Weekly news update on climate change: April 24

Journals

• CLIMATE CHANGE: New Push Focuses on Quick Ways to Curb Global Warming - Science - 4/17/09
• Who Owns Energy Efficiency? - Science blog - 4/17/09
• SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT:  Governance and Environmental Change in the Arctic Ocean - Science - 4/17/09
• OCEANS: Limits to Marine Life - Science - 4/17/09
• Atlantic Forcing of Persistent Drought in West Africa - Science - 4/17/09
• More than hot air: The United States has finally acknowledged that global warming is a threat. It must now act on that. - Nature - 4/23/09
• Projected impacts of climate change on a continentwide protected area network - Ecology Letters- 3/09
• Climate response to regional radiative forcing during the twentieth century - Nature Geoscience - 3/09
• India's electioneers make bold pledges on science: Major parties back climate plan, but differ on nuclear policy. - Nature - 4/23/09
• Australia launches carbon capture institute - Nature - 4/23/09
• Final warning from a sceptical prophet - Nature - 4/23/09
• Global change: China at the carbon crossroads - Nature - 4/23/09
• The carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in China - Nature - 4/23/09
• Impact of changes in diffuse radiation on the global land carbon sink - Nature - 4/23/09
   

News

• Mexico and climate change. What's hot, green and Mexican? – Economist – April 16
• Brazil and climate change. Dancing with the bear – Economist – April 18
• Glacier melt in the Alps. A movable border – Economist – April 16
• Iowa’s economy and ethanol. It's all relative – Economist – April 16
• Biofuels and nitrous oxide. Biofools – Economist – April 8
• Energy and climate change. Meltdown – Economist – April 11
• Water shortage. Sin aqua non – Economist – April 8
• Water rights. Awash in waste – Economist – April 8
• Climate change negotiations. When glaciers start moving – Economist – April 8
• Energy in Japan. Raising the stakes – Economist – April 8
• Eldis Environment Reporter – News Digest of Inst. Development Studies, Sussex UK – April 16
• Eldis Climate Change Reporter – News Digest of Inst. Development Studies, Sussex UK – April 8
• The solar cycle and global warming
• To Save the Earth, Start With Data – WIRED Science – 4/22/09
• No new coal without carbon capture, UK government rules – The Guardian 4/23/09
• Damaged Barrier Reef coral makes 'spectacular' recovery – The Guardian 4/22/09
• Earth Day: Bright ideas on reducing home energy consumption - The Guardian 4/22/09
• Climate change threatens Ganges, Niger and other mighty rivers - The Guardian 4/22/09
• China considers setting targets for carbon emissions - The Guardian 4/20/09
• Marsh Attack - Nature Report Climate Change
• Clear Cut carbon – Nature Reports Climate Change 4/16/09