Obama brings US in from the cold

In a landmark speech, the next president pledges to revive Kyoto Protocol and end American isolationism over climate change.

To read more, click on the following link to The Independent:

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

Carbon Dioxide and climate change...is CCS the answer?

Click on the picture above to find out more

(remember, though, focus on the chimney not the cooling towers...grrrr...!)

Flood water accelerates glacier flow

"Great floods beneath the Antarctic ice sheet can now be linked directly to the speed at which that ice moves towards the ocean, scientists say."

To read more of this article, visit the BBC website by clicking on the link below:

The Methane Time Bomb

New global warming threat as melting permafrost releases millions of tons of a gas 20 times more damaging than carbon dioxide...

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Don't miss the interesting editorial comment in the same paper!

Hurricane Ike - the story continues...

Texas begins mass post-Ike rescue

"Texas has begun what is being described as the biggest search and rescue effort in its history following Hurricane Ike..."

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Visit the BBC Website to find out more

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Whilst your there, take a look at some of the superb video footage.

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In addtion, the following videos are also well worth watching:

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BBC Weather Forecast (Friday 12 September 2008)

Ike hits Texas Coast

Arctic Sea Ice: more melting than ever before...

Melting ice makes new Arctic border

The rate of melting of Arctic sea ice is greater than ever before.

Watch this BBC VIDEO CLIP to learn more about ice melt and the implications for border control, international disputes and, of course, further climate change...

Hurricane Ike - the latest...

Fuel shortage fear after US storm

"Oil refineries in Texas put out of action by Hurricane Ike could take eight to nine days to recover..."

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Want to know more?

Check out the following sites:

DON'T MISS...the Guardian's excellent interactive map of the 2008 hurricane season