h ... - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: New Australian leader works on climate change - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: Natural disasters have quadrupled in two decades: study - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: Speedy diagnosis of the temper and vital signs of the oceans matters increasingly to the well being of humanity, says a distinguished partnership of international scientists urging support to complete a world marine monitoring system within 10 years. The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) says warming seas, over-fishing and pollution are among profound concerns that must be ... - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: The study of Antarctica's sub-glacial environment will be the next focus for polar research, predicts a Texas AM professor who led several Antarctica studies. The scientific knowledge learned from the world beneath the ice sheets will change how humans understand the planet, oceanography professor Mahlon Kennicutt II said in a news release. The international scientific community ... - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: College Station, Texas (UPI) Nov 21, 2007 - The study of Antarctica's sub-glacial environment will be the next focus for polar research, predicts a Texas AM professor who led several Antarctica studies. The scientific knowledge learned from the world beneath the ice sheets will change how humans understand the planet, oceanography professor Mahlon Kennicutt II said in a news release. The international scientific community ... - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: Indonesia's peatlands: a little-known culprit in climate change - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: Pangkalan Kerinci, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 23, 2007 - Viewed from the air, the vast, cool forests of the Kampar peninsula on Indonesia's Sumatra island are a world away from China's belching factories or America's clogged freeways. But appearances can be deceptive. Most of this 400,000-hectare (988,000-acre) peninsula is peatland: dense, swampy forest that, when healthy, efficiently soaks up greenhouse gases from the world's worst polluters ... - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: Indonesia's forests: a precious resource in climate change fight - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: Bangladesh cyclone like 'mini-tsunami': UN official - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: Geneva (AFP) Nov 23, 2007 - The impact of cyclone Sidr on Bangladesh can be compared to a "mini-tsunami" and there is a continued urgent need for international aid, the United Nations humanitarian affairs office said Friday. "It's essentially a mini-tsunami," said Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. "When you see the damage caused on the coast, they are just ... - Terra Daily

November 26 2007: United Nations, N.Y. (UPI) Nov 21, 2007 - Science, technology and human resources are needed to aid Africa's efforts to ease poverty and attain sustainable development, U.N. officials said. "One of the most effecti