Scientific American Topic - Global Warming

How Will Climate Change Impact Bread?, Part 2
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Study: Climate change identified as extinction threat in nearly 60 percent of species recovery plans
Fifty-nine percent of the endangered species recovery plans issued by the U.S. government between 2005 and 2008 mention climate change as one of the major threats facing the species, according to a study published in Conservation Biology .The study, which examined 1,209 species recovery plans published between 1975 and 2008, was authored by Tony Povilitis, president of Life Net Nature, and Kierán Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD). [More] Climate change - Environment - Center for Biological Diversity - Conservation Biology - Endangered species

Your Opinion of Climate Change Depends on Your Social Psychology
[ Listen to the brief audio clip from an interview with Jay Ingram, host of Daily Planet . [More] Climate change - Environment - Jay Ingram - Daily Planet - Activism

Can Cell Phones Speed Adaptation to Climate Change?
FM radio and cellular phones are fostering a rising awareness of climate impacts and mitigation in some of the globe's remotest and most undeveloped regions.   [More] Climate change - Environment - Mobile phone - Activism - Organizations

Can Charcoal Slow Climate Change and Improve Agriculture?
The ancient inhabitants of Amazonia knew how to keep fragile soils fertile--and may have hit upon a way to combat present-day climate change . That technique? Biochar , or any plant or animal waste turned to charcoal and put back into the ground.