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Reid Sexton, Shell shocked: 'escaped' virus ruins stocks, The Age, 2007 July 29 (the abalone industry says it is facing almost certain ruin, and blames Government inaction for ignoring the looming disaster)
Phil McKenna, Melting glaciers will dominate sea-level rise, New Scientist, 2007 July 19 (ice melt from smaller sources will be the main contributors to sea-level rise this century, not the larger ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland)
Somini Sengupta, Alarm bells as Himalayan glaciers melt, IHT, 2007 July 16 (a recent study by the Indian Space Research Organization, using satellite imaging to gauge the changes to 466 glaciers, has found more than a 20 percent reduction in size between 1962 and 2001, with bigger glaciers breaking into smaller pieces, each one retreating faster than its parent)
Climate change in the Andes: When ice turns to water, Economist, 2007 July 14 (glacial melting poses potentially costly problems for Peru and Bolivia)
Andrew Darby, Roughy justice: overfishing's net effect, The Age, 2007 July 6 (vast areas of the seabeds off south-eastern Australia have been locked into marine reserves as the Federal Government sets a template for protecting ocean life around the country)
Global warming 'made lake vanish', BBC, 2007 July 4 (experts in Chile say the disappearance of a lake in the south of the country was caused by climate change)
Monster icebergs left deep scratch marks on seabed, New Scientist, 2007 July 3 (the scratch marks date back to the last ice age, more than 12,000 years ago)
Ian Sample, Piranhas seek safety in numbers, Guardian, 2007 July 2 (conservationists working in the wetlands of the Amazon have uncovered evidence which overturns the grisly image of one of its most feared residents, the red-bellied piranha)
Liz Minchin, Emissions law slammed, The Age, 2007 July 27 (Australia's car industry vows to fight any moves to impose compulsory greenhouse gas emissions standards for new vehicles, despite such rules already applying in the United States and China)
Kenneth Davidson, Let's really do something about climate change, The Age, 2007 July 19 (global warming sceptics give governments an excuse to delay action)
Matthew Ricketson, Balance problems, The Age, 2007 July 14 (if controversy is your measuring stick, then the ABC's decision to broadcast The Great Global Warming Swindle this week was a resounding success)
Ian Simmonds, A sloppy melodrama, The Age, 2007 July 12 (many assertions in a climate change documentary to be aired tonight are missing a key ingredient - truth)
Ian Plimer, Global warming zealots are stifling scientific debate, The Age, 2007 July 12 (politics has overtaken science in the clamour over climate change)
Matthew Ricketson, Great debate or great swindle?, The Age, 2007 July 12 (is the ABC toeing government line by airing controversial doco?)
James Randerson, New analysis counters claims that solar activity is linked to global warming, Guardian, 2007 July 11 (study undermines climate sceptics' arguments; correlations 'inconsistent' with temperature rise)
eter Christoff, Climate change is another grim tale to be treated with respect, The Age, 2007 July 9 (the ABC has to explain why it has bought a documentary that is bunkum)
'Scepticism' over climate claims, BBC, 2007 July 3 (the public believes the effects of global warming are not as bad as politicians and scientists claim)
Jason Koutsoukis, Support grows for modified crops, The Age, 2007 July 29 (public support for genetically modified food crops has risen dramatically over the past two years)
Steven Morris, Bumper wet weather crop, Guardian, 2007 July 20 (the wet summer is being welcomed on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, where it has led to a bumper crop of juicy blueberries)
Zoe Corbyn, Current trends, Guardian, 2007 July 18 (as Britain's water temperatures increase, southern fish species such as red mullet, anchovies and sardines are extending their range north. But does that spell the end of the coldwater species?)
