Weekly news update on climate change: Dec 19

Journals

• Car industry: Charging up the future - Nature - 11/26
• Greenhouse gases hit modern-day highs - Nature - 12/3
• Chemicals firm cancels plans for biodiesel plant - Nature - 12/3
• Mass loss on Himalayan glacier endangers water resources - Geo. Research Letters - 11/22
• UN suspends leading carbon-offset firm - Nature - 12/9
• Southern Ocean acidification: A tipping point at 450-ppm atmospheric CO₂- PNAS- 12/2
• Global temp responses to current emissions from the transport sectors - PNAS - 12/9
• The payoff of conservation investments in tropical countryside - PNAS - 12/9

News

• Australia Unveils Targets to Cut Pollution - NY Times - 12/15
• Carbon Penance - NYTimes - 12/14
• Climate-Change Defense, The - NYTimes - 12/12
• Eat Kangaroos to Fight Global Warming - NYTimes - 12/12
• Amid a hopeful mood UN talks set countries on path toward... - NYTimes - 12/13
• Mr. Obama's Green Team - NYTimes - 12/13
• How Obama Can Change Antienvironmental Policies - Scientific American - 12/9
• What Causes Beach Erosion? - Scientific American - 12/17
• Clean Cities and Dirty Coal Power--China's Energy Paradox - Scientific American - 12/17
• Set in Our Ways: Why Change Is So Hard - Scientific American - 12/17
• Can Nuclear Power Compete? -Scientific American - 12/15
• Has the Food Crisis Abated? Q&A - Scientific American - 12/15