In Other News (May 9)
- What is arguably the world's cutest animal, the koala, faces threats to its existence from climate change, according to Australia's Science Daily.
- California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi warns that global warming could push water levels high enough to inundate the Central Valley town of Stockton, the Stockton Record reports.
- Evangelicals and other Christian activists are allying themselves with proponents of legislation in Congress to curtail greenhouse emissions, says a McClatchy Newspapers report in the Dallas Morning News.
- A recent study that suggests a possible lull in global warming could reduce the urgency of the battle to combat climate change, speculates Reuters.
- Farmers in the Philippines are being told that irrigation water for rice crops is drying up due to a changing climate, according to an article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.