Jamie Doward, Cheese prices soar as milk demand rockets and freak weather bites, Observer, 2007 July 15 (cheese sandwiches and pizzas may no longer be a cheap snack; a combination of freakish weather and runaway global demand for milk is sending the price of cheese soaring)
Angela Balakrishnan, Food prices to rise after rain ruins crops, Guardian, 2007 July 9 (the National Farmers' Union is describing the recent bout of flooding as a 'real disaster situation')
Amelia Hill, English wine crop is all washed up, Observer, 2007 July 8 (they were on the verge of a commercial breakthrough but our wet, cold summer has battered vintners' yields)
John Vidal, Biofuel demand to push up food prices, Guardian, 2007 July 5 (biofuel and increase in meat-based diets in rapidly developing countries will push prices up over the next decade)
Rebecca Smithers, Are we facing a veg shortage?, Guardian, 2007 July 5 (the heavy rain over the past two months is now taking its toll on Britain's freshly grown vegetables and fruit)
Amelia Hill, Organic food under threat, Observer, 2007 July 1 (British producers struggle to keep up with consumers' soaring demand)
Iodine enters the climate-change mix, New Scientist, 2007 July 28 (warming oceans will reduce the amount of iodine-carbon compounds released into the atmosphere - with variable results)
Paul Rincon, Ozone has 'strong climate effect', BBC, 2007 July 25 (ozone could be a more important driver of climate change than scientists had previously thought)
Dylan Evans, We're all doomed, Guardian, 2007 July 21 (Thomas Homer-Dixon's call to prepare for the coming apocalypse, The Upside of Down)
Jonathan Amos, London's small but relentless dip, BBC, 2007 July 12 (scientists trace London's inexorable sinking in a study that will be critical to the planning of defences against sea level rise)
Penelope Debelle, Voice for a sick planet, The Age, 2007 July 7 (James Lovelock: if the prediction that four-fifths of the world's population will be gone in 100 years' time is too depressing to contemplate, then do not read on)
Climatology: Grey-sky thinking, Economist, 2007 July 7 (without understanding clouds, understanding the climate is hard; and clouds are the least understood part of the atmosphere)
George Monbiot, Stop doing the CBI's bidding, and we could be fossil fuel free in 20 years, Guardian, 2007 July 3 (prospects for renewable power are promising; but it means nothing if the public interest is drowned by corporate power)
Steve Mirsky, Feature: An Earth Without People, Scientific American, 2007 July (a new way to examine humanity's impact on the environment is to consider how the world would fare if all the people disappeared)
Helena Smith, Russia sends in firefighters as Greek minister says sorry for losing the battle against 3,000 forest fires, Guardian, 2007 July 31 (Athens' conservative government fends off claims of ineptitude and apologises for its handling of the disaster)
Tricia Caswell, An issue beyond trees, The Age, 2007 July 30 (the forest industry is often held up as an example of environmental profligacy; but the truth is often lost in emotional campaigns against logging)
Thomas Bell, Bio-fuel push threatens nomad tribe, The Age, 2007 July 29 (one of the last nomadic tribes on earth is threatened by rampant commercial logging and palm-oil bio-fuel plantations, Malaysia's state-backed human-rights watchdog says)
Wildfire insurance: Burnt out, Economist, 2007 July 28 (George Bush is not the only one clearing brush)
Steve Dow, Out of the box, The Age, 2007 July 24 (Kevin Rudd's new forest initiative exorcises the ghost of Mark Latham from the Tasmanian electoral landscape; but is the strategy good public policy?)
