‘Tropical corals in the western Pacific Ocean revealed that the depth where warm surface water and colder, deeper water meet, known as the thermocline, is getting shallower. The new study is the first physical evidence supporting what climate modelers have been predicting as the effects of global climate change on the ocean circulation below surface waters.’

via Sea Change: Corals Reveal Climate Change’s Impact on Ocean – Technology & science – Science – OurAmazingPlanet – msnbc.com.

‘Reuters – China has become the world’s largest energy user, having overtaken the United States, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.’

via China overtakes U.S. as biggest energy consumer: IEA | Reuters.

‘…Mr. Pershing’s Chinese counterpart, Su Wei, hit back, saying developed countries had failed to commit to substantial reductions in carbon emissions while making unfair demands of developing nations. He accused the United States of using the monitoring issue to try to avoid its own responsibilities on cutting emissions and providing financing and technology to poor countries.’

via U.S.-China Deadlock Dims Climate Talk Prospects – NYTimes.com.

‘…There is no chance of completing a binding global treaty to reduce emissions of climate-altering gases, few if any heads of state are planning to attend, and there are no major new initiatives on the agenda. Copenhagen was crippled by an excess of expectation. Cancún is suffering from the opposite.’

via Poor Prospects for New Climate Meeting – NYTimes.com.

‘Frustration between the world’s two top carbon polluters overshadowed week-long U.N. talks seeking progress on the shape of a new climate pact, with negotiators making some progress on financing but failing to dispel fears the process could end in deadlock.’

via Climate talks marred by bickering, progress on finance | Reuters.

‘Reuters – U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday formally signed the nation’s first lease for a major offshore wind project, as the Obama administration pushes forward to boost renewable energy output.’

via U.S. signs lease for first major offshore wind farm | Reuters.

‘(Reuters) – The global carbon market will not be worth $1-2 trillion a year by 2020 if the United States does not speed up efforts for a federal emissions trading scheme, delegates warned at a carbon conference in London on Monday.’

via No carbon market boom without U.S.: delegates | Reuters.

‘…But international negotiators have hardly given up. This week, U.N. climate talks are taking place in Tianjin, China, which could help prepare for climate discussions in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of the year. Another round of negotiations is scheduled for South Africa next year.’

via Green Column – Getting Past the Politics of Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

‘As methane CH4 has more than 20 times the planet-busting effect of CO2, this is a serious business. But Hristov says he has found that adding an oregano-based supplement to cattle feed cuts the burping bovines’ CH4 emissions by no less than 40 per cent.’

via Cattle-burp eco menace mastered – by oregano • The Register.