‘In a study published in Friday’s edition of the journal Science, researchers used eight indirect temperature indicators — such as pollen and shells from marine organisms — to chart long-term global warming and cooling trends. The research team concluded that temperatures in the last decade had not exceeded the Holocene’s steamiest periods from thousands of years ago. However, if current warming trends hold, those records will be broken by the end of the century.’

via Study of 11,300 years of weather suggests record warming ahead – latimes.com.

‘WASHINGTON (AP) — The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air jumped dramatically in 2012, making it very unlikely that global warming can be limited to another 2 degrees as many global leaders have hoped, new federal figures show.’

via US scientists report big jump in heat-trapping CO2 – Yahoo! News.

‘SYDNEY, Australia — Climate change was a major driving force behind a string of extreme weather events that alternately scorched and soaked large sections of Australia in recent months, according to a report issued Monday by the government’s Climate Commission.’

via Australian Government Blames Climate Change for ‘Angry Summer’ – NYTimes.com.

‘Entire villages in the eastern part of the state are leasing their land for gas drilling. What’s a cash boon to some has others worrying about the future.’

via Natural gas challenges coal as king of the energy hill in Ohio – latimes.com.

‘SACRAMENTO — When Gov. Jerry Brown called on his fellow governors at a conference in Washington last week to embrace a California-style pursuit of cleaner air, he was doing more than reinforcing the state’s image as an environmental trailblazer. He was trying to protect its economy.’

via Gov. Jerry Brown works to spread California’s green doctrine – latimes.com.

‘In the new study, scientists from 11 U.S. institutions measured levels of carbon dioxide and other forms of carbon in waters off the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. If the same amount of carbon dioxide entered both the Gulf of Maine and the Gulf of Mexico, it would have a greater effect on the Gulf of Maine’s ecosystem, the scientists found.’

via Ocean Acidification Affects Northeastern US Coasts More – Yahoo! News.

‘Rising carbon dioxide levels may have caused Antarctic warming in the past, new research strongly suggests.’

via Past Antarctic Warming Linked to Greenhouse Gas – Yahoo! News.

‘Years of drought and high temperatures are thinning forests in the upper Great Lakes and the eastern United States, NASA satellites show.’

via NASA: Climate change thins forests in eastern U.S..

‘Radiation from the nuclear disaster offers biologists an opportunity to study migrations of fish, turtles and birds across the Pacific. The research could benefit conservation efforts.’

via Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up – latimes.com.