Juliette Jowit, Asda palm oil ban to save rainforests, Observer, 2007 July 22 (spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife)
Rachel Kleinman, SOS for red gums: it's water or die, The Age, 2007 July 20 (four new national parks and billions of litres of water needed to save Murray River's dying river red gum forests)
Indonesia's forests could go up in smoke, New Scientist, 2007 July 16 (if severe El Niño events occur twice a decade, the islands' rainforests could be devastated by drought-induced fire)
Richard Preston, A long way down, Guardian, 2007 July 14 (California's giant redwoods were once thought unclimbable - until a band of 'skywalkers' broke through the canopy and into a secret world 300 feet above the ground; the search for the world's tallest tree)
China's recycling 'saves forests', BBC, 2007 July 13 (China's massive capacity to recycle paper is preventing many forests from being destroyed)
Helena Smith, Athens loses its cool after fire destroys forest, Guardian, 2007 July 12 (effects of wildfire that destroyed prime forest on Mount Parnitha could take century to overcome)
Valuing urban trees: Green gold, Economist, 2007 July 7 (the trees in American backyards may be worth far more than the cars in the front drive)
Alok Jha, DNA discovery reveals Greenland's warm past, Guardian, 2007 July 6 (scientists have uncovered evidence that within the past million years southern Greenland was warmer and had lush forests)
Richard Wachman, Centrica eyes overseas deals, Observer, 2007 July 29 (gas giant negotiating with foreign governments to secure supplies as output from Morecambe Bay and North Sea begins to dry up)
Thomas Bell, Bio-fuel push threatens nomad tribe, The Age, 2007 July 29 (one of the last nomadic tribes on earth is threatened by rampant commercial logging and palm-oil bio-fuel plantations, Malaysia's state-backed human-rights watchdog says)
Power storage: Trapped wind, Economist, 2007 July 28 (compressed air might help to make wind power more reliable)
Ian Sample, Renewable energy projects will devour huge amounts of land, Guardian, 2007 July 25 (analyst argues wind farms and biofuels are not green; report's look at negative aspects aims to end 'taboo')
Terry Macalister, Polar bears block Arctic oil drilling, Guardian, 2007 July 23 (Shell has been forced to halt plans to start drilling in the Arctic by a court challenge from indigenous Alaskans and green groups who claim that polar bears and whales would be put at serious risk)
The oil price: The visible hand on the tap, Economist, 2007 July 21 (OPEC is back in charge of the oil price)
Phil Mckenna, Taking the fossil out of fossil fuel, New Scientist, 2007 July 20 (some natural gas is much newer than it looks - and researchers are hoping to make their own)
Jad Mouawad, Study offers grim world energy outlook, IHT, 2007 July 19 (because the world's population is growing and living standards are rising worldwide, energy consumption globally is expected to rise by more than 50 percent over the next 25 years)
Paul Higgins and Sandy Teagle, Hidden biofuels menace: higher prices, interest rates, The Age, 2007 July 19 (demand for agricultural land and products to meet demand for biofuel could lead to inflation, driving up housing interest rates for everyone)
Emissions don't make Europe happy, BBC, 2007 July 15 (Europe's carbon emissions have risen markedly over the last 40 years, but the extra fuel use has brought little increase in happiness)
Heather Stewart, Opec tightens its grip as oil prices hit the roof, Observer, 2007 July 15 (emboldened by global growth, the cartel believes it can squeeze supply - and control the market - for years to come)
Oil and gas production: Every last drop, Economist, 2007 July 14 (how to prolong the North Sea's life)
Malcolm Moore, Pasta prices soar as biofuel eats up wheat, The Age, 2007 July 12 (the humble plate of spaghetti, Italy's favourite dish, is to soar in price, the latest victim of the global rush on crops used for biofuel)
Ian Porter, Researcher fuels hope in electric cars, The Age, 2007 July 11 (concerns over oil supplies will be a thing of the past when electric cars are the norm)
Eric Holt-Giménez, The biofuel myths, IHT, 2007 July 10 (biofuel draws its power from cornucopian myths and directs our attention away from economic interests that would benefit from the transition, while avoiding discussion of the growing North-South food and energy imbalance)
James Kanter, Despite warnings, oil usage expected to increase, IHT, 2007 July 9 (despite four years of high prices and increasingly dire warnings about climate change, a new report Monday predicted that world oil demand would rise faster than previously expected over the next five years while production slips, threatening a supply crunch)
Kenneth Davidson, Lubricating an oily path to the Middle East, The Age, 2007 July 9 (the American dollar, as the international reserve currency, is the secret element to its military might)
China to search for oil in Sudan, BBC, 2007 July 2 (China's biggest oil company signs a deal with Sudan to look for oil and gas on the coast of the Red Sea)
Jose Goldemberg, Forum: The Limited Appeal of Nuclear Energy, Scientific American, 2007 July (to developing nations, the new arguments for nuclear power are far from compelling)
Phil McKenna, Tibet is warming at twice global average, New Scientist, 2007 July 24 (the findings, reported by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, underscore a growing understanding that high elevations in tropical regions are experiencing dramatic temperature increases similar to those seen at the poles)
