Mutant, heat-loving fruit flies the canaries of climate change, say scientists – National – www.smh.com.au: “The pesky little flies that hover around rotting fruit could act as a sensitive warning system for the effects of global warming.”
edie news centre – Climate change could be fatal to global crop yield: “The impact of climate change on global crop production is likely to be worse than was previously predicted, scientists announced this week.”
The United States and global warming: a tale of two countries Alden Meyer – openDemocracy: “The challenge of global climate change forces the world to ask: what to do about the United States? Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists says: ignore the Bush administration and get on with business.”
Global Warming Lawsuit: Federal Agencies Sued by Cities and Environmental Groups: “The U.S. District Court in San Francisco will hear oral arguments today, in a precedent-setting case challenging taxpayer-funded projects that cause climate change. Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and the cities of Boulder, CO, and Oakland, Santa Monica, and Arcata, California”
Top Tech News – Science – Nobel Prize Winner Airs Global Warming Warning: “UV levels are up by a factor of 100 in some locations, but the levels of most CFCs have peaked and it appears that the ozone layer will gradually restore itself”