Weekly news update on climate change: May 1

Journal

• Obama Looks to Protect Reefs From Souring Seas - Science - 4/15/09
• Archaeology: A New Look at the Mayas' End - Science - 4/24/09
• Atmospheric Science: Shifting Gear, Quickly - Science - 4/24/09
• Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought - PNAS - 4/29/09
• Changes in biogenic carbon flow in response to sea surface warming - PNAS - 4/29/09
• Time to act - Nature - 4/30/09
• Impact of historical land cover change on daily indices of climate extremes including droughts in eastern Australia - Gephysical Research Letters - 2009
• California in clean-fuel drive: State rule says biofuels aren't so green - Nature - 4/30/09
• Japan goes for the sun: Government pushes to regain national lead in solar-energy research - Nature - 4/30/09
• New UK coal must be partly 'clean' - Nature - 4/30/09
• Climate crunch: A burden beyond bearing - Nature - 4/30/09
• Climate crunch: Sucking it up - Nature - 4/30/09
• Overshoot, adapt and recover - Nature - 4/30/09
• The worst-case scenario - Nature - 4/30/09
• Climate change: Too much of a bad thing - Nature - 4/30/09
• Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C - Nature - 4/30/09
• Warming caused by cumulative carbon emissions towards the trillionth tonne - Nature - 4/30/09

News

• Stoves Designed for Health and Climate – NYTimes 4/19/09
• Study Says Warming Poses Peril to Asia – NYTimes 4/26/09
• A Clean Energy Machine That Works Like the Sun – NYTimes 4/29/09
• Generating energy from the deep – NYTimes 4/29/09
• Solar Tech: Not Just on the Roof Anymore – NYTimes 4/29/09
• World already halfway to 2C rise, say scientists – The Guardian 4/30/09
• Climate countdown: Half a trillion tonnes of carbon left to burn – The Guardian 4/30/09
• A potential breakthrough in harnessing the sun's energy – The Guardian 4/30/09
• A sensitive subject – Nature Reviews Climate Change  4/30/09
• The Exit strategy - Nature Reviews Climate Change  4/30/09
• GM crops and the Gene Giants: Bad news for farmers – SCIDEV 4/15/09
• A gust of progress. Creating windpower transmission in the Midwest – Economist – April 30
• Myanmar after cyclone Nargis. When the help dries up – Economist – April 30
   

Wire

• Impacts: Pollution, haze help plants absorb CO2--study - Greenwire - 4/23/09
• Ozone: Ozone depletion helps grow sea ice, slows warming - ClimateWire - 4/24/09
• Offsets: Bank will sell emissions credits for cooking stove project - ClimateWire - 4/21/09
• Vulnerability: Saudi Arabia claims to be among 'most vulnerable' in climate talks - ClimateWire - 4/22/09
• Vulnerability: Aid group predicts 50% increase in victims of climate catastrophes - ClimateWire - 4/21/09
• Innovation: Global stimulus seen spurring low-carbon revolution - Greenwire - 4/21/09
• Planning: Report offers blueprint for toughening coastal-development rules - Greenwire - 4/23/09
• Emissions: Airports' emission reduction efforts start to take off - ClimateWire - 4/24/09
• Vulnerability: With an eye on Copenhagen, indigenous groups talk climate change - ClimateWire - 4/21/09
• Impacts: Fires worsen climate change, study finds - ClimateWire - 4/24/09