Dan McDougall, World's cheapest car sparks outrage, Observer, 2007 July 27 (West Bengal farmers are fighting eviction from their land to make way for the 'Indian Mini' production plant)
Thierry Boinet, Snowless in a warming world, ski resort in French Alps bids adieu, IHT, 2007 July 19 (Abondance is the French Alps' first ski station to fall apparent victim to global warming; it will almost certainly not be the last)
Congress debates climate change: Full of sound and fury, Economist, 2007 July 14 (the legislature grapples with a bewildering array of ideas about energy)
Sanjoy Majumder, India makes climate change move, BBC, 2007 July 13 (India takes the first steps towards developing a national plan that will combat the effects of climate change)
Mark Kinver, 'New thinking' needed on climate, BBC, 2007 July 11 (the global climate debate needs to embrace a "new way of thinking", UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges)
Ed Pilkington, Canada flexes its muscles in scramble for the Arctic, Guardian, 2007 July 11 (eight countries lay claim to oil-rich, unspoilt region; global warming opens up fabled North-west Passage)
James Randerson, Warmer waters threaten pink coral, Guardian, 2007 July 21 (mystery disease is destroying rare coral populations around UK coastline, say marine biologists)
Fears over rare bumblebee numbers, BBC, 2007 July 6 (a long spell of wet weather is having a 'dramatic effect' on ground nesting bees)
Alok Jha and Tania Branigan, Big rise in number of Atlantic storms blamed on global warming, Guardian, 2007 July 30 (climate scientists blame global warming for dramatic rise in Atlantic storms over the past century)
James Hansen, Huge sea level rises are coming—unless we act now, New Scientist, 2007 July 25 (a sea level rise of several metres is a near certainty if greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing unchecked)
Tony Cox, As ethanol demand grows, so does 'Dead Zone' in Gulf of Mexico, IHT, 2007 July 22 (the crop that is bringing prosperity to farmers is making it harder for commercial fishermen in Louisiana to make a living)
Gulf dead zone to be biggest ever, BBC, 2007 July 17 (this year's lifeless expanse of water in the Gulf of Mexico may be the biggest since records began)
Ian Sample, What to do in the event of a waterspout, Guardian, 2007 July 11 (the US National Weather Service's warning to boaters who might find themselves facing a waterspout - a giant tube of water that stretches from the sea to the sky - is crystal clear: get out of the way and back to harbour)
Brown pushed over marine wildlife, BBC, 2007 July 3 (Prime Minister Gordon Brown must ensure the protection of the UK's marine wildlife)
Emine Saner, What is La Niña?, Guardian, 2007 July 3 (La Niña is the name give to the unusual cooling of the surface temperatures of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean; El Niño is the opposite - abnormal warming of surface waters)
Catherine Brahic, Hurricanes may be unlikely saviours of coral reefs, New Scientist, 2007 July 2 (the cooling effect hurricanes have on sea temperatures may help corals recover from the bleaching caused by warming oceans)
Jeffrey D Sachs, Sustainable Developments: The Promise of the Blue Revolution, Scientific American, 2007 July (aquaculture can maintain living standards while averting the ruin of the oceans)
Dan Glaister, Planners move to close the window on American mansions, Guardian, 2007 July 31 (concern for communities and climate may halt zeal for big homes on tiny plots)
Tania Branigan and Steven Morris, Floods may give added urgency to Severn barrage project, Guardian, 2007 July 31 (energy output could equal that of two power stations; environmentalists say plan would harm wildlife)
Patrick Barkham, The green green grass of home, Guardian, 2007 July 26 (they might look like hobbits' dwellings, but low-impact developments could offer a solution to the housing crisis)
Jim Al-Khalili, Nuclear waste is hardly a worry when the climate change threat is so urgent, Guardian, 2007 July 26 (atomic power is crucial in the fight against global warming)
AAP, Saying a green goodbye, The Age, 2007 July 24 (if we really want to help the planet we should stop getting cremated, says Robert Larkins, the author of Funeral Rights)
Jackie Ashley, We must face up to the flooding, not flee to the sun, Guardian, 2007 July 23 (the turbulent weather we've seen is a warning of what lies ahead for us; only a new politics can address climate change)
Leader, After the deluge, let's have action, Observer, 2007 July 22 (anger is mounting in Britain about our inability to cope with floods; we knew they were coming; there were warnings months ago; and this may not be a one-off event, but a routine hazard as weather patterns change due to global warming)
Robin McKie, Science chief: cut birthrate to save Earth, Observer, 2007 July 22 (new museum head says lower population would cut CO2 at a fraction of renewable energy cost)
Clean tech in China: Green shoots, Economist, 2007 July 21 (venture-capital investment in clean tech in China is picking up, increasing by 147% from $170m in 2005 to $420m last year)
Energy policy: A pale shade of green, Economist, 2007 July 14 (when it comes to climate change, the Democrats are proving almost as bad as George Bush)
David Nicholson-Lord, Citizens arrest, Guardian, 2007 July 11 (tackling climate change is now a worldwide crusade - so what's stopping campaigners driving its simplest solution?)
