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July 29, 2010

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Simon Fox

Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100728/ap_on_sc/us_sci_declining

Worldwide phytoplankton levels are down 40 percent since the 1950s, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The likely cause is global warming, which makes it hard for the plant plankton to get vital nutrients, say researchers who described their results as both staggering and disturbing.

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The global farm.

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100728/full/466554a.html

With its plentiful sun, water and land, Brazil is quickly surpassing other countries in food production and exports. But can it continue to make agricultural gains without destroying the Amazon?

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Research says climate change undeniable.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d1fd25c-9a69-11df-87fd-00144fe

International scientists have injected fresh evidence into the debate over global warming, saying that climate change is “undeniable” and shows clear signs of “human fingerprints” in the first major piece of research since the “Climategate” controversy.

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Heatwave smog turns Muscovites into heavy smokers.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66P1RW20100728

The worst smog to hit Moscow in almost a decade has sent pollution 10 times above safe levels and Russia's chief lung doctor on Wednesday said residents were inhaling the equivalent of 40 cigarettes every few hours.

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Worry over foreign "carbon foresters."

http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/worry-over-foreign-carbon

Foreign-owned "carbon foresters" have ambitions to turn a fifth of New Zealand sheep and beef farmland into forests and that will devastate many rural towns, the national farmers' lobby says.

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Pickens, Home Depot win in Senate’s energy measure.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-28/pickens-home-depot-win-

T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire energy hedge-fund manager, and Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home-improvement retailer, are winners in energy legislation that fails to help solar-panel and wind-turbine makers.

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California Republicans shunning one traditional path to victory: the environment.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-environment-20100729,0

In previous elections, GOP candidates have been rewarded for responding to voters' environmental concerns. Those concerns continue, a study finds, but Fiorina and Whitman are focusing elsewhere.

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UK house insurance premiums to rise dramatically as climate change increases flood risk.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jul/28/house-insurance-pr

Climate change will increase the risk of flooding in the UK, which could lead to dramatic rises in insurance premiums for homeowners and businesses and make some areas of the country uninsurable, the Association of British Insurers has warned.

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Earth's climate future may be etched in Greenland bedrock.

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/afp/earths-climate-future-may-be-etched

Ice core samples from Eemian period 130,000 to 115,000 years ago - the last time Earth's climate was a few degrees warmer than today - could help forecast the impacts of current global warming, the researchers said.

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Climate extremes fuel hunger in Guatemala.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ips/73b7489bb3c5811e37

Flooding is not the only concern in Guatemala. Paradoxically, one of the main chronic problems is drought in the "dry corridor" in the north and east of the country.

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