Climate Change in the News, Week of June 28, 2008

News items related to climate change from the past week.

• Arctic’s First Ice-Free Summer Possible Even This Year – ABC (Jun 27, 2008)
• This summer may see first ice-free North Pole – AP (Jun 27, 2008)
• CSIRO report advises farmers and fishers on climate change – ABC (AU) (Jun 27, 2008)
• Wis. task force OKs global warming recommendations – Chicago Tribune (Jun 26, 2008)
• Destruction Of Greenhouse Gases Over Tropical Atlantic May Ease Global Warming – ScienceDaily (Jun 26, 2008)
• Tropical oceans expose riddle over global-warming equation – AFP (Jun 26, 2008)
• Plants “Climbing” Mountains Due to Global Warming – National Geographic (Jun 26, 2008)
• Climate change may strain U.S. forces – Reuters (Jun 25, 2008)
• Global warming moves Costa Rica coffee land higher – Reuters (UK) (Jun 25, 2008)
• Global warming threatens California’s native plants – Mongabay (Jun 24, 2008)
• Scientists make climate plea to Harper – Canada.com (Jun 24, 2008)
• Museveni wants compensation for climate change effects – New Vision (Uganda) (Jun 24, 2008)
• Intelligence Report Assesses Impact of Climate Change – U.S. News & World Report (Jun 24, 2008)
• Japan PM seeks climate change goal at G8 – AFP (Jun 24, 2008)
• Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate – N.Y. Times (Jun 24, 2008)
• Nation’s Spies: Climate Change Could Spark War – Wired (Jun 23, 2008)
• Study finds major cities can take climate change lead – Reuters (UK) (Jun 23, 2008)
• Ice Core Reveals How Quickly Climate Can Change – Scientific American (Jun 23, 2008)
• Warming Climate Outpaces Long-Distance Migratory Songbirds – Environment News Service (Jun 23, 2008)
• Electric cars given official green light to boost climate change goals – Guardian (UK) (Jun 22, 2008)