David Adam, Move to cut methane emissions by changing cows' diet, Guardian, 2007 July 10 (more digestible feedstuff reduces production of gas)
Anne Raver, A breakthrough for bamboo growers, IHT, 2007 July 5 (bamboo is a workhorse at sequestering carbon dioxide and pumping out oxygen; it is a tough plant that manufactures its own antibacterial compounds and can thrive without pesticides; and its porous fibers make a cloth that breathes and is as soft as silk)
Elisabeth Rosenthal, Italians fight global warming by shedding their ties, IHT, 2007 July 4 (corporate offices in Rome and Milan began an experiment in permitting "lighter and cooler" office attire as the height of summer approaches)
Kim Thomas, Tiny particles that are used to tackle the biggest issues, Guardian, 2007 July 5 (nanotechnology applications to improve energy efficiency and combat global warming)
John Vidal, Saturation point, Guardian, 2007 July 4 (the recent deluge across Britain exposed huge gaps in flood defences; more money is available, but critics are calling for greater emphasis on the issues that have exacerbated the situation)
Mary Kaldor, Unilateral destruction, Guardian, 2007 July 4 (to secure energy for the future, tackle climate change and end violence in oil rich areas, a cooperative approach is now required)
Steve Dow, Out of the box, The Age, 2007 July 24 (Kevin Rudd's new forest initiative exorcises the ghost of Mark Latham from the Tasmanian electoral landscape; but is the strategy good public policy?)
James Henshall, Double or nothing: water prices create thirsty poor, The Age, 2007 July 19 (if water prices double, the Government must ensure those in need can pay)
Katharine Murphy, Flannery pushes PM on solar, The Age, 2007 July 19 (Prime Minister's decision to bankroll green makeover for schools queried by scientist Tim Flannery, who says money should go to households)
Mathew Murphy, Climate policy failing: industry, The Age, 2007 July 18 (Federal Government's attempt to spur investment in additional energy generation through climate change policy has failed)
Bianca Hartge, Stemming global warming's tide of emotion, The Age, 2007 July 14 (climate change is not only harming the planet, it is eroding the psychological wellbeing of its inhabitants)
Peter Ker and Rachel Kleinman, Plan to cut carbon emissions praised, The Age, 2007 July 4 (one of Victoria's biggest energy producers could raise its carbon emissions yet still satisfy the terms of a new self-imposed climate change strategy)
Paul Rincon, Wind farm 'is threat to eagles', BBC, 2007 July 3 (a proposed wind farm on Lewis may kill up to three golden eagles a year)
Renee Switzer, El Ninos seal sea lions' fate, The Age, 2007 July 1 (climate change could be killing Australian sea lion pups)
Rachel Kleinman, Water crisis far worse than thought, The Age, 2007 July 26 (water in the Murray Darling Basin even more scarce than previously predicted, leading adviser to the Federal Government claims)
Humans 'affect global rainfall', BBC, 2007 July 23 (human-induced climate change has affected global rainfall patterns over the 20th Century)
Robin McKie, Rescue mission for a nation under water, Observer, 2007 July 22 (Britain now has to clear up after two days of motorway, rail and airline havoc; the Prime Minister has promised action on defences - but there is more flooding to come as warnings are issued for 16 rivers)
first desalination plan UK gets, BBC, 2007 July 18 (the UK's first desalination plant providing drinking water for Londoners and people in the south-east has been granted government approval)
Carmel Egan, Water for review as frogs shift sex, The Age, 2007 July 15 (Australian drinking water standards are under scrutiny after scientific research linking commonly used herbicides to gender bending in male frogs)
Graham Kraehe, Efficiency, pricing, value-adding keys to better water supply, The Age, 2007 July 12 (governments need to provide better incentives to help everyone save water)
Rachel Kleinman, Farmers face dry season, The Age, 2007 July 3 (Northern Victorian irrigators will start new season without any water allocations, despite recent rains)
Lynn Brezosky, Technology for desalinating sea water for drinking water is rapidly developing, IHT, 2007 July 2 (according to a recent report by Global Water Intelligence, the worldwide desalination industry is expected to grow 140 percent over the next decade, with $25 billion in capital investment by 2010, or $56 billion by 2015)
Lorna Edwards, Even in the rain, the dry holds on, The Age, 2007 July 2 (despite flooding in Gippsland and significant rain over Melbourne's catchments, more than 40 towns in central Victoria have moved onto harsh stage 4 water restrictions)
AFP, Millions flee homes as flood death toll rises, The Age, 2007 July 31 (millions of people have been forced to flee their homes in north-east India as the death toll rises from raging floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains)
John Vidal and Kate Connolly, Southern Europe scorched as rain batters north, Guardian, 2007 July 28 (continent divided by two differing summer climates; heat and floods both spell disaster for farmers)
Ian Sample, Rainfall the worst for 200 years . . . in case you hadn't guessed, Guardian, 2007 July 27 (torrential downpours which hit last week were officially the worst in more than 200 years of record keeping)
Kim Willsher, Six climbers found dead in Alps over two days as sudden blizzards sweep mountain range, Guardian, 2007 July 26 (British student perishes in group tackling Mont Blanc; weather forecasts were not heeded, say authorities)
Hungary heatwave kills hundreds, BBC, 2007 July 24 (up to 500 people in Hungary have died in a heatwave in the past week)
Aida Edemariam, Going under, Guardian, 2007 July 24 (Britain is world-renowned for its depressingly damp climate; we are used to suffering week upon week of rain; so why have a few heavy showers caused such devastation around the country this summer?)
Matthew Weaver et al., Britons brace for more floods, Guardian, 2007 July 23 (Thames and Severn set to rise; battle to protect power supplies; government defends flood-plain housing plans))
Fred Attewill, Martin Wainwright and Riazat Butt, Two months of rain in just one day, Guardian, 2007 July 21 (deluge in south is worst in living memory; battered north braced for more as front advances)
Compensation after Katrina: By wind or by water, Economist, 2007 July 21 (how to stiff both Louisianans and the federal government; with the storm's second anniversary just around the corner, only about 20% of the programme's 155,000 applicants have got their cheques)
Owen Bowcott, Landmark swept away in Irish downpours, Guardian, 2007 July 20 (torrential rains claim The Field's celebrated bridge; country hit by flash floods, landslips and closed roads)
Carolyn Webb, Wet and white Victoria shivers through coldest day, The Age, 2007 July 18 (Melbourne records coldest day in nine years as state hit by rain, wind and in some areas, snow)
AFP, Powerful typhoon lashes Japan coast, The Age, 2007 July 15 (one of the most powerful storms in decades barrels towards Tokyo after killing three people and forcing several thousand more to evacuate their homes)
AP, Wildfires rage amid heat wave in western United States, IHT, 2007 July 8 (a blaze in southwestern South Dakota killed one person and destroyed 20 homes Sunday, and hundreds of people have evacuated homes in the paths of fires in Nevada and Washington state)
Reuters, China to try to engineer perfect Games weather, The Age, 2007 July 8 (China plans to fine-tune "rain prevention" techniques to ensure good weather prevails during the Beijing Olympics)
Somini Sengupta, Monsoon season sends ripples across Indian economy, IHT, 2007 July 5 (India's chronic vulnerability to the rains, which come too heavy in some years and not at all in others, destroying lives and livelihoods and sending ripples through the economy; by Thursday, the monsoon death tool hovered near 500 across India)
Polly Toynbee, If Chelsea were under water, it would be taken seriously, Guardian, 2007 July 3 (there is a north-south divide in the reaction to floods; only when the rich are hit will prevention be pushed up the agenda)
Robin McKie, Why soaking June could break Britain's meteorological records, Observer, 2007 July 1 (Britons will learn this week if the intense rain that has engulfed the country for several weeks will make last month the wettest June